Why Live A Paleo / Primal Lifestyle?

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Most of my friends probably think that I am insane. I show up to their house toting tupperware filled with homemade Paleo / Primal chili. I workout with them for 15 minutes then proceed to spend the next 30 minutes laying on the ground, in a pool of my own sweat, gasping for air. We go eat out at a restaurant where everybody efficiently orders their meal in less than 30 seconds. I once again grill the waitress for a couple minutes to make sure there is no sugar in the roast duck or hydrogenated oils in the side of vegetables I ordered.

From an average person’s point of view, this lifestyle seems more like a hassle than anything. Why would anyone decide to live this kind of lifestyle?

Now imagine waking up every morning to an anti-hangover. Most of us have experienced hangovers. You wake up, no energy, want to shut out every piece of light from the room, lock your doors, and plug your ears with cotton. Now imagine the exact opposite. You wake up full of energy. The tasks in life that used to make you winded like walking up a long set of stairs, or moving furniture now are completed with ease. You are more alert and focused throughout the day. Your body is a fat furnace constantly burning fat while maintaining muscle mass. The upset stomachs, migraines, and acne all but have disappeared…  That… has been my past year.

Now imagine all off those benefits (and more) easing into your life with less effort than how you are living right now. That’s right… A higher quality of life with less effort on your part… To some this might sound like a shortcut or hack but in actuality, this is how we were meant to live. Gone are the days of self inflicted punishment administered by hour long cardio sessions. This is an EVOLUTIONARY lifestyle based off of the simple fact that human beings did not evolve to live the way we are currently living. The human genome differs only by .03% to that of our ancestors in the Paleolithic era yet our lifestyles and diet differ near 100%. All of these government subsidized grains that have been pumped into our diets (watch Food Inc.) are creating diseases that never existed. Our ancestors rarely had cases of diabetes. Nowadays TYPE 2 diabetes can be seen as early as children in elementary school.

As seen on my post about epigenetics, the choices you make today get passed onto your offspring. Make the right choices to live a long healthy life for yourself and the future generations that inherit your DNA.