The BBC News has picked up on the paleo diet.
But why do they put meat at the bottom of that list??
Good quote though:
"Palaeolithic man may have died earlier than we do now, but he didn't die of bad nutrition."
Our ancestors in the palaeolithic period, which covers 2.5 million years ago to 12,000 years ago, are thought to have had a diet based on vegetables, fruit, nuts, roots and meat.
Cereals, potatoes, bread and milk did not feature at all. It was only with the dawn of agriculture (around 10,000 years ago) that our diets evolved to include what we think of as staple foods now.
But why do they put meat at the bottom of that list??
Good quote though:
"Palaeolithic man may have died earlier than we do now, but he didn't die of bad nutrition."
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"create a healthier diet for people today, drawing inspiration from that period."
I guess this means the inevitable release of products whose ingredients are roughly in line with Paleo eating.
But for sure they will have to bastardise and bend the principles of Paleo to meet the profit agenda of their shareholders.
Seriously though, the big issue for the current diet-food manufacturers is that any PALEO food the manufacture will be in direct competition with what they already produce (the low fat, complex carb stuff). One precludes the other.
How can you market a low fat, complex-carb product as healthy, next to another one of your products that has minimal complex carbs and a lot of fat?
By saying one of these products is healthy/healthier, you are claiming the other is not.
Even Joe Public will whiff the marketing crap on this one.
But now am I supposed to give them up because they're not Paleo?
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