Stone Age diet

noun

plural Stone Age diets
: paleo diet
Known variously as the paleolithic diet, or the Stone Age diet and even the caveman diet, the regimen is based on the belief that the prehistoric human diet of wild plants and animals millions of years ago is nutritionally beneficial.Mike Tighe

Word History

First Known Use

1956, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of Stone Age diet was in 1956

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“Stone Age diet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Stone%20Age%20diet. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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