New study says Paleo diet 'unhealthy and fattening' angering ardent devotees

Daily Telegraph (UK) ^ | 9:18AM GMT 19 Feb 2016 | Jonathan Pearlman, Sydney

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

LOLOL

[Lazamataz]

Since Paleo man lived on this diet, this is nonsense.

[elcid1970]

Didn’t know mice are meat eaters.

[Olog-hai]

Generally, they are not.

[Abby4116]

Paleo man probably didn’t spend 90% of their time inactive either.

[KarlInOhio]

But all of them have died.

[DaxtonBrown]

I think a more or less paleo diet saved my health and decreased my familial tendency to diabetes. Anecdotal, but at least I’m not a mouse.

[redfreedom]

I do not waste my time reading anything based on a “study”. It’s typically 99.9% opinion.

Same goes for any beliefs based on a “computer model”. Global warming is a prime example.

It’s all manufactured BS.

[redfreedom]

Oh yes, a wood chuck got trapped in a truck of ours, and the only holes were small enough for mice to get in. Around the wood chuck skeleton were piles of mouse turds. Wasn’t even any hair left, I suspect that made good nesting material.

[trisham]

A low carb diet has kept my husband’s type two diabetes under control for 10+ years.

[Lazamataz]

Good point. My argument still has work.

[alloysteel]

The Paleo diet is geared to a MUCH different lifestyle than any but a very small handful of humanity now enjoy, if “enjoy” is the word.

It was often “feast or famine” for paleolithic mankind, and certainly, what is claimed to be the “authentic” Paleo diet missed by quite a few spoonfuls. For one thing, in extreme famine, the consumption of grubs and crickets became something of a staple, as well as simply swallowing handfuls of dirt. Also, regular meal times were highly unlikely, with what we consider to be “grazing” a much more common dietary intake pattern, or even eating only once in perhaps a couple or three days.

The fact is, people are really overthinking this “recreation” of the “Paleo diet”. Pretty much like a hog out rooting around, you ate what you found.

[jjsheridan5]

Paleo man probably didn't spend 90% of their time inactive either.

90%? No. But studies have shown that hunter/gatherer people actually "worked" very few hours per week -- in the neighborhood of 15 hours per week. And that they spend a substantial amount of free time resting, or doing relatively sedentary activities. So 90% isn't as far from the truth as you might expect.

[jjsheridan5]

Your point that paleo people did not have constant access to food is a valid one. But your conclusion is not. Intermittent fasting, and irregular eating patterns, are a hallmark of the paleo/primal approach.

[IMR 4350]

“But all of them have died.’

I don’t know about that.

I’ve been called a primitive and savage more than once.

Of course she always had a smile on her face when she said it.

[goodnesswins]

I’ll take Paleo over the FDA guidelines ANY day...proof is in the pudding...er...protein (and veggies and fasting)

[Monterrosa-24]

White lab mice are infamous for being poor animals for serious studies. One can paint their backs regularly with human mother’s milk and see them break out in cancerous lesions. And the shocking new findings in the tabloids...

[Tonytitan]

I've been called a primitive and savage more than once. Of course she always had a smile on her face when she said it.

[2nd Amendment]

should have eaten tofu and kale