Wondering how your diet compares to that of a traditional diet? This list is important for you to consider since 99% of our genes were formed before agriculture.
The diets of healthy primitive and non-industrialized peoples:
- contain no refined foods such as refined sugar or high fructose corn syrup; white flour; canned foods; pasteurized, homogenized, skim or low-fat milk; refined or hydrogenated vegetable oils; artificial vitamins or toxic additives and colorings.
- consume some sort of animal protein and fat from fish and other seafood; water and land fowl; land animals; eggs; milk and milk products.
- contain at least four times the calcium and other minerals and TEN times the fat soluble vitamins from animal fats (vitamin A, vitamin D and K2) than the average American diet.
- eat some animal products raw.
- have a high food-enzyme content from raw dairy products, raw meat and fish; raw honey; tropical fruits; cold-pressed oils; and naturally preserved, lacto-fermented vegetables, fruits, beverages, meats and condiments.
- soak, sprout, ferment or naturally leaven seeds, grains and nuts in order to neutralize naturally occurring anti-nutrients, such as phytic acid, enzyme inhibitors, tannins and complex carbohydrates.
- total fat content varies from 30% to 80% but only about 4% of calories come from polyunsaturated oils naturally occurring in grains, nuts, fish, animal fats and vegetables. The balance of fat calories is in the form of saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids.
- contain nearly equal amounts of omega-6 and omega-3 essential fatty acids.
- contain some salt.
- consume animal bones, usually in the form of gelatin-rich bone broths.
- provide special nutrient-rich foods for parents-to-be, pregnant women and growing children; teach the principles of right diet to the young.
Source:
http://www.westonaprice.org/Characteristics-of-Traditional-Diets.html
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