Max Drake loses weight by sticking to a caveman diet

December 30th, 2011

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Last updated at 9:54 PM on 29th December 2011

Slimming down: Drake shed two stone by sticking to a carbohydrate-free diet

Whilst most of us attempt to shed the added pounds gained at Christmas by returning to the gym or skipping desert, one man resorted to eating like a caveman in a bid to lose weight

Max Drake, who tipped the scales at 12 stone, shunning all processed foods, instead concocting recipes full of rich berries, game, nuts and roots.

And after giving up bread, pasta, cereals, biscuits and beer during the strict 12-month Stone Age routine, he shrank down to just 10 stone 12lbs.

Max, from Clifton, Bristol, said: ‘It was tough at first. The key thing was giving up grain, wheat and barley.

‘It sounds so easy when you say it. But when it comes to ditching bread, pasta, beer, cereals and biscuits, it seems a much bigger ask.

‘And to be honest the first two weeks are a nightmare as your body tries to reorient itself to this totally different way of eating.

‘But after two weeks your body gets into it and you suddenly feel better than you’ve ever felt. After all this is our natural diet.

‘Humans have been around for 2.5million years – or 150,000 generations – and for the vast majority of that time we ate a Stone Age diet, based on hunting and gathering.’

Max who runs a natural medicine store, stumbled across the diet while looking into allergy cures two years ago.

He said: ‘I began to devise elimination diet programmes for them to follow – so they could try to decipher what they were allergic and intolerant towards.

‘That got me more and more interested in our diets generally and it slowly dawned on me that the problem was that we weren’t sticking to our natural diet any longer.

Healthy living: Drake's 'caveman' diet includes apples, red meat, berries and nuts

Healthy living: Drake’s ‘caveman’ diet includes apples, red meat, berries and nuts

‘I thought it would be interesting to do a bit of research into how we would respond today to a Stone Age diet and I realised that meant putting my money where my mouth was and trying it for a year myself.

No return: Herbalist Drake insists he will keep to his new regime

‘But after the first couple of weeks, far from being a trial, it left me feeling full of energy and focus.

‘I never consider eating meals now and I don’t feel as deprived because I don’t limit the amount I eat – as long as it is food off the primal menu.’

And now his typical diet now mirrors that of a caveman – consists of wild meat, including internal organs, fish, fruit, vegetables, roots, eggs and nuts.

Max said: ‘We eat far too many carbs – far more than our bodies are designed to need. So potatoes are out, as well as bread, pasta and rice.

‘It leaves us with a much more protein-rich, carb-low diet. Which in turn gives you a lot more energy.

‘It is just those first couple of weeks when your body shrieks out in terror at the idea of removing the carbs, that it is a real struggle.

‘In the longer term your body is much happier if you eat like a caveman.’

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Gimmicky diet, won’t last (not sure cavemen had a great life expectancy?!)

– Jazz hands, Manchester, 30/12/2011 03:08

Two stone a year? Thats not good, thats terrible. I lost 4 stones in just 5 month and all I had to do was cut down my calories/carbs/fats/sugar intake by 30%. And I didnt even exercise. All you have to do is eat healthy.

– Joe, Lost_City_of_Atlantis , 30/12/2011 02:34

Any sugar is carbohydrate and his diet definitely does contain carbs. They sit on his plate in the apples and berries. It’s proportions that matter plus cutting out refined carbs such as super-milled flours in processed foods. These require virtually no digestion. Putting 100 gram plus quantities of dry weight pasta into your body is like letting off a glycaemic bomb. The body is forced to dump excess quantities of insulin to deal with surges in blood sugar levels. And an inability to maintain consistent bloodstream sugar eventually leads to diabetes – a modern affliction. If matey ate raw spuds and carrots he would still keep the weight off. Ansel Keys found out 50 years ago that the subsistence level diets of poor southern Italians were actually incredibly healthy and he noted the extended longevity of these people. Versions of a mediterranean-type diet probably represent the optimum way of combining eating with enjoyment while staying healthy. It would be game over for Tesco though.

– Paul Gilson, London, 30/12/2011 02:32

Slow news week DM?

– Mike, Thailand, 30/12/2011 00:47

He’s talking about the paleo diet – been around for years

– sarahharris12, london, 30/12/2011 00:06

Potatoes are out? I always thought they were a vegetable, make your mind up…

– Ian, Portsmouth, 30/12/2011 00:01

You could have just use your COMMONSENSE to eat sensibly, even animals have it..!!!!!!!!

– HLAP, London, 29/12/2011 23:52

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