I’m on the Greater Seattle Weston A. Price Foundation Yahoo Group (wow that’s a long name), and someone recently posted a link to the following video. It’s basically just a 5-minute flash animation describing the Paleo/Primal diet and rationale in a nutshell. It does a pretty good job, actually. Obviously there’s a lot more to it, but it’s a fun intro for newcomers, and a fun refresher for the rest of us.
More on exercise below, after the jump, including some of my thoughts and another nutshell video.
The same author also did one on Paleo/Primal exercise that’s pretty good (see below)—the basic “less exercise is good” argument is spot on. Mark Sisson (of the Primal Blueprint and Mark’s Daily Apple) sums it up pretty nicely, in that—based on human history and evolution—there are really 3 kinds of healthy human exercise:
- Short sprints, occasionally and for not too long
- Lifting heavy things, occasionally and for not too long
- Low-aerobic or below activity (walking, hiking, or similar)
Sprinting or lifting more often or for longer durations just ends up bad for you in the long run, and sometimes in the short run too. And what about that mid-to-high level cardio/aerobic exercise that is the bread-and-butter of almost all modern exercise? There’s no place for that, it just isn’t part of human history. When would our ancestors have done that kind of thing? There’s increasing evidence that forced “chronic cardio” (as Mark calls it) simply results in a long-term reduction in your health.
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