In the past few years, the Western world has seen a wave of followers develop as proponents of the Paleo-style diet. You can see many of these people online, writing comments and talking about Paleo articles. Perpetuated by renowned Paleo-endorsers such as Loren Cordain, Robb Wolf, and Mark Sisson, Paleo has turned into quite the movement. Ever been told about Paleo Diet?
Much like many fad diets in recent years, the opinions are divided by people who see Paleo from a more objective angle, and those that will protect it into the wee hours of the night; quite a few so loyal that they no doubt would be genuinely offended that I even point out the Paleo Diet in the same paragraph as the words fad diet.
The truth is, the concept behind Paleo has actually been around since the mid 1970s, when a gastroenterologist referred to as Walter L. Voegtlin first came up with the idea. The simple truth is, Paleo Diet and other low-carb diets have no significant differences. The main thing that isolates Paleo from its low-carb cousins is usually that Paleo doesn’t endorse the use of grains – not really the whole wheat variety.
The Concept Behind Paleo
Paleo depends on the (unproven) fact that our ancestors from the stone age (circa 10,000 years ago) had more healthy diets than us modern-day humans. The reason being there were no health issues during those times. Rather, they were fit, strong, and healthy individuals that were much better off than us. In Paleo, people ought not eat what the cavemen did not eat.
Here’s a good article: Paleo.
Paleo followers assume that our body is not genetically made to eat the items of agricultural revolution and this is why we should adhere to eating the meals that our ancestors ate many years ago.
Naturally, this is an remarkable concept. It is nice to believe that we should follow the way that we are ‘meant’ to eat. Initially when I first heard of Paleo and looked into it, it made a good bit of sense, at least in the beginning. On the other hand, your view will vary if you try to uncover more things about it.
For 30 years Paleo has gotten a backseat to almost every other diet program around. The Hollywood Diet, The Atkins diet and more. It wasn’t until 2005 where Loren Cordain introduced her book “The Paleo Diet for Athletes: A Nutritional Formula for Peak Athletic Performance” that it really came into the spotlight. I don’t know why it turned renowned but I think it is simply because during that time, other movement against gluten were establishing.
The problem about the two diets is not exactly something out of nowhere. The two both think that gluten is not allowed – that it is responsible for a host of common medical problems, from autism to migraines. But this is simply not what we should be speaking about. Let’s start working on the next topic.
Loopholes in paleo Diet
In paleo, followers will be come across the fact that human diet went wrong when agricultural revolution kicked in about 10, 000 years ago. Farming, as well as its processes, have been the corner stone of the human diet ever since its inception. And, in accordance with Paleo, this is the reason why were so obese today. For these people, they should try to eat only what the cavemen ate.
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Especially, this means grains of all types, beans, potatoes, sweet potatoes, yams, and dairy are out of the issue completely for the rigid Paleo Dieter. I know what you’re thinking, how come sweet potatoes and yams not included in the diet? What i’m saying is, these were around a long time before the agricultural revolution, right? Even by a Paleo gurus own logic, these tubers ought to be green-listed. It is because yams have been eaten by the Africans ever since the world started. Why arent you in a position to eat them?
Potatoes have been in existence for 35,000 years, but apparently this is too short a time span for the hardcore Paleo(er). This is interesting however, since Turkey is appropriate to eat on the diet, although it was only introduced to Europe in the 16th century.
What irritated and shocked me the most is the topic of grains. In the article, People, Plants, and Genes: The Story of Crops and Humanity , written by Oxford University Press, it was discovered that cereal grain was already available 200,000 years ago. This is contradicting to the statements of Paleo Diets.
Truly puts a dent in the whole “haven’t had plenty of time to get used to grains theory.
Even if the consistencies are not as equally important as others, there’s no question that these are credible enough to go up against the Paleo controversy. Even so, I wanted to discover more things about Paleo after understanding the stuffs given above.