Looking to get a bit leaner and meaner? Try the“diet” that ultra-marathoner Dean Karnazes and monster-wave surfer Laird Hamilton, and millions of others, swear by: the caveman diet.

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It’s been variously labelled the caveman diet, paleo diet or the stone-age diet, but in reality it’s not a diet at all, but a philosophy toward nutrition. The thinking goes something like this: we’ve only been civilised for a few thousand years, and only eating processed grains—bread, pasta, etc—and dairy foods since then.

Ditto certain type of legumes and vegetables, like potatoes, which to be eaten have to be
cooked, a skill we humans only cottoned on to relatively recently in evolutionary
terms. Genetically speaking, the experts say, our bodies are best adapted for a diet
closer to that of our ancient ancestors— Palaeolithic caveman. Cavemen didn’t
cook, consume full-cream milk, bread, pasta, cheese, potatoes or—poor souls—
beer. They mainly ate meat, and lots of it, along with root vegetables, nuts and fish.
The following weekly plan demonstrates the principles of the “diet.” The beauty is,
it’s high in protein, low in carbs and high in fibre—all good things if you’re trying
to lean down. Try it for a week or three. Be as strict as you can handle. Slip-ups
are expected, because it’s not easy. You’ll crave bread and pasta, but the results, its
proponents claim, are astonishing.

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