Me, Caveman--Feel Primal and Healthy

From the Sag Harbor Express.

"Maybe we’re so soft around the middle because we have it so easy.
It’s been a long time since anyone in our tribe has had to fend off a saber-tooth tiger or wooly mastodon.

But maybe a little caveman-like behavior can tighten us up a bit.
A few fitness gurus have created regimens to replicate the tree climbing, rock jumping and barefoot running of our ancestors (in Vibram FiveFingers, no doubt).

You can pay for their camps or you can just take some time every once in a while and go Paleolithic:


Eat the way we did in the cave: Consume mostly meat, fish, fruits, veggies, and nuts. Avoid the easy stuff of that’s come with civilization, like dairy, grains and junk food.

Exercise like early man: Do whole-body exercises outdoors a few times a week: sprint, climb, swim, lift heavy things, jump and tumble in short spurts. Throw at a target. Wrestle and play with your dog.

Prove yourself worthy: Compete against yourself or a friend; find out who should lead the tribe. Stay involved in races and games. Workout before breakfast and work. Act like the animal you are."

If you need further dietary guidance, please refer to my D-I-Y Health Care Reform page.

In past articles, you've heard me preach about the health benefits of produce, and lowering sugar and salt. Any paleo-primal-neanderthal-caveman type diet will help you do just that without much effort at all--consider it the ultimate "no-label diet." Not only will you improve health, but you'll save vast amounts of money over and above what couponing and other popular money-saving tricks and gimmicks supposedly "save" you.

I HAVE to eat this way due to food allergies, but you can choose to eat this way if you aren't in some form already. It shortens the shopping list, makes more space and room in cupboards and pantries, and if taken to extreme, can even do away with the need for refrigeration and/or freezing altogether. Read this stuff before? Yesd you have--right here on this blog.

Frugality and primality almost go hand in hand, and I see primality as the next summit we need to reach to avoid the troubles that others will face while stuck in Frugal Valley. Gathered/gardened food is always available, is never taxed, and is never rationed. Meat can be dried or canned in jars, to free up freezer space, or alleviate the need altogether--important when energy bills are anticipated to quadruple. Foods to avoid are coincidentally those that are skyrocketing right now: grains, beans, dairy, sugar, coffee, etc.

You see, it all fits. The side effects of eating primal are: alleviation of current chronic diseases that run rampant throughout our society, and are swiftly becoming problems for other countries. Diabetes? Gone. Hypertension? Gone. Cancers? Gone.

The long-term benefits? Lower to no medical expenses, lower to no food costs, lower to no risk of incurring debilitating disease or illness, and a profound improvement in your family tree's epigenome.

If you don't have any of these now, you can prevent ever getting them by eating this way. So what's our real need for universal health care? Political power, which is one thing I'm trying to escape--you should be too. The government has been trying to control population through various means for some time now.

We need to get back to our (dandelion) roots, and I mean pre-historic roots, before disease and the medical industrial complex, the Food Guide Pyramid, snake oil salesmen of the wild west days, Medieval "surgeons", and temple-worshipping head-hole drillers even existed. Cavemen never died of cancer, bad hearts, diabetes, or even old age--they mostly died of tooth abscesses (if they weren't killed in hunting or foraging accidents).

This is why I said to bring a toothbrush. :)