For me this journey began in 2012. Having always been relatively fit but not particularly muscular I wanted to try and build a stronger body so got interested in weight training. I started reading all the science (bro' science!) and soon enough I was on the low-fat high protein train with protein shakes, egg white wraps and daily gym sessions. I did start to see results but the more I learnt the more I didn't understand the dietary advice....
It seemed that 'we' had a pretty good understanding on a macro level of how much protein was needed to grow muscle but in order to take on this amount of protein without eating excess fat it was necessary to eat a highly manufactured diet. How then had the human race managed to produce the warriors of the past without modern food processing technology?
This was when I came across the Paleo/Primal/Ancestral movement and I haven't looked back since. My gateway was Mark Sissons blog and I soon purchased a copy of the Primal Blueprint (and I still recommend this book to everyone). To me it was the answer to my dietary confusions, the realisation that the 'healthy diet' I had been brought up on was based on, at best, flawed science and marketing forces was a revelation and the idea that eating a species appropriate diet would allow for optimum gene expression made perfect sense.
This was where my journey started and it has continued since. Its true that the more you learn, the more you realise how much you don't know ut like any journey the only way is to continue one step at a time, with the hope that in this journey each step makes the journey last a little longer!
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