The paleo (or primal) hypothesis is that the longer humans have been exposed to something the more likely they are to be well adapted to it and tolerate it. It’s a basic part of natural selection. It doesn’t prove anything is harmful or healthy, but it provides an excellent starting point, and generates good default answers that end up surprisingly accurate when tested across various fields of science and medicine. In the absence of other data, the paleo/primal approach is the safest and most accurate.
Applying the paleo/primal approach to food is simple: the more traditional the better—100 years old is good, 1000 great, and 10,000 or 100,000 excellent. There are certain fundamental guidelines to following a paleo/primal approach: Continue reading
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