It might be true if the so-called paleo diets resembled actual old diets. But they don’t. Even in paleolithic times human diets varied by region. And many of the crops included in paleo diets didn’t exist in the cultivars and forms they exist in now. See for example this talk.
It’s not a binary thing. Eating a diet consisting mostly of grass-fed meat, seafood, and vegetables is a lot closer to what our ancestors ate than the standard American diet is.
As James_Miller said, it’s not a binary thing. Paleo-style diets are closer—not identical—to actual paleolithic diets (compared, say, to SAD).
The point of paleo isn’t really to pretend to be a caveman though reading some promotional materials will give you that idea. The point is to get rid of food which the humans have encountered only recently in evolutionary terms.
Paleo certainly doesn’t go all the way (for one thing you’d have to exclude pretty much all cultivated fruits to start with), but makes a step, and it’s debatable how big of a step, in that direction.
It might be true if the so-called paleo diets resembled actual old diets. But they don’t. Even in paleolithic times human diets varied by region. And many of the crops included in paleo diets didn’t exist in the cultivars and forms they exist in now. See for example this talk.
It’s not a binary thing. Eating a diet consisting mostly of grass-fed meat, seafood, and vegetables is a lot closer to what our ancestors ate than the standard American diet is.
As James_Miller said, it’s not a binary thing. Paleo-style diets are closer—not identical—to actual paleolithic diets (compared, say, to SAD).
The point of paleo isn’t really to pretend to be a caveman though reading some promotional materials will give you that idea. The point is to get rid of food which the humans have encountered only recently in evolutionary terms.
Paleo certainly doesn’t go all the way (for one thing you’d have to exclude pretty much all cultivated fruits to start with), but makes a step, and it’s debatable how big of a step, in that direction.