most recent 30 from http://paleohacks.com 2013-05-19T20:06:49Z http://paleohacks.com/feeds/user/1521 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://paleohacks.com/questions/9691/are-we-really-hunters Peter 2010-09-06T15:52:38Z 2013-01-29T16:51:43Z

<p>I recently tried to explain the paleo diet to someone and said that humans had not adapted yet to grains and were better suited to the diet of a hunter gatherer (meat, fruits, nuts, eggs) and that this also showed because our eyes were at the front of our heads and not on the side, like prey. I got the reply:"look at yourself, you could not even catch a rabbit without aid. You don't have explosive speed that all cats have, no claws like a bear. You are way to slow to naturally catch any prey. Look at an animal like a gorilla, very much our next of kin, which is a herbivore" That also really made sense to me and made me doubtful. If you look at your body compared to animal hunters, there is not even a trace of any characteristics of a hunter. Can some paleo specialist give me a reply?</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/9691/are-we-really-hunters/9695#9695 Peter 2010-09-06T18:12:27Z 2010-09-06T18:12:27Z

Thanks, for the answer. I have gone paleo because I have an inflammatory bowel disease and got convinced by a specialist that grains contain poison intended to kill insects. Unfortunately they also cause problems for some humans, who have a protein that looks like the poison. This causes the anti immune system to first attack the poison and then keep attacking your own protein sustaining the inflammation. However going cold turkey pale seemed to worsen my situation. I think that this had to do with increased nut consumption. Maybe not as much the nuts itself, but more the sulfiet preservative.