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A video running down the idea of the "caveman" diet.This is why the Paleolithic or "caveman" diet is so ridiculous. It tries to replicate what humans ate tens of thousands of years ago, assuming that this must be the diet our bodies were "designed" for. That sort of makes sense, until you realise that humans, animals and vegetables have all changed quite a lot in that time. For example, here’s a paleo-diet recipe for Brussels sprouts in Mens’ Fitness, which looks great – until you realise that Brussels sprouts didn’t exist until farmers created them several hundred years ago.
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