The Paleo Lifestyle: The Way, Way, Way Back

The Paleo(ˌpālēə) Lifestyle: The Way, Way, Way Back

By Alex Williams

Which is more primal(ˈprīməl), hard cider(ˈsīdər) or a strawberry(-b(ə)rē,ˈstrôˌberē) margarita(ˌmärɡəˈrēdə)?

Would a self-respecting cave(kāv) man check his iPhone after 8 p.m., as long as he was wearing(ˈwe(ə)riNG) amber(ˈambər) goggles(ˈgägəl)?

What about that morning beauty regimen(ˈreZH-,ˈrejəmən)? Is coconut(ˈkōkəˌnət) oil or castor(ˈkastər) oil more likely to restore that neo-Neanderthal(nēˈandərTHôl) glow to a woman’s cheek(CHēk)?

To the uninitiated(ˌənəˈniSHēˌādəd), the much talked about Paleo diet — a nutritional(n(y)o͞oˈtriSHənl, n(y)o͞oˈtriSHnəl) regimen centered around pasture(ˈpasCHər)-raised meat, eggs, fresh fruit and vegetables(ˈvejtəb(ə)l, ˈvəjədəb(ə)l), and nuts, in the spirit of our cave-dwelling forebears(ˈfôrˌber) — may seem like another low-carb(kärb) fad(fad), the South Beach diet dressed up in a mammoth(ˈmaməTH) hide. But the time has passed when it could be written off as a fringe(frinj) movement of shaggy(ˈSHagē)-haired(herd) Luddites(ˈlədˌīt) with an outsize taste(tāst) for wild(wīld) boar(bôr) meatloaf(lōf).

Lately, Paleo has charged toward the mainstream(ˈmānˌstrēm), not only as a hugely(ˈ(h)yo͞ojlē) popular diet (it was most-searched diet of 2013, according to the Google Trends Zeitgeist(ˈtsītˌɡīst, ˈzītˌɡīst) list), but also as a cave-man-inspired lifestyle that has spawned(spôn) a fast-growing industry.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/fashion/the-paleo-lifestyle-the-way-way-way-back.html