Want to Stay Healthy While Pregnant: Eat Like a Cave Man!

Whether you are pregnant or not, the best way to eat is like our ancestors did. I always say to expecting mothers, “Eat like a cave man.” Cave men and women ate everything fresh, plants freshly picked, fruit right off the tree, whole grains and fresh meats that were not shot with hormones and antibiotics!

In addition, cave men and hunters and gatherers ate in small portions and frequently. When they ate protein, they ate as much meat, for example, that they could fit in the palm of their hand. Nuts and seeds were eaten in a similar manner and only a few at a time. They ate grains that were whole and not processed; the cave men didn’t bake their bread! Whole grains contain fiber, B vitamins, Glyconutrients and minerals that are beneficial to the body’s growth and health.

When grains are processed, they are stripped of nutrients, becoming more starchy than nutritious instead. Starch, when eaten in the form of white bread or rice for example, will turn to glucose in the body, stimulate an insulin response and then become fat! We do not want this to happen. To avoid this reaction we all should eat a low glycemic diet, which means to eat foods that will not instigate an insulin response in the body.

When you eat fresh and eat foods that are not altered, you will keep yourself more fit, especially during pregnancy. In order to maintain a healthy and fit lifestyle during pregnancy, mothers should think what a cave man would eat.

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