why don't paleo people eat grains?

seena511 · February 2013

just curious.

ldrosophila · February 2013

because hunter and gatherers didnt have farms our early ancestors just roamed the plains killing animals and picking up whatever fruit, vegetables they could find. I'd argue that they did eat grain including wild grasses which evenually became the rice, wheat, and corn we know today.

But thats why you only eat what you hunt and gather. Mostly meat and seasonal plants.

ldrosophila · February 2013

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Acg67 · February 2013

just curious.

They beleive that they are bad for you and modern humans cannot digest them properly, even though Paleo man ate grains

Cr01502 · February 2013

THey weren't around in the palaeolithic era.

THey came in the agricultural era.

Other than that they're quite a dense source of carbohydrate and some people have trouble regulating their appetite with them.

taso42 · February 2013

Because someone told them it will help them lose weight

EvanKeel · February 2013

I actually think you're allowed to if your thetan levels are high enough.

DrBroPHD · February 2013

Cavemen didn't eat grains because they knew they would get diabetes

jimmie65 · February 2013

Because every popular diet needs some sort of gimmick.

gfedex · February 2013

The thought/hook/gimmick/science/call it what you will is that because humans in the paleolithic era didn't consume grains, we haven't evolved the proper digestive system to deal with them.