Research

Micronutrients & recovery

Ancestral diets provided significantly higher micronutrient intake (1.5 to 8 times) than modern diets, with the exception of sodium, which was much lower in ancestral times.

Prioritize whole, unprocessed foods to maximize your intake of vitamins and minerals. Ancestral diets provided 1.5 to 8 times more micronutrients than modern diets. Focus on fruits, vegetables, and wild game to achieve this density, while keeping sodium intake low.

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Vitamin, mineral and (probably) phytochemical intake was typically 1.5 to eight times that of today except for that of Na, generally <1000 mg/d, i.e. much less than that of K.
S. Boyd Eaton · Proceedings of The Nutrition Society · 2006

Why this rating

Based on retrojected estimates from modern hunter-gatherer groups.

Source

The ancestral human diet: what was it and should it be a paradigm for contemporary nutrition?

S. Boyd Eaton · Proceedings of The Nutrition Society · 2006

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