by | Jul 7, 2015 | coeliac disease, Diet, Ecology, Evolution, Food, Gluten-free, Grain-free, Hunter-gatherer, Paleo, Your Signature Diet
Earlier this year Nutrition Australia released a new Healthy Eating Pyramid to serve as a “simple visual guide to the types and proportions of foods that Australians should eat every day for good health”. It contains the five core food groups, plus healthy fats,... 
by | Feb 21, 2014 | Diet, Ecology, Evolution, Food, Gluten-free, Grain-free, Health, Hunter-gatherer, Paleo
The modern paleo diet seeks to mimic the diet of pre-agricultural hunter-gatherers. It attempts to conform to those foods available across the broad range of ecological niches frequented by paleolithic humans. For the purpose of practicality, it is based on commonly... 
by | Dec 13, 2013 | Diet, Ecology, Evolution, Food, Gluten-free, Grain-free, Health, Hunter-gatherer, Immune system, Nutrition, Paleo
Plants can be incredibly beneficial for human health but they can also be incredibly destructive. Plants do not want to be eaten and use behaviour, physical and chemical defenses, to survive predation. This includes the handful of plants that humans eat. It is... 
by | Dec 13, 2013 | Diet, Ecology, Evolution, Food, Gluten-free, Grain-free, Hunter-gatherer, Paleo, Your Signature Diet
A paleo diet has a lot to offer. It’s based on the foods eaten by our hunter-gatherer ancestors in Africa during the paleolithic era from about 2.6 million years ago to the beginning of the agricultural revolution about 13,000 years ago. The main foods available...