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Weschler lists many potential reasons for the difference in men and women's drinking habits, ranging from an emphasis on weight and diet to differences in body mass and metabolism to the acceptance of beer, the college drink of choice and tradition...
...doing great, doing all the right things, looking great." That means sacrifice. Cheney, an able chef who is known for preparing grilled meats, beef stew and spaghetti--and for tucking into roast beef sandwiches, ribs and bratwurst on the campaign trail--seems to have trimmed the fat from his diet. Cheney's office says he no longer starts the day with a "Western-style breakfast." Starbucks skim lattes are in, for both Dick and wife Lynne, when they can get them. During Inauguration week, the Cheneys barred chocolate, nuts and other fatty snacks from their Madison Hotel suite. And Cheney...
There's even a role in the Origin Diet for grains, which paleopurists consider off limits because agriculture didn't develop until 10,000 years ago. The key, Somer says, is to stick with whole grains, using them to replace the wild grasses that were staples of many ancient diets...
...food plan Somer proposes turns out to be pretty close to the one modern nutritionists are most familiar with--a diet low in saturated fat and high in complex carbohydrates. There's an ultrahealthy emphasis on fruits and vegetables (eight to 10 servings a day), legumes and lean meat (especially fish and skinless chicken breast)--as well as lots of regular exercise. What's missing is the highly refined products and fried foods we've come to associate with modern American cuisine...
...will take a lot of planning to stick with the Origin Diet. My guess is that some of the more rabid ancient-diet advocates wouldn't consider it a true paleolithic prescription. But I think Somer has the right idea. Just be glad you don't have to hunt down a woolly mammoth for dinner...