Protein and carbs:
Think of your body not only as a Porsche, but also as a fire. in order to make a fire you need a big log that will burn all day long so that the fire won’t go out, and you need some paper and kindling to create a quick flame to help the big log catch. If you use only paper ( carbs ) your fire will go out within a few minutes, no chance of burning all day. That’s why when you eat cereal, you are usually hungry very shortly after. If you put only a log ( protein) in your fire with no paper, it won’t catch . You need the log and the paper to make a fire and burn all day.
The Paleo Diet mimics the types of foods every single person on the planet ate prior to the Agricultural Revolution. These foods ( fresh fruits, vegetable, lean meats and seafood) are high in the beneficial nutrients ( soluble fiber antioxidant vitamins, photochemical, omega-3 and mono saturated fats, and low glycemic carbohydrates) that promote good health and are low in the foods and nutrients ( refines sugars and grains, saturated and trans fats, salt, high-glycemic carbohydrates, and processed foods) that may cause weight gain, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and numerous other health problems. The Paleo Diet encourages dieters to replace dairy and grain products with fresh fruits and vegetables-foods that are more nutritious than whole grains or dairy products.
The Paleolithic Age is the formal time period on Geological Time Charts from about 2,500,000 years ago to about 10,000 years ago. The premise is that during the Paleolithic, we evolved a specific genome that has only changed 0.01% in the last 10,000 years. However, during this recent time span mass agriculture, grains/grain products. sugars/sugar products, dairy/dairy products, and a plethora of processed foods have all been introduced as a regular part of the human diet.
We are not eating the foods we are genetically and physiologically adapted to eat (99% of our genetic profile is still Paleolithic); and the discordance is an underlying cause for much of the “diseases of civilization”, “syndrome x”. obesity, and “diseases of old age” that are so epidemic in our society today. As Dr. Cordain and others’ scientific research reveal- the evolutionary, genetic, and clinical evidence point to a natural (unprocessed foods), omnivorous diet as the healthiest way to eat. Dr. Cordain’s research shows that 70% of the average caloric intake of Americans is from foods that did not exist for our paleolithic ancestors. This discordance is having tremendously negative health consequences for our society as a whole.
Our genes determine our optimum diet, and our genes evolved according to the environments in which our ancient ancestors lived, including the foods they ate. Our Paleolithic ancestors did not eat just one single diet, but rather they ate within a range of natural, unprocessed diets- depending on variables like geography, climate, competition, ecological niche, and season.
