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

    02/20/2016 7:56:42 AM PST · by Olog-hai · 33 replies
    Daily Telegraph (UK) ^ | 9:18AM GMT 19 Feb 2016 | Jonathan Pearlman, Sydney
    The paleo diet could lead to rapid weight gain and increased susceptibility to diabetes, a new study has found, but the findings were attacked as "comic" by devotees of the caveman-style diet. Warning the public to avoid "putting faith in so-called fad diets", researchers at Melbourne University said the low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet had been tested on mice for just eight weeks and found to cause weight gains of 15 percent and health complications. [...] The study was published in the journal Nutrition and Diabetes. But the findings were disregarded by fans of the diet, including celebrity chef Pete Evans, who...