What is Neanderthin?
Neanderthin author Ray Audette did not devise his diet originally as a way to lose weight, but as a way to combat the severe rheumatoid arthritis he developed as a young man. As his symptoms worsened he did more research and concluded that both his disease and many other autoimmune disorders including obesity were the result of “alien proteins” introduced into the human diet at the beginning of the Neolithic Era, when agriculture was born. The premise of the diet is that for optimum health you must return to the foods available to hunter/gatherer societies of the Paleolithic Era. The food must be edible in its raw state, although you may choose to cook it if you prefer! As a result grains are excluded from the diet as they require extensive processing to be edible. Likewise beans, legumes and starchy vegetables such as potatoes and turnips. No sugar is allowed on the diet although tiny amounts of honey may be included it you choose. No artificial sweeteners of any sort are allowed. No
