>  >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:
>
>  >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.