So, a while back, US News & World Report ranked 20 popular diets, placing the Paleo Diet dead last. In an online follow-up survey of readers' experiences with the various diets, paleo supporters piled on to vote the diet into the number one position and Dr. Loren Cordain responded with an explanation of the science supporting it.
In the above-linked article, Dr. Dale L. Katz of Yale University responded:
"The meat our Stone Age ancestors ate is nothing like the meat we eat today," said Katz. "When's the last time you saw a mammoth? I rest my case."
So now, Dr. Cordain has responded again, this time to correct the new round of misconceptions.
We partially agree with your statement, “The meat our Stone Age ancestors ate is nothing like the meat we eat today,” said Katz. “When’s the last time you saw a mammoth? I rest my case.” We have actually contrasted the lipid composition of wild game to grass produced meats and to feedlot produced meat. Clearly game meat is superior in all nutritional aspects to feedlot produced meat, however grass fed meats come in a close second. There is no reason to believe that the nutritional content of mammoth meat varies much from that of wild elephant meat, except that it was probably fattier, as more northern latitude mammals maintain higher body fat percentages throughout the year. Hence, it is entirely possible to emulate the nutritional characteristics of our ancestral diet with commercially produced grass fed meat.
Hands up, everyone who expects a reasoned response or even a retraction to be forthcoming?
*crickets chirp*
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