As I do from time to time, I’ve delved back in to the dietary morass because I’m trying to add more fiber to my diet. While doing some reading on that, I came across this interesting FAQ on one person’s version of ‘the paleo diet’- a FAQ which, for once, seems to address many of the questions I have had about it, among them: Isn’t a high protein diet bad for your kidneys? (Answer: possibly, if you already have kidney problems), Isn’t a paleo diet unsustainable on a large scale? (Answer: Yes) and Isn’t there evidence that pre-agriculture humans did in fact eat grains (Answer: Maybe, they might have eaten them, but not in very many places or very often).
The main thing I like about the version of the ‘paleo diet’ presented on
this website is that the person says basically “Realistically, you’re
going to buy your
food from grocery stores. Okay, how do you adapt that food so that it is
more in line with my ideas about good diet.” This makes much more sense
than some paleo diet sites that basically advocate getting some kind of
bird of prey and using it to kill pigeons and rabbits in your friendly
neighbourhood field.
posted at 13:06 on Sat, 15 Sep, 2007 |
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