Mark Shields wrote:Good Doc, before you pick out one study on Paleo where an intense exercise plan was followed, who knows what that stress from CrossFit would do, let's not forget other studies done on a Paleo Diet
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2724493/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19209185
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19604407
You did not get it. Having bunch of old sick people eating low caloric diet with more fruits and less saturated fat is going to result in lower cholesterol levels compared to people eating less fruit and more saturated fat and more calories.
You cannot really feed low-caloric diet for young people who are put to do physical exercise. The study posted by McDougall should tell us all about the long-term health potential of paleo-diet. Doesn't look too good: significant elevation of non-HDL cholesterol despite the heavy exercise regimen.
PrimitiveNutrition has covered the nonsense paleo-studies.
Primitive Nutrition 15: Define "Healthful"?, Part II
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDbguStz ... 893F2503B5