Re: Caveman Diet Misinformation on MSN

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Dan:

You may want to read " Caveman Cuisine " by Sally and at the WAP website,

or my vegetarianism article, myth # 8 (?) at my website. You're right: the

evidence provided to " prove " low fat diets by paleo peoples is very

selective and misleading.

All the best,

Byrnes, PhD, RNCP

http://www.PowerHealth.net

>From: " rhizoid7 " <rhizoid7@...>

>Reply-

>

>Subject: Caveman Diet Misinformation on MSN

>Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 23:29:09 -0000

>

>Hey All,

>

> Today MSN is featuring a short column on the caveman diet.

>Interested, I read it, and was disappointed. The article extolled

>the same low fat, moderate protein, high carb nonsense that

>mainstream nutrition has espoused for the last 50 years. If people

>would simply do a little research, most of what the modern nutrition

>pundits say about traditional and paleo diets can easily be proven

>incorrect, or at least highly dubious. For example, most pro-paleo

>MD's state that traditional game meat is very low in saturated fat,

>yet very high in PUFA and MUFA. A simple search of the USDA Nutrient

>Database for Standard Reference (http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-

>bin/nut_search.pl) yields the following analysis of 100g of roasted

>bison meat: saturated fat-0.91g MUFA-0.95g PUFA-0.24g. The saturated

>fat to PUFA ratio is 3.8:1, while the SFA to MUFA is nearly 1:1.

>These numbers are just for muscle tissue, to say nothing of organ

>meats that are very high in fat that is mostly SFA. What kind of

>research do these doctors and authors of books conduct? I find it

>greatly upsetting that so many people follow the advice of such

>persons to their detriment. I was an ardent supporter of the low fat

>diet for nearly 6 years. My wife and I eliminated all the fat we

>could from our diets, sometimes consuming less than 20g each day. We

>were sure we were following the best diet for our bodies, even though

>we often didn't feel very healthy. As a result of this long term

>abuse, I now have a combined cholesterol of 116 and I am very worried

>about CVA's. Popular " wisdom " had steered us wrong, as it most often

>does. My point is simply not to trust any information you are

>exposed to without conducting your own small bit of research to see

>if it makes any sense. We don't all have to be lipid scientists, but

>we should always be responsible for determining what is good for our

>own health.

>

>Dan

>

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