[riosmom]

I hope I'm not being a PITA, but I found this article:

A Paleolithic diet confers higher insulin sensitivity, lower C-reactive protein and lower blood pressure than a cereal-based diet in domestic pigs


It totally makes sense to me. Frank, have you seen this one, too???

[fgummett]

Thanks for posting this insteresting study.

No I had not seen this one

I have heard that pigs make a good analogue for human physiology and this certainly seems like a reasonable study... although we have to be aware that any definition of a Paleolithic diet is purely speculative; as we really don't know how our ancestors ate.

You might be interested in the Michael Pollan links that John (xMenace) includes in his signature block -- I recently read Pollan's "In Defence of Food" and he talks at length about how so much of our diet now comes from soy beans and corn... not just in the form of the processed foods that we eat ourselves, but also as fed to the livestock which provides our meat, eggs and dairy. In other words much of what is on offer in our stores is coming from a very limited nutrient base, grown in poor soil, while relying heavily on artificial fertilizers and chemical pesticides.

[riosmom]

Ha then, I'm glad I found something new to post! It is very interesting how pigs are so similar internally and metabolically to human beings. I almost feel bad for eating them

I would imagine our cave man ancestors ate a lot of meat, probably mammoth, and small ground animals. I'm sure a bit of fowl and fish. Berries, fruits, and whatever "veggies" they found to graze on. I am certain they didn't eat Ding Dongs, Ho Ho's, potato chips, pizza or fried rice, to name a few of my DH's former favorite foods.

I did watch one of the tv clips of Michael Pollan. It is interesting how we've killed ourselves with our "modern" foods. I for one, can never touch another bite of that stuff, knowing what I know now. Yetch. No wonder my Grandma lived to be 90, she wasn't around to experience much of that.

[fgummett]

Originally Posted by riosmom

No wonder my Grandma lived to be 90...

One of Pollan's suggestions is that, when out shopping we avoid buying anything that our Grandmas (or Great-Grandmas) would not recognise as food