Gathering and Hunting

We instinctively feel that the hunter-gatherer diet, as eaten by our prehistoric great-great-great-(x57)- grandparents was healthy compared to our modern intake of processed foods. The idea of nibbling on fruit and nuts all day supplemented by the occasional feast of meat or fish is tempting. But we forget that those people were on the move much of the time, walking hours from one fruit tree to another, burning up the calories continuously. It doesn't compare to our current lifestyle where we gather our food from the fridge and then walk ten metres to the lounge and collapse into a sofa.

So I propose that the hunter-gatherer diet can be replicated if an accomplice hides food around the house and garden for you. After an hour of searching, you come across a couple of sultanas hidden under a pebble on the side-path, and buried in the flower bed is a carrot and an almond. Not only do you consume energy in the search, you also have the satisfaction of finding food.

Try it.