Would a caveman eat that?

Let's just think about the topic question for a moment:

Would (or could) a caveman eat that?

I think it's a pretty good evaluation on what you should and shouldn't be putting into your body. I think science, for the most part, has had a negative impact on food and how our bodies react to it. The more natural, the better.

It's incredibly important for those with allergies to be checking the labels on everything- this is for the happiness of your belly, and the healthiness of your body. However, not only people with allergies should be checking the labels of your products; everyone should be.

A couple posts ago in the Gluten-Free Kitchen, I mentioned that Skippy Peanut Butter has a strange ingredient you wouldn't expect to be in your peanut butter. Know what it is? Icing Sugar.

Um...
excuse me?

Icing Sugar.

When you think about someone whipping up a jar of peanut butter, do you imagine them reaching for that  white sugary powder? Absolutely not. And yet, it's there.

What about all the additional chemicals that science has created to "improve" texture, taste, or longevity of your food?

Here's another little story for you:

I used to go camping with my family every summer. We had a very nice trailer that we parked at a lake- my Mom is a city girl and didn't like "roughing" it- so we had a trailer with nice beds, a full kitchen, and a bathroom. It was the most comfortable form of camping- it was great!
Needless to say, we had a fully stocked refrigerator and cupboards. We used to make these delicious sandwiches over the campfire- ham, egg, processed cheese- all sealed in a toasted, buttery white bread. I'm salivating just thinking about them.

Anyways, after a lovely summer of privileged camping- we left our trailer on the property for the winter.
Fast forward 8 months.

It's June of the following year. My Dad recruits me to help him clean out the trailer to prepare for the summer. We're cleaning out the kitchen, going through the cupboards, and my Dad finds a loaf of bread---an (at the very least) 8-month-old loaf of bread. It's white Wonder bread...and guess what- it looks EXACTLY the same as the "fresh" ones on the shelves of your local grocery stores look.

If that doesn't make you shudder, I don't know what will. ALL food should expire. Everything except the magical goodness of honey.

If I had brought that loaf of bread to someone's house, and made a couple of sandwiches with it- no one would have known.

The only way this could have happened is if the product was either:
a. Plastic
b. Modified by science in order to NEVER expire.

That's just not right.
Our insides still function like cavemen- we may have outsmarted ourselves with our foods- but it doesn't have to be that way.

Meat, vegetables, raw nuts.

Don't worry about fats.
Cavemen ate lots of fats.

Worry about chemicals, processed foods, and of course, gluten. The hybrid wheat just isn't what our ancestors ate- and certainly isn't what cavemen ate.
Worry about "bad" oils- that's 'vegetable', canola, corn.

Consume good oils- that's olive, avocado, and coconut.

Use spices and herbs.
Salt is okay- but use good salt- sea salt, or pink Himalayan. Your body needs salt to live. Once you rid of the processed stuff- your major intake of salt will be gone. Season your meats with salt and pepper.

Eat like a caveman. Even though our world has gotten faster, more efficient, and smarter- your food should still be the same.