A dilemma I've been pondering is how true to the Caveman diet do I stay. One hundred percent cavewoman and I should be prancing around the countryside with bow, arrow and loin cloth. I'm sure that although the exercise would be good, modern day hunting regulations may well bring me into legal conflict and certainly to the attention of the fashion police!
During the weekend I live by the sea where certainly I could fish and forage along the shoreline. Whereas, during the week, in order to be near work I stay with my family in the country, here we do occasionally see wild herds of deer roaming and sometimes the odd one even ventures into the garden - think about it - I could potentially be a well stocked up cavewoman. Additionally, my father would be overjoyed if his lettuces were saved by a cull of the ravenous bunny population. 
However, the main problem is one of geography. Keeping to the spirit of the Caveman diet I should eat only nuts and berries grown locally, so what does a British caveman do during the long cold winter? Granted I'll be able to find meat and probably nuts but will certainly be suffering from scurvy by the end of the winter. I'm certainly going to have to start thinking about storage as fruit won't be readily available. Oh, I wish I was a cavewoman in a far off land and warmer climate.
I conclude that I may need to submit to buying food that is well travelled, irradiated and stored for months ie. fruit that has lost much of its goodness and flavour, all in the interest of maintaining variety in the diet. Even when I consider the nuts that I've been consuming - almonds, pistachios and Brazil nuts - none of these grown in the UK. To stay absolutely true to the caveman diet I should be limiting myself to hazelnuts and acorns, found in abundance in the British countryside.
At this stage you may well be thinking I am just taking this all a little too literally???
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