paleodiet started 2.5 million years ago and lasted untill 10,000 years ago with the advent of agriculture.

Our ancestors were used to eat: meat, fruit, sea food, legumes and seeds rich in proteins. These kind of foods were rich in monounsaturated and polyinsaturated fats and omega3.

This kind of diet acompanied the evolution of man for hundreds of thousands of years and, because of this, our ancestors were evolved to be genetically adapted to these foods and often to specific local diets.

With the advent of agriculture, our ancestors, started to use new foods with a diferent chemical composition and for which men had not adaptation.

2. Humans are nutritionally flexible

3. Hypothesis concerning this genetic aspects remain to be proven

4. Very little is known about what they used to eat