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Weight Loss With Traditional Foods
By Michael Bens
Many of us think back fondly to times we cannot possibly remember – times and places when voluptuous, even hefty, women were glorified, when a few extra pounds was a sign of beauty rather than a problem to be dealt with . It is a fact that, even today, there are some societies that have quite a different idea about weight gain than we do – especially for women. And there are quite a few reasons why this sort of thinking might not actually be misguided. For a start, women with a few extra pounds – not obese, mind you, just with some meat on their bones – are more fertile than very thin women. Also, a very thin woman might not be able, in a traditional society, to feed her child adequately. Because human ideas of attractiveness follow necessity, it’s natural that very thin women would not have been considered the most desirable in traditional societies. In fact, it’s only in a society full of excess, such as ours, that thinness becomes the desired goal.
On the other hand, it’s also true that few if any traditional societies had the problem with weight that we do. That’s because the food we eat today – while less nutritious than the food our predecessors ate – is also far more plentiful. To put yourself back in the mindset – and the body type – that typified our ancestors, try following a traditional diet.
It takes a bit of willpower – more than just a bit, actually. But not because you are about to starve yourself or cut out whole food groups. On the contrary – the traditional meals that you will eat are hearty and satisfying. Where the will power comes in, though, is in ignoring most if not all of the food messages that are coming at you through advertising and from the packaged foods in your grocery store. The basic idea is to ignore anything that has a brand name on it. Of course, that’s easier said than done.
So what do you eat, then? Well, if you choose to follow the Medieval Peasant Diet,
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