Paleo Diet: By the Expert

brower47

Christina Warinner discusses the paleo diet based on archaeological and anthropological studies.

https://youtu.be/BMOjVYgYaG8

Is it a healthier diet or a bogus marketing scam?

AnvilHead

Didn't watch the video yet, but I have two major reservations about Paleo:

1) Wasn't a caveman's life expectancy around 30 years? That's hardly long enough for the long-term benefits or drawbacks of any diet to manifest themselves (and who documented those benefits or drawbacks? Don't think there were many doctors/scientists around back then).

2) I'm still waiting for an explanation as to how cavemen living in the Arctic, the African desert and the Mediterranean regions (all with completely different climates, native animals/flora, etc.) all ate the same way?


It may or many not be a reasonable diet, but I think calling it "Paleo" and an "ancestral diet" is disingenuous and nothing more than marketing woo.

brower47

AnvilHead wrote: »

Didn't watch the video yet, but I have two major reservations about Paleo:

1) Wasn't a caveman's life expectancy around 30 years? That's hardly long enough for the long-term benefits or drawbacks of any diet to manifest themselves (and who documented those benefits or drawbacks? Don't think there were many doctors/scientists around back then).

2) I'm still waiting for an explanation as to how cavemen living in the Arctic, the African desert and the Mediterranean regions (all with completely different climates, native animals/flora, etc.) all ate the same way?


It may or many not be a reasonable diet, but I think calling it "Paleo" and an "ancestral diet" is disingenuous and nothing more than marketing woo.

You might find the video incredibly interesting then.

_Terrapin_

Very interesting. Tools 30,000 years ago......food availability, breaking down of each myth, good stuff.

Thanks for sharing.

kshama2001

I liked subsisting on seasonal, locally grown food when I was in Costa Rica, but that's simply not practical up here in Boston.

adriennemarieb

Yesyesyes. I just finished it. I don't follow a specific diet, but I do what she says at the end. Eating a variety of fresh, whole foods is key.

_Terrapin_

adriennemarieb wrote: »

Yesyesyes. I just finished it. I don't follow a specific diet, but I do what she says at the end. Eating a variety of fresh, whole foods is key.

phew! For a second I thought you were going to say you eat 8.5 feet of sugar cane.

Wetcoaster

The Importance of Dietary Carbohydrate in Human Evolution

http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/682587

Wetcoaster

How to Really Eat Like a Hunter-Gatherer: Why the Paleo Diet Is Half-Baked

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-paleo-diet-half-baked-how-hunter-gatherer-really-eat/

EvgeniZyntx

Thanks for sharing that, interesting video!

rainbowbow

queenliz99

Thanks for sharing

Equus5374

kshama2001 wrote: »

I liked subsisting on seasonal, locally grown food when I was in Costa Rica, but that's simply not practical up here in Boston.

What?? No locally grown food in Boston? Kelly's Roast Beef, North End cannolis, chowdah!! There's plenty of locally grown food, LOL! From a fellow MassHole.

_Terrapin_

Equus5374 wrote: »

kshama2001 wrote: »

I liked subsisting on seasonal, locally grown food when I was in Costa Rica, but that's simply not practical up here in Boston.

What?? No locally grown food in Boston? Kelly's Roast Beef, North End cannolis, chowdah!! There's plenty of locally grown food, LOL! From a fellow MassHole.

You need to drive to Woosta for chowd-a-h.