Dr. Briffa wrote an excellent post on this new research. The scientific literature points to a paleolithic diet being optimal to the human species and how obesity and chronic disease may be extinguished with such a diet.

According to the authors of the editorial, few would deny that conventional nutritional advice is not working. And they suggest that what would help would be a more rapid shift in thinking towards a diet that gets us closer to “humanity’s biological baseline”. They quote a recent scientific paper [3] which asserts that “It is difficult to refute the assertion that if modern populations returned to a hunter-gatherer state then obesity and diabetes would not be the major public health threats they now are”.

As we enter a new decade, perhaps more than any other time in history do we need a radical rethink of what truly constitutes a healthy diet. For too long now we have been ‘fed’ the idea that the low-fat, high-carb diet is king. The results of this persistent public health message, and our acting on it, appear to have been an unmitigated disaster judging by the soaring rates of obesity and diabetes we’ve seen in westernised cultures.

Eat healthy, get healthy, and create the life you deserve! Call Sheryl (586) 764-5683 today.

 

Eaton SB, et al. Diet-dependent acid load, paleolithic nutrition, and evolutionary health promotion. Am J Clin Nutr 30 Dec 2009 [epub ahead of print]