The 'Real' Paleo Diet

[sirdle]

Stumbled across this dynamic TedX talk by Christina Warinner, PhD.

"Published on Feb 12, 2013

TED Fellow Christina Warinner is an expert on ancient diets. So how much of the diet fad the "Paleo Diet" is based on an actual Paleolithic diet? The answer is not really any of it.

Dr. Christina Warinner has excavated around the world, from the Maya jungles of Belize to the Himalayan mountains of Nepal, and she is pioneering the biomolecular investigation of archaeological dental calculus (tartar) to study long-term trends in human health and diet. She is a 2012 TED Fellow, and her work has been featured in Wired UK, the Observer, CNN.com, Der Freitag, and Sveriges TV. She obtained her Ph.D. from Harvard University in 2010, specializing in ancient DNA analysis and paleodietary reconstruction."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMOjVYgYaG8

Cheers,

[bbq]

Paleo Diet for modern people with Paleolithic (un)intelligence, that sounds about right.

[pundit999]

The idea that ancient people ate mostly animals is quite ludicrous. It takes a lot of energy, luck and acumen to hunt animals which are generally a lot faster and in better shape than humans. Even the lion fails most of the time .

It is unlikely hunting was a regular part of the human existence. It is much easier and sustainable to eat fruits, vegetables and starches.

Just see what they found with that tribe in Amazon jungles, a few weeks back.

[DWu]

FYI, if you’re a member of the PCRM-related site NutritionCME, there’s a talk titled “Debunking the Paleo Myth” that she did last year under the General Nutrition topic. If you’re not a member, registration is free.

https://www.nutritioncme.org/