Modern civilization is rampant with metabolic diseases. Obesity and it's myriad of complications are shortening the life expectancy of our children.  Meanwhile, tribes of cavemen seem to be popping up nationwide.

Cavemen, you ask? Well, yes of sort.

You see, there are widespread groups of people who have resorted back to the Paleolithic period for diet recommendations. And for good reason. Hunter-gatherers, over 10,000 years ago we very robust, energetic, and strong due to their diets of whole foods.

Check out Art De Vany, a 72 year old retired economics professor from Utah. He is gaining international recognition for his "Evolutionary Fitness" program of nutrition and exercise. Be sure to watch the video.

            

When he goes for a workout, for example, Art doesn't believe in long, hard runs. He hops and jumps and exercises hard, just momentarily.

"It's always intermittent and ‘bursty,' so to speak," Art says. "A few intense episodes, short in duration." It's as if he's stalking game or running from a predator. "It's the rhythm of life, of a wild animal, and we were wild animals then," Art says. "Then" means 10,000 years ago, when men were strong and women were too...

...The idea is to eat things that existed 10,000 years ago, before agriculture and food processing. "You notice there are no grains. There's no bread. There are no beans, no rice no potatoes," Art explains.

Still, Art doesn't go to the desert to do his hunting and gathering. Like most people, he does that at the grocery store. "We're only trying to mimic, or emulate, the kind of diet that would have been natural for humans," Art says.

He believes human genes evolved over millions of years for conditions then; our genes have hardly changed since. "40,000 B.C. is really my model of how to live," Art says

I have been eating a paloe/primal diet for a few months and I am thrilled with the results and the delicious foods. 

Thanks KSL.com