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[cathepsut]

The Paleo Diet: Lose Weight and Get Healthy by Eating the Food You Were Designed to Eat by Loren Cordain

"The modern dietary regimen known as the Paleolithic diet, also popularly referred to as the caveman diet, Stone Age diet and hunter-gatherer diet, is a nutritional plan based on the presumed ancient diet of wild plants and animals that various human species habitually consumed during the Paleolithic era, that ended around 10,000 years ago with the development of agriculture. Centered on commonly available modern foods, the "contemporary" Paleolithic diet consists mainly of meat, fish, vegetables, fruit, roots, and nuts, and excludes grains, legumes, dairy products, salt, refined sugar, and processed oils."

(yanked from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleo_diet and slightly abbreviated)

I haven't started the book yet, but I can't see mysyelf going completely without dairy. I am willing to switch away from cow's milk and completely to sheep and goat.

No grain will be a tough one. Buckwheat is actually a grass, not wheat, right?

And no legumes? Dang it, I don't think so. I love lentils and peas and beans... Sigh!

More when I actually started to read this book!

Comments

[thejeopardymaze]

I think his views are pretty dated, even though it seems he changed his mind about saturated fat recently. It's part of why I believe blogs like Archeovore and HuntGatherLove are more interesting and informative. That being said, a life without gluten and refined vegetable oils is a very good idea.