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> >Diane Heath
> >>I'm wondering whether anyone has any differing opinion on this article.It
> >>attempts to loosen the parameters of what Paleo nutrition really is.
> >>
> >>http://www.care2.com/causes/was-your-body-made-to-eat-meat.html
Don wrote:
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> >This article appears to me like blog-blather.
> >It says a whole lot of nothing with BS tossed in,
>
> I see plenty of this from my Google Alerts. At least this one allows
> comments. Often, if it is a columnist being paid by a publication,
> any comments correcting mistakes are not printed. The columnist wants
> to maintain their infallibility of being an expert on whatever they
> write about.
>
> >Dr. Christina Warriner (Ph.D. from Harvard University, specializing in
> >ancient DNA analysis and paleodietary reconstruction) gave a TEDx talk in
> >which she cites evidence that 30,000 years ago humans were using stone tools
> >similar to a mortar and pestle to grind grains and seeds."
>
> I watched the talk. Vegetarians claim she debunked paleo. Not quite.
> She does mention the 30,000 years ago. But note it is tempered with
> the addition of seeds. It may have mostly been seeds and not grains.
> And even if 30,000 years ago, it is still a small part of the
> Paleolithic period.
>
> And much of her talk is on how the vegetables and fruits of today are
> not at all like there were in paleo terms. She uses this as an
> example of how the paleo diet's focus on these is misguided, as they
> are not the same as they were in paleo times. She does not focus on
> grass-fed meat.
>
> >"I know it doesn't sound as sexy as "Paleo", but the Mediterranean Diet does
> >actually work."
> >The "Mediterranean Diet" may work for some, but so what?
>
> The article claims that the Mediterranean Diet reduces problems 30%.
> They claim that is good. The paleo diet should reduce problems 100%.
> At least if it has been followed strictly for life.
>
> The other thing I saw in this article was first a list of all the
> foods eliminated. Then only meat was left. What happened to
> vegetables and fruits? The writer is clearly biased and wrote the
> article in a way to make paleo look bad.
>
> Don.
Thanks, Don. I think you nailed it. The presentation overlooked all the science and most of the research.-Diane H.
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