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Melissa McEwen
This blog is about the intersection between evolutionary biology and food. But also about practical applications, sustainable agriculture, and general tasty things. I originally started eating this way to heal from chronic health problems and...it worked!
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My Diet: Good, local, whole foods. Mostly meat, fish, and vegetables with some traditional whole grains and legumes.
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So you're telling them to eat FAT?????
A traditional high-fat paleo diet is being promoted among the Maori in New Zealand. The results are "eye opening." Notice the comments— naysayers saying it's just another fad diet like Atkins. But it's not Atkins. It's a diet that revives food traditions and is culturally appropriate. Contrast that with Jamie Oliver's failures in West Virginia pushing a generic "healthy" diet.
Another great video on persistence hunting:
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Great story on the Maori.
Great story on the Maori. These findings replicate those found with Canada's Aboriginal people. Dr. Jay Wortman carried out a similar program in a Canadian community and found similarly dramatic results, which you can read about in the link below.
http://www.canada.com/health/Diet+recipe+good+health+Doctor/2082526/stor...
Thanks for sharing, Melissa.
Thanks for sharing, Melissa. Great video - especially liked the ending where the hunter honoured the animal, something I sure doesn't happen very often anymore. Not saying I'd be up for killing my own meat (I'm kind of wimp that way, but I'm sure I'd find some other way of being useful in an HG society). However, reverence and gratitude are important dimensions of food and eating.
Hope you're feeling better....