Most non-communicable diseases are dietrelated, including obesity and its associated illnesses. Because the prevalence of obesity is a contemporary problem, some argue that our modern diet, based on agriculture, is to blame. This is the so-called ‘paleo’ movement.
‘Paleo’ is a contraction of Palaeolithic, the period from about 2.6 million years ago to 10,000 BC (the Stone Age). The paleo premise is that for most of human existence, we were hunter-gatherers. Then the agricultural revolution changed our
