Balanced Existence

Since the advent of farming around 10,000 years ago humans have progressively consumed more and more grain. However, 10,000 years is, as I like to say, a very small drop in a very large bucket. The human digestive system, which had adapted over millions of years to a diet high in protein, has not since adapted to grain. Much less to the various forms of highly processed grain the modern world now consumes.

When I say eat what your ancient ancestors ate I don’t intend for say someone who’s ancestors who ate whale meat and blubber to try to find and eat that exact same food. Instead what I’m suggesting is that we eat the same proportions of protein, fat and carbohydrates in our diets as each of our ancient ancestors did. You could also seek out the closest analogue to the traditional foods that is available.