| There is no doubt that humanity has made | | | | water bodies such as the sea had a significantly |
| significant strides forward over the years in many | | | | different diet from those dwelling next to fresh |
| spheres of life. The things we consider very | | | | water bodies such as rivers and lakes. |
| normal today would be, to put it mildly, | | | | There are certain types of foods that we know |
| unfathomable for our ancestors who walked the | | | | prehistoric man (looking at the history of man did |
| earth thousands of years ago. But life in the olden | | | | not eat as their cultivation or inclusion into diet did |
| days was not entirely inferior. | | | | not take place until after 10,000 BC. Examples of |
| There are certain practices that one can borrow | | | | these types of foods include potatoes. Food such |
| from early man in order to improve life today. | | | | as beans that would need a long time to cook can |
| One of these is diet. It is no secret that the world | | | | also be safely ruled out based on both the period |
| is today plagues by what are often referred to | | | | when man first discovered fire and the sheer |
| as diseases of civilization. These include diabetes, | | | | length of time it takes to cook them. |
| heart conditions and obesity. And many of these | | | | The type of food eaten was natural and whole. |
| illnesses have their basis on the high processed | | | | This compares favorably with modern preparation |
| sugar and processed fat foods that we eat | | | | of foods such as grains where certain parts of |
| today. | | | | each grain as discarded during processing. The |
| Barring other external factors such as the | | | | grains casks for instance contain vital minerals |
| dangers encountered from living in the wild, the | | | | that enriched the caveman's overall diet, |
| cave man was much healthier than the modern | | | | something that one cannot say the same of the |
| man. The caveman's diet ruled out the need to go | | | | processed grain foods of today. |
| through the pains of modern diet programs | | | | One of the key components of their meals was |
| including detoxification and the taking of vitamin | | | | meat. Now, meat has often been vilified as one of |
| supplements. | | | | the causes of cardiovascular illnesses and other |
| So what exactly did cave men eat that made | | | | health complications today. So what was the |
| them so healthy? A basic principle to consider | | | | difference between then and now? The answer |
| when pondering this question is that cave men | | | | lies in the free ranges of man's early days. Unlike |
| ate that which was easily within their reach, | | | | today's sources of meat that are literally bred in |
| whether this was wild plants growing nearby or | | | | enclosed areas and sometimes injected with |
| animals that they needed to hunt and catch. They | | | | artificial growth stimulants, the animals of yore |
| did not have the luxury of long distance travel as | | | | had the benefit of the free ranges to run about |
| we do today and therefore had to make do with | | | | and thus maintained a healthy level of fat. |
| what was in their immediate surroundings. | | | | Fish, a rich source of protein, were the preserve |
| One must also consider the different | | | | of cave men that lived next or close to water |
| environments cavemen lived. Those that lived | | | | bodies. The cave man also ate wild fruits and |
| next to water bodies did not necessarily eat the | | | | berries which contained far less sugar than |
| same thing as those that lived further inland. Even | | | | modern day fruits many of which have been |
| the type of water bodies they lived next to was | | | | genetically altered. They also ate nuts, yams, |
| a factor; for instance those living next to salt | | | | sweet potatoes and carrots. |