First things first. I don’t believe in the paleo diet because the word diet conjures up images of deprivation, failure, self-doubt and depression.I prefer to use the word ‘lifestyle’, because that’s what it is. A lifestyle that transports your body to a time and place where things were simpler, you have none of the modern preservatives in your food, food is real and wholesome, you do not ‘workout’ but do physical stuff that makes your body useful, and you sleep, rest, and take joy in the outdoors (or for us Mumbaikars maybe the balcony?)A lot of things have changed for me after I went primal.

In other words, I feel great, I get less mood swings, I am chirpier in the morning, I am sleepy less, and I love myself more. And all this because I am giving my body what it’s been genetically designed to eat and the activity it’s been supposed to do.

It refers to eating, moving, and behaving in a manner that our ancestors did for 100s and 1000s of years before agriculture came into the scene.  So human life for all those years was all about foraging for food (walking lots and lots), hunting (sprints and lifting heavy) and eating real food they hunted, like animals and fish, and plants, veggies, leaves, berries, nuts and seeds.Cut to today. We no longer have to move much; predators don’t chase us nor do we hunt.An alarm clock awakes us, instead of daylight. We sleep much later than we should, because we’ve stayed up to watch a random movie, thus cutting our sleep time by a few hoursWe rush out in the morning to work, grabbing whatever unhealthy breakfast option’s available in the canteen that day. And don’t let me get started on the food. (There’s a whole post coming up on that!)