illustration from the 1930s was marked by constant struggle for
survival. - Footwear: akg
The nutrition researcher Andreas Pfeiffer recommends combining
stone-age diet and Mediterranean diet.
Life in the Stone Age was no picnic. As we know from people who still
live as hunter-gatherers in the Amazon, Australia and the Philippines,
the diet consisted largely of fruits and roots, besides from all that
lent the wildlife Sun Larvae, worms, frogs - mainly proteins. A
growling stomach was obviously for Stone Age people of everyday life.
This is also suggested that the body weight of today's "Stone Age" is
hard on the border of being underweight.
Nevertheless, the "Stone Age Diet" their merits, Andreas Pfeiffer,
says nutrition expert at the Berlin University Hospital Charité and
the German Institute of Human Nutrition in Potsdam-Rehbruecke.
Pfeiffer spoke last Sunday at the event series "Cosmos and man" of the
Charité and the Tagesspiegel on "Stone Age Nutrition for Modern Times"
at Berlin's Gorki Theater in more than 400 listeners.
"Our metabolism works the same as it in the stone age," said Pfeiffer.
The body is programmed to combat the shortage, not to excess. Every
calorie is held.
And a battery of "gut hormones" makes sure that the reason will be
turned off while eating. Who feasting is happy. Anyone on a diet,
however, sets the torment irritability and bad temper. From hunger to
mention.
Until late in the evolutionary development of animal life can be
traced all the "eating" principle. Even worms to drink their fill.
With paradoxical consequences. Leaving aside, for example, the
nematode C. elegans are starving, they live longer by several times.
Why? Probably because its conditions to multiply, are not optimal, so
he must live for a while. However, a well-fed worm can reproduce - and
die early.
Genes from the Stone Age and food in abundance, the result is the
modern obesity epidemic. "Food is sometimes an unhealthy matter," said
Pfeiffer. And reminded them of the dangers of significant obesity such
as diabetes, atherosclerosis, respiratory problems, an increased risk
for some cancers, joint damage and gallstones.
Nevertheless, the physician recorded no black and white image.
Pfeiffer did not forget to mention that the life expectancy continues
to increase and decrease, especially in middle age brings health
benefits. "From 65 should decrease with more caution," he advised. A
little flab is not necessarily in this age of damage.
The three main components of the diet are proteins, carbohydrates and
fat. In the Stone Age diet proteins have an overweight, because meat
and fish are rich in protein. In the Mediterranean diet is an
important accent lies on the other hand, carbohydrates in the form of
pasta or bread.
Pfeiffer suggested to combine the advantages of both types of diet.
That means a lot to comment on the proteins themselves, but mainly
from vegetable sources. And secondly, the healthy fats of the
Mediterranean diet (olive oil) and lots of vegetables to put on the
menu. Carbohydrates from pasta and Co., as provided for in the
Mediterranean diet, one should reduce it. The researchers justified
this by saying that some people are marked on carbohydrates - their
metabolism tends to change in carbohydrate-rich diet toward diabetes.
On the other hand, is a protein-rich diet is not beneficial when the
kidneys are damaged.
From a variety of food from Pfeiffer advised more: raw food. Cooked
vegetables is more digestible. One example is lycopene, a healthy red
pigment in tomatoes. He is only extracted by boiling from the cell
walls of tomato. Even the Stone Age 12 000 years ago would have cooked
their food and so made digestible, Pfeiffer said. Perhaps even then
patronize beetle larvae.
"High blood pressure - what now" is the next event in the series
"Cosmos and Man" in the Gorky Theatre on 4 May at eleven clock. It
speaks Friedrich air from the Charité. Admission is free.
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