5 Ways To Really Go Paleo

It's one thing to eat like a caveman, it's another to LIVE like one.

The paleo diet basically consists of eating a lot of meat, fruits and veggies, and "healthy fats" that the hunter gatherers would have eaten. By cutting out a lot of gluten and eating as folks may in "simpler times", people are losing a lot of weight and as a result my pinterest feed is full of meaty, grainless recipes.

People are boasting hashtags like #paleolife and #primal, though I notice the lifestyle is often starting and stopping with meal times. Why not integrate the simplicity of amazing health the cavemen had into your whole life. I mean #yolo

1. Become a Nomad

Via history.howstuffworks.com

Who needs to pay rent? Say goodbye to coming home to the same place every night, get a group of friends and settle at various locations around the city. A great way to connect to your neanderthal brothers and sisters is to start living a nomadic life. Although I lot of information about the life of Neanderthals has been found in caves, they apparently did not settle there for long. As they were hunters and gatherers, they set up temporary homes wherever the food was around. More than that, because of changes in climate, moving around and not settling in one area helped early cavemen survive.

2. Start hunting and gathering your food

Why let corporations overcharge you for what cavemen got with their bare hands. Chisel some rocks, talk strategy with your friends and take down some local deer to eat. It provides exercise, gives you a sense of purpose and will take you back to a simpler time.

Neanderthals made all manner of tools out of bamboo, bone, and rock to hunt down animals to eat. In caves bones from horses, deer, aurochs and other big game have been found.

3. Forget social media, record your accomplishments on real life walls

Via history.howstuffworks.com

Those people you haven't talked to in 5 years don't need to see that selfie- paint that dazzling image of yourself on that bathroom stall you're probably sleeping in as a nomad. The internet is probably going to become obsolete when the apocalypse comes anyway- that stall painting could last forever and bring honor to your tribe.

While it is unclear exactly why Neanderthals made the cave paintings other than artistic expression, it is thought to have had religious or even superstitious purposes. They used all manner of materials from straight up pigment to even making their own airbrushes.

4. Forget flirting, fight for your mate

.Are you tired of browsing the losers on OkCupid and Tinder? If you see someone you like, show them you care by fighting all other potential suitors, potentially to the death. If you prove yourself to be the strongest possible candidate, you are more likely to produce a hardy young to carry on your legacy. Time to take crush literally and CRUSH THE COMPETITION. While not all cavemen and cavewomen relationships were battle based, this is a good stereotype to keep.

5. Start Wearing More Animals

Via theguardian.com

If you're on the paleo diet, you're probably already eating a lot of meat. Emulate cavemen by wearing more leather and bringing more pelts into your wardrobe.

Apparently Neanderthals didn't just wear animal pelts, they even developed tools for tanning their own leather. They even used fur and fiber from the animals to weave clothing.