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You really don’t have to fire your nutritionist but you may feel like it if they haven’t told you what I’m going to tell you. People spend billions of dollars each year on advice on what to eat. They try all these new “miracle” diets that promise to lower your waistline, give you energy, etc. If they only knew that it boils down to a few simple foods. Meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, and nuts. That’s it. Throw in some eggs and call it a day. It’s so easy a caveman could do it…wait they did.

This diet is called the Caveman Diet or Paleolithic Diet because it is based off of what our ancestors ate. Our ancestors were hunter-gatherers (Wow, I owe my 6th grade social studies teacher $5. I bet her I would never need to know about evolution in real life!). They primarily ate lean game meat, nuts, berries, and vegetables. Our bodies evolved over thousands of years on this type of diet. A balanced diet high in protein, lower carbohydrate, and ample amounts of good fats (Omega-3 and Omega-6). They never counted calories or held back from certain foods. Obesity and diabetes were also very rare in those times. Coincidence?

Take a look at our present diet and you can see why we are cancerous, obese, and diabetic. Sure diet isn’t all to blame, it only accounts for 80% of the problems (Note: that last 80% number hasn’t been scientifically verified but that’s just how the author feels and he wanted to get a message across). The other major issue is the sedentary life-style that we now have. We expend very few calories in search of our meals these days. We walk downstairs and open a refrigerator then pop it in the microwave. Back then, we had to hunt food. We would track them for miles in some cases and have to get in spear or arrow distance. When we hit the target it would likely still be running for a while longer and we would have to follow the blood trail. We would then have to carry it back to the camp and so on. Even though some of us still hunt today, it is nowhere near as difficult or strenuous.These days a rifle will drop game right where they stand and we haul it back home on the back of a pick-up truck.

The Caveman Diet is the only diet you need to know if you want to lose weight, stay in shape, and maintain optimum health. Over my years of research and trying different diets and implementing nutritional advice, I have yet to find anything close to being this simple and effective. I had also unwittingly adopted this diet without knowing the name for it. Piecing together the best aspect of the Atkins Diet, The South Beach Diet, The Mediterranean Diet, Volumetrics, etc. I had followed this routine with amazing results. I cut back on carbs, ate protein at every meal, and ate plenty of fruits and vegetables. The best part is that I didn’t count one single calorie. I ate until I was full and saved the rest for later. Also, a few cheat meals each week didn’t hurt my results. So lets recap: it is easy to do, not as restrictive as other diets, no calorie counting, and it works! Try it out for 30 days and let me know how it works for you.

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