diet rich in fruit and vegetables. Phyto-nutrients are chemicals in plants that have been shown to be extremely beneficial. They act as antioxidants, genetic modifiers, and have many other health-giving functions that science is only now beginning to understand. Many of these phyto-nutrients have been shown to prevent and in some cases treat cancer. A diet high in vegetables and fruit is a diet high in phyto-nutrients.
Healthy Fats High amounts of omega-3 fats are present in the ancestral
diet. The animals our ancestors ate were free roaming, therefore grass-fed, as opposed to grain-fed. As a result, this meat had a fat profile similar to fish in its omega-3 fat content. It is only when you feed animals foods they are not designed to eat, like grain, that they began to store large amounts of saturated fat. Ironi- cally the way you produce fat cows is the same way to produce fat humans; feed them large amounts of processed starchy grains. Furthermore, grains are high in omega-6 fats, which enhance inflammation when consumed in excess. Other extremely healthy fats include the monounsaturated fats found in foods like nuts, olives, and avocados. The copious amount of olive oil used in the Mediterranean Diet is one of the reasons it is so healthy. Our earliest ancestor’s primed our genes to the healthy fats by eating foods like brain and bone marrow, which are extremely high in omega-3 and monounsaturated fats. Thanks to them, our genes express themselves in a healthy way when we eat foods that include omega-3 and monounsaturated fats.
6 Points to Eating the Ancestral Diet in the Modern World • Eat plenty of vegetables and fruit and eat a wide variety
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Conclusion: There is no such thing as a diet that has benefit for the whole population because we are all uniquely different and require different foods to keep us healthy. However, the Paleo- lithic approach to diet is the closest thing you have to understand- ing the diet your genes evolved on. It serves as a good starting point in the quest for your optimal diet. Our ancestral diet serves only as a nutritional template for good health around which individual eating plans can be constructed. Unlike other popular dietary approaches, it is without bias, steeped in science rather than politics, and uses the natural world as a guiding context. There is plenty of research showing the ancestral diet pro-
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• Eat foods that contain healthy fats • Avoid/minimize refined grain products (choose only whole grain products) • Avoid/minimize conventional dairy products (choose only organic dairy products) • Try to choose animal products from animals that have been raised in a sustainable way. • Make water your drink of choice and avoid sweetened drinks
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