Diet and exercise fads come and diet and exercise fads go. They are, after all, to New Year what fireworks are to July 4, bright, sparkly and exciting, yet totally forgettable once they’ve faded into obscurity. January just wouldn’t be the same without them. So it’s pretty rare to hear about a regime with such longevity that it started 15,000 years ago. Yep, you read that correctly, that’s 15,000 years ago. According to today’s New York Times the hottest (or I should probably say coolest because workouts include barefoot running in freezing temperatures) fitness trend among New York’s skinny young things is in fact the Paleolithic diet.
Involving the consumption of “large quantities of meat and then fasting in between meals to approximate the lean times distant ancestors faced between hunts,” the Paleo diet is more of a lifestyle than your typical New-Year-New-You quick fix. Waiting 36 hours between chowing down on handfuls of raw beef doesn’t sound enticing enough? How about “scooting about the underbrush on all fours” and “playing catch with stones” as part of the exercise regimen?
And apparently, just like those prehistoric men in the Geico advert they don’t like to be called cavemen either. Just ask Erwan Le Corre, the man behind the Paleolithic inspired Mouvement Naturel who prefers to think of the whole thing as more about “trusting your primal heritage” than simply becoming a caveman.
Now I’ve just got to decide, will it be deer ribs or organ meat for dinner tonight. Read more about it here.
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