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Health & Wellness

The Stone Age Diet: Why I Eat Like a Caveman

By Jimmy Lee Shreeve, Independent UK. Posted August 16, 2007.


Desperate to lose weight, one person found that only one diet did the trick: that of Paleolithic man. Bring on the meat.
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A few years ago, as I approached 40, I found I couldn't do up the top button of my jeans. Through my twenties and most of my thirties, I'd taken size 32; now, I needed a 36. I was in denial for months.

What stopped this was an unforgiving changing-room mirror. As I stood there without my T-shirt, I was confronted with the harsh reality that I had a spare tyre. There it was; like it or not, I was facing the onset of middle-age spread.

I decided to do something about it. First, I cranked up a serious exercise regime. I jogged every other day and did weights on the days in between, taking Sundays off. Diet-wise, I ate the universally recommended high-carbohydrate, low-fat foods: lots of rice, lentils, pasta, oats, fish, chicken and fruit and veg, but little red meat.

It didn't work. Yes, I felt fitter and was more muscular -- but my waistline wasn't going down.

As I was about to give up in despair, I stumbled across the website of Art De Vany www.arthurdevany.com, an economics professor from California. I was dumbfounded. The guy was in his sixties and he looked spectacular. His muscles rippled, but not in the muscle-bound bodybuilder way. What's more, his stomach was flat and he had a genuine six-pack. He put people of 30 and younger to shame.

What was De Vany's secret? For nearly two decades, he'd been eating and exercising as humans did in Paleolithic times -- the early Stone Age. He'd come across research suggesting that we should be eating like our hunter-gatherer forebears -- lean meat, fish, vegetables, nuts, but no grains, beans or dairy. It had made sense, so he took it up.

As De Vany points out, the fossil record reveals that our cave ancestors were not only slim, lean, fit and healthy, but that they did not generally suffer from many of the diseases that plague us today, such as cancer, allergies and heart disease. What's more, as long as they weren't gored by a wild beast or struck down by infection, they lived as long as we do today. They stayed agile and vigorous until they dropped (no wheelchairs and care homes for them).

I decided to give the idea a month's trial. That way I could assess initial results and check that the diet wasn't hazardous to long-term health. My first port of call was Archers, a good-quality butchers near my home in Norwich, to pick up five pounds of mince to make up bolognese and chilli sauces (without pasta, beans or rice), along with six pork chops, big joints of beef, kidneys and a slice or two of liver. "Dinner-party?" Jamie behind the counter asked. "No," I said, "it's all for me."

Next, I hit the supermarket to pick up 20 cans of tuna in spring water, five cans of corned beef (not ideal due to the salt, but good for emergencies) and olive oil. Other than that, the shelves were off limits; they were lined with cereals, dairy, baked goods or sugary foods -- all of which would have been alien to our hunter-gatherer ancestors. In a health-food store, I picked up a selection of nuts -- brazils, pecans, hazels, almonds and walnuts -- and a tub or two of raisins; all staple snack foods for the Stone Age eater.

For me, giving up things like toast, breakfast cereals, dairy products, potatoes, pasta and sugary desserts was easy. After a few weeks, I lost the taste for anything sweet. The only thing I did miss, and still do sometimes, is cheese.

I still had nagging doubts about taking on such an extreme diet. However, the more I looked into it, the more I became convinced that eating Stone Age-style is not only good for you, but possibly the most natural diet for humans.

One of the leading researchers in the field of Paleolithic eating and fitness is Loren Cordain, a professor in the health and exercise department of Colorado State University. He makes no bones about it: "The human genetic makeup is identical to that of Stone Agers. Those people were optimally adapted to the types of foods they could gather or hunt, and there's no evidence to suggest that modern humans are any different," he says.

According to Cordain, our modern diet, with its emphasis on refined cereals, sugars, vegetable oils and dairy products, was introduced in the "wink of an eye," with serious ramifications for our health. "The changes that have occurred in the Western diet are far too rapid. Our genes have been stable, but our diet has not."

In his book The Paleo Diet (Wiley), Cordain argues that the rot set in with the Neolithic (agricultural) revolution some 10,000 years ago. As farming took over the world, bringing with it new foods such as bread and dairy products, so our health and fitness declined. We got fatter, and shorter. Come the Industrial Revolution, things got even worse. "Neolithic, industrial-era and modern-era foods... underlie virtually all the chronic diseases of civilisation: coronary heart disease, hypertension, type-2 diabetes, gout, obesity, acne and breast, colon and prostate cancer," Cordain says.

This seemed almost unbelievable. Was conventional "wisdom" about nutrition wrong? All I could go on was my own experience.


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The reasons cavemen were so skinny...
Posted by: sean000 on Aug 16, 2007 12:39 AM   
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is because they rarely got to enjoy three meals a day, and they had to work hard and burn a lot of calories hunting and gathering all that food.

It's great that you found a diet that worked for you, but seriously... do you really think it's different from any of the other fad diets out there? EVERY fad diet works for some people where nothing else would. That's why others jump on the band-wagon.

Losing weight isn't rocket science. Burn more calories than you consume. You will lose weight... eventually even the spare tire (though they like to hang around until the end sometimes). Good nutrition isn't as simple, but most doctors and nutritionists (as well as many healthy senior citizens) agree that the keys are variety and moderation... emphasizing fresh vegetables, fruits, whole grains, dairy, and lean meats or beans.

Your plan to exercise more like a caveman probably has more to it. I'm sure not all cavemen and cave women had the same lifestyles, but when we think of hunter/gatherers we think of people who spent a great deal of time on the move. They probably walked great distances and had moments of intense running... but most of the time they just probably walked and walked and walked unless they were attacking something or running away. Distance burns more weight than speed. Short and fast workouts burn more carbs, while more moderate (and longer) exercise burns more fat. If I remember my schooling correctly, protein and carbs convert to fuel for your muscles more quickly and easily than fat... which is why your body doesn't easily use fat for intensity.

Cavemen probably exercised throughout the day more, and exercise keeps your metabolism higher. If we spent more of our time walking, bicycling, and climbing stairs to get from place to place throughout the day; we'd probably burn more calories and have a higher metabolism than someone who sits at a desk or in a car all day and concentrates all their exercise into one hour in the gym.

Sorry...but this is one of the more ridiculous fad diets I've encountered. It's great you lost the weight, but give yourself more credit than the makeup of the diet.

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» They did store food.... Posted by: peleo_huntress
» Absolutely! Government made diet... Posted by: Paleo_Huntress
enjoy the hormones
Posted by: KaptainSpiffy on Aug 16, 2007 2:37 AM   
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and the other toxins in red meat.

meat most likely was not the main source of calories to early man's diet.

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How about this diet?
Posted by: douglashoyt on Aug 16, 2007 3:40 AM   
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Eat what you want to feel good. No one lives forever.

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Or the Cannibal diet.
Posted by: douglashoyt on Aug 16, 2007 3:49 AM   
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How about just eating other humans. That is stone age, too.

In the modern age, the benefits are: reduction of the human over population, and free food, and more time at home and not shopping.

Plus one can get all the variety of organ meats as well. For a change, one can eat vegan's and get the added nutrients of veggies.

The down side is that your prey may fight back, and the courts may send you to prison.

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» Didn't you know? Posted by: ABetterFuture
» RE: Didn't you know? Posted by: Mr. Heathen
Huh?
Posted by: Klaus on Aug 16, 2007 3:51 AM   
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One question, have you ever seen a fat vegitarian? I know I haven't!

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» fat vegetarian Posted by: shellac'd
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» Yes, and they were all cows. Posted by: KeepsonTickn
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Learn from a Japanese, not a caveman.
Posted by: EmilyC on Aug 16, 2007 4:00 AM   
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According to the World Health Organization, Japanese people have the longest lifespan. And yet, their diet is a far cry from the Caveman diet. Their diet is high in carbohydrates, low in fat, and not to mention overflowing with fish and soy. One must realize is we do not live in the caveman era anymore. Don't forget about the added hormones and god knows what else is in meat nowadays. This actually reminds me of a certain time when I was interested in feeding my pomeranian the raw food diet. The promising articles on it claimed that this was what the ancestors of the dogs ate back when they were not yet domesticated, and will miraculously cure allergies and diseases. I had been so convinced by the raving reviews that I ran eagerly to the vet to hear his opinion. His answer to me was that "Well you don't exactly see a pack of pomeranians in the wild hunting their prey on national geographic do you?" His answer effectively sums up my final thoughts to the article. You don't exactly see a bunch of humans running around in loincloths do you? Well, maybe just in Geico commericals. Our body systems have evolved over hundreds and thousands of years and we have accommodated the changes to our diet. Digestive systems, glandular systems and our body's natural reaction to foods have come a long way since then. If one thinks one should eat like cavemen, why not go a step further and eat like our other ancestors, the monkeys?

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» Natural selection? Hardly... Posted by: peleo_huntress
» What studies? Posted by: KeepsonTickn
» Sure... Posted by: peleo_huntress
Sad to See This Here
Posted by: bravegirl68 on Aug 16, 2007 4:04 AM   
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I'm new to AlterNet, but this is the first article I've been disappointed in, and have to wonder why in general fad diets are being covered here overall.

Like others have said, fad diets shouldn't be promoted. Just eat less and exercise more.

And if you want to be kinder to the earth, eat less meat and more whole grains, veggies and legumes.

It doesn't get more simpler than that. .. And I would imagine most of us here already know this.

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» Too funny... Posted by: peleo_huntress
NO-
Posted by: WitchyNy on Aug 16, 2007 5:12 AM   
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I remember a fad diet called THE DRINKING MAN'S DIET.
Will that be published next?

The author is right in that we need to get back to a basic natural diet. However-

Cave MEN-lived mostly on food gathered by WOMEN. Hunting was dramatic-but gathering actually fed the tribe. Which was mostly fruit, berries, vegetables and wild grains.

WE are monkeys-that is primates...who eat little if any meat. We have very long intestines...meat eating animals have very short guts...so they can get rid of all that meat fast.

Losing weight or being skinny is not 'health'. Hawaiians and Vikings were big healthy people. Ancient Eskimos, who are often used as an example of 'natural' eating of lots of meat, normally had very short life spans. They also ate all their meat raw-to get all the vitamins and minerals. They eat more vegetables now days.

The author buys his meat at the grocery store-hardly 'natural' meat. That is beef mostly from chemical filled-grain fed drugged up- caged- domestic cows. And you can't get more unnatural than that. And beef cattle are very bad for our environment.

We need to evolve our diet to be healthy, for ourselves AND our planet. Unlike Cave men, we can choose what to eat. We need to make wise choices.

My big healthy college boys were raised vegetarian. Aside from very occasional Wild Salmon, and our home grown eggs from free range chickens, they don't eat meat or fish at all. But men seem to crave the texture and taste of meat. I suggest Boca veggie burgers and tofu hot dogs.

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Cavepeople Didn't Eat Refined Carbs
Posted by: cellorelio on Aug 16, 2007 5:17 AM   
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First, let me state that I am so not one of those carb-obsessed individuals who only eat protein and a little fat. That's ludicrous. If one eats a varied diet consisting mainly of fresh whole foods (fruits and veggies, grain, meat, dairy), and gets moderate exercise each day, one will be healthy. My diet is probably made up of nearly equal parts protein, carbs, and fat.

I am a vegetarian (actually, I will eat fish) and have been for ten years. That doesn't mean my lifestyle was a healthy one. Until a few years ago, I ate mainly processed carbs in the form of white wheat bread, white rice, refined oils, and packaged foods containing high-fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated oils, and artificial colors, flavors, and preservatives.

In the past three years, I've educated myself about just how deadly those fake foods are. Now I only eat whole unprocessed grains, lots of fresh fruits and veggies, organically grown when available, unpasteurized cheese when possible, lots of fermented foods like tempe, homemade sauerkraut, pasteurized plain yogurt (that I flavor with fresh fruits), and homemade sourdough bread. I've eliminated most packaged foods and only buy ones that have few ingredients. Never anything with HFCS, hydrogenated oils, or any artificial ingredients.

It's also vital to walk and/or bike daily. 30 minutes of walking at a brisk pace each day does wonders for the body. I've been at my optimum weight now for several years and am in the best health ever.

I highly recommend the following:

Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
Lick the Sugar Habit by Nancy Appleton
Mad Cowboy by Howard Lyman
The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved: by Sandor Katz
Twinkie, Deconstructed by Steve Ettlinger
Sugar Blues by William Duffy

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» RE: Cavepeople Didn't Eat Refined Carbs Posted by: peleo_huntress
» RE: Cavepeople Didn't Eat Refined Carbs Posted by: peleo_huntress
and what of the social implications
Posted by: existen on Aug 16, 2007 5:37 AM   
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Nowadays it takes 10x as much land to produce the same amount of meat protien as it does soy and wheat gluten. It leads to increased soil depletion since a lot of that land is for the many years of corn and grains to be turned around and fed to the animals. And for that same reason it also takes significantly more energy to produce that meat. In world that is quickly running out of land and energy resources the ideal diet has to take in other factors about where your lifespan comes from.

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» RE: and what of the social implications Posted by: peleo_huntress
» huntress-Myth#1 Posted by: WitchyNy
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» Yes! Posted by: KeepsonTickn
Way back in the '70s
Posted by: willymack on Aug 16, 2007 6:35 AM   
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I bought a book entitled "Sugar Blues". The author had tried just about everything, including exercise (which only INCREASED his appitite and made him fatter). He finally intuited that it was the bread, puddings, pasta, etc. that might be the real culprit and cut most of them out, with a dramatic weight loss in a short period. I was getting a little tubby myself, so I reduced my intake of carbohydrates to almost zero, and lost almost 40 lbs. in a month and a half. A doctor told me it was unhealthy to lose so much weight in such a short time, but my body told me a different story; I felt terrific.. This was accomplished with practically NO exercise. I've discovered that if you include exercise in the program, you don't have to be so abstemious in your diet, and if you do things like jog, or play handball, or swim on a regular basis, you don't have to watch your diet that much as long as you don't eat like a pig. For a lot of us, the exercise part is the hardest to do, but once it's started, your improved physical condition makes you want to continue it.

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» Agree with you Posted by: harpy
"cave people" most certainly didn't execise
Posted by: pdxstudent on Aug 16, 2007 6:52 AM   
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Whatever the hell that phrase is suppose to mean, whoever it is suppose to represent, pre-agricultural people certainly did not exercise. That is a luxury, and among the most self-absorbed, of urbanized civilization. It is a sure sign of weakness.

Pre-agricultural people lived day to day, and I am sure that was at times extremely hard work. It in no way compares to what we know understand as exercise though.

Rather than exercise like a "cave man," try actually living like one. Living a life without the constant intervention of technological comfort, either in a mechanical-strength sense or an intellectual-computational sense, is going to build character, not "the right diet" or "the right exercise regimine."

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» Not so much. Posted by: ABetterFuture
» Hopeless romantic. Posted by: ABetterFuture
» RE: Not so much. Posted by: cellorelio
Human twinkies
Posted by: warpspasm on Aug 16, 2007 6:52 AM   
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I eat very close to the Paleo diet. Almost everyone I know who thinks it's "extreme" is a human twinkie- Spongy and soft on the outside and downright gooey inside. Their idea of exercise is a 30 minute walk or lifting some 10 pound dumbbells. At the super fit end of the human twinkie is the endurance nut who pounds out miles by bike, on foot, or in the pool. They lack muscles and the ability to generate power. I like being able to do 20+ pullups, deadlift twice my weight, clean and jerk my bodyweight, work hard and intense until I'm delirious and keep my body fat around 10%. So I eat meat, tons of vegetables, nuts and little starch or sugar.
The idea about eating humans sounds good. There are many fat and chewy ones in my neighborhood who would make a tasty barbecue. They would be easy to catch on their leisurely evening strolls. Not being outwardly fat does not equal being strong and fit. Having been fascinated by training and human development for over 25 years the basic message in the Paleo diet has worked wonders for me.

So far as a vegetarian diet being good for the planet this idea avoids a basic issue. The problem is that there are too many people. And when they start to die from starvation we feed them gruel and keep them alive so they keep having more kids who we can feed gruel and so on and so on. Increased food production equals increased population. It's a vicious circle.

Until the core problem of massive overpopulation is dealt with all the good intentions for, and whining about, the environment will do nothing. This hard and brutal fact is one no one wants to address. Until we can begin to understand that humans cannot operate outside the laws of biology and carrying capacity we will continue to denude the planet like a hoard of locusts.

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Could be your blood type...
Posted by: BeeGee on Aug 16, 2007 6:56 AM   
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The book "Eat Right for Your Type" says that what works best for us might depend on our blood type. Type O came first, so type O people tend to do best on a cave man diet. Type A appeared about the time agriculture began. These people can eat grains and dairy with good results. B and AB appeared further down the line and are quite similar to A. Since Western Europe and the USA are about equally divided between O and A, with their total making up most of the population, you could try eating for your type or, if you don't know, try one or the other and see which works best. Note that refined sugar is not part of any type's diet. Hey, it's one theory... I'm an O and the cave man diet sure agrees with me, although I keep the protein as mostly fish and chicken.

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It's about balance and quality...
Posted by: cyrano on Aug 16, 2007 6:57 AM   
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It's not just about meat vs. carbs. Most science points to eating a proper balance of foods, focused more on complex carbohydrates, nuts, legumes and lean meats. Also, the focus of the issue should not be on weight, but should be on overall health.
Part of the problem with lots of so-called "healthy" foods marketed today is that they are in fact ultra-processed and full of simple sugars, salt and artificial ingredients. Just because it says "healthy" on the package doesn't make it so.
As it always seems to go nowadays, we are subject more to marketing than good advice, even from the USDA (which is supposed to be on the side of the consumer).
The best lifestyle: eat a balanced diet, avoid processed food most of the time, and have a good relationship with food. Eat good stuff and enjoy what you eat.

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Congratulations, you've discovered
Posted by: SteveO on Aug 16, 2007 6:59 AM   
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The Atkins diet.

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Regaining your health (like turning back the clock)
Posted by: JPHickey on Aug 16, 2007 7:01 AM   
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On May 21, I turned 65, and I realzed that though I am stlll fit and amply muscular, I also felt the time had come to face up to the fact that I needed to shed about 40 lbs or so.

So I cut out most carbs and sugars (including fruit), and did lose 25 lbs in two months. This was rediculous, though successful, so I added some carbs and fruit, and my weight stagnated, again.

So now I again eat berries but little other fruit. I eat vegetables that are low carb, and I continue to eliminate all corn, potatoes, wheat, dairy products, or white sugar. I also eat all the free-range chicken, turkey, raw nuts, and oilve oil that I want. I usually boil the chicken, and cool the broth to remove the fat.

So I have stumbled on to my own version of the "caveman" diet. I feel satisfied eating much less, and the pounds are coming off again. With continuous tweeking, I believe I'll easily meet my goal of getting 50 lbs (total) by Jan. 1, 2008. I also believe I can stick to it for the rest of my life!

Oh yes, I still drink a little wine now and then, but avoid beer or hard liquor.

This approach in one form or another greatly increases insulin sensitivity, and frees the body's inherent capacity to heal naturally.

A wealth of information is available on the web. For instance, Google insulin sensitivity. Dr. Robin Rosedale offers some fine insulin sensitization diets, for instance.

The above article is too sensationalized. There are many interpretations of the paleolithic diet. I have been successful without going off the deep end. And I'm able to wear clothes I haven't been able to get into for over a decade.

Another unexpected benefit is that my food cravings are gone, I feel calmer and more satisfied with life in general. Also, I do go off the diet when breaking bread with friends, as man doth not live by bread alone, but even my face looks different. Liver spots have faded, and without the "baby fat", my bone structure is more perceptible, which adds a little character.

I say figure it out for yourself! If you want to reverse the ravages of aging and avoid the need for medical treatments and lifelong need for perscribed drugs, get serious about some sort of insulin sensitization diet or other!

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