New York Times: Is the paleo diet right for you?

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Is it a good idea to eat what humans are adapted to eat, by evolution? Something like the paleo diet, including avoiding processed foods, refined carbohydrates and added sugars? It seems highly likely, but NYT columnist Jane Brody is not convinced. Instead, she repeats a number of myths (people rarely lived past 40 in paleo times, the kidneys can’t handle the protein, etc. etc.). She also asks for a level of scientific evidence for a paleo diet that doesn’t exist for any diet… certainly not the one that she recommends. The New York Times: Is the Paleo Diet Right for You? Nina Teicholz comments on the article: “Full disclosure” by Ms. Brody should include the fact that she has promoted the Mediterranean diet for decades now and has staked her career on a lower-fat, high-carb diet that is the antithesis of the paleo diet. Are there long-term clinical trials on the paleo diet? No, but are there long-term clinical trials on the Med diet? Only one, and that one was...
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