I'm looking for quick, easy, low cal recipes. While doing it, I came across McDougall's site, and I watched his Starch Solution video. In short, he says that the arguments that mankind lived a heavy meat diet is all wrong. Animal bones last longer in the dirt than orange peels, so we found all that was left. He said examinations of the hair and between the teeth of the human skeletons from thousands of years ago show that they lived primarily on grains. The 6 Fuels of Civilization are barley, corn, millet, potatoes, rice and wheat. He also said that gladiators were known as The Barley Men, because they lived almost primarily on barley. Caesar's army was also not allowed to eat meat before battles, because grains gave them more strength. Anyway, that's just a touch of what he talked about It's a really interesting video all about how our body breaks down starch (not carbs, just starch) and I think I may watch it again. It's about 90 minutes, but very informative, and Dr McDougall is a very entertaining speaker. I am interested in how a diet like this affects me since I have PCOS.
Right now I'm going to enjoy my favorite breakfast. Mangoes, bananas, and fat free Greek yogurt with agave.
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