Researchers Question Paleo Diet’s Carb Restrictions
Article says our Paleolithic ancestors likely ate starchy carbohydrates.
The Paleo diet has taken off in recent years, buoyed by the thinking that eating like our ancestors might reverse climbing rates of obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. The diet emphasizes meat, vegetables, fruit, and nuts, and eliminates dairy and grains. But a recent article in The Quarterly Review of Biology claims that it might be missing one of the biggest components of the prehistoric diet: starchy carbohydrates.