By Helena Oliviero
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Three years ago, Charles and Julie Mayfield connected through a food swap at their gym.
They shared platters of lasagna, pots of chicken soup. And fell in love.
Their love survived. But not their diet.
Early in their courtship, they developed a passion for a new and also very old way of eating.
They turned to a cavemen-like diet plants, meat, seafood, vegetables and a little fruit.
You wont find dairy, beans and wheat in the Mayfields cupboards. Nor will you see sugar, soft drinks or processed foods.
Nuts and seeds are OK. But peanuts, which are legumes, are not allowed.
The Mayfields follow the Paleo (short for Paleolithic) diet, a low-carb regimen gaining some intrepid adherents, that they believe humans followed up to 2 million years ago. If they cant forage, hunt or gather the food, they wont eat it. (How this works today: Charles Mayfield hunts deer and quail, and fishes. They eat blueberries cultivated in their garden. In the end, they buy most of their food from local farmers markets and Whole Foods.)
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In diet, eat like a caveman
