Originally Posted by DeeDee
The theory behind the "eat like your ancestors" diets leaves much to be desired, in my opinion.
The new paleo-diet seems to be to eat only what was available back then (which makes you avoid processed foods and fillers anyway). And the other ancestor diet, the one I mentioned, says it's better to eat according to your race because your family evolved over thousands of years to thrive on a set of nutrition that's in your regional cuisine. There's another fad diet I like better, "the bodies many cries for water" by someone Batman (really, that's his last name). No it's not, it's Batmanghelidj. He argues that you need to drink more actual water, not just coffee, tea, and juice that contains water.
Now I treat drinks more like a snack and water more like a drink. But I snack on coffee a lot.

Anyway I just end up eating whatever tastes good. Sometimes I get a pang of conscience and quit eating anything that had eyeballs for a while.

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