Diet is not easy to validate in the deep past, but the clues from genetics suggest that the basis for the Paleo Diet is nuts, even if you’re not allowed to eat peanuts. As with all fad diets it probably works a bit, but not because of the content of the diet itself, but because the act of dieting prompts people to eat less and think more about their food, and not to shovel huge portions of pasta or chips on their supper plates. So go ahead and diet, but don’t pretend that it’s based on some evolutionary precedent. And remember that whatever we did in the deep past, we live longer and better
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