ancestral diet
Progenitors' typical cuisine
Ancestral diet refers to eating patterns modeled on what humans supposedly consumed before modern agriculture—typically emphasizing meat, fish, vegetables, nuts, and fruits while avoiding grains, dairy, and processed foods.
The concept underlies various dietary movements like paleo and primal eating.
Proponents argue our bodies evolved for such foods, though the actual diets of prehistoric humans varied enormously by region and era.
- paleoAncestral-foods diet
- primalFirst in origin
- hunter-gathererPre-farming subsistence lifestyle
- foragingSeeking wild food sources
- wildNot domesticated or controlled
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