Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Diet Questions & Answers

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I see a lot of papers flying aroung when browsing around the Paleo circles, but my bookmarking strategy is not sophisticated enough to keep track of all of them.

Is there anybody with a list of good papers on subjects like saturated fat, cholesterol, low carb, omega-3/omega-6, lectins, ...

I would be nice to have it handy for easy rebuttal of skeptics.

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asked Oct 9 2010 at 15:55

Paleo Seb
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By "good papers" do you mean ones that agree with you? :) – Matt Oct 9 2010 at 16:28

That or those that don't agree, but are easily proven wrong, so we can easily demonstrate the poor quality of some of those studies. – Paleo Seb Oct 9 2010 at 17:00

Science - You're doing it wrong. – spencer Oct 10 2010 at 2:29

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Cherrypicking. So easy a caveman could do it. – Stephen-Aegis Oct 10 2010 at 11:11

Liz · Answer 1 · 2010-10-09 18:01:42Z UTC

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I follow @DrEades on Twitter - he's ALWAYS linking to awesome studies on these things. Usually you can save the PDF, or at times I just copy & paste the text with source into Word and save in my Primal folder.

answered Oct 9 2010 at 18:01

Liz
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+1 Dr. Eades is the ONLY reason I have a Twitter account! – Kimmie Oct 9 2010 at 19:23

Bryan Barksdale · Answer 2 · 2010-10-09 16:19:28Z UTC

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My favorite paper is what got me started on the paleo diet to begin with: Origins and evolution of the Western diet: health implications for the 21st century by Loren Cordain et al Am J Clin Nutr 2005

it can be found free here

answered Oct 9 2010 at 16:19

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kilton · Answer 3 · 2010-10-09 17:34:07Z UTC

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Here's a good one that's in my head because it's hot off the presses: http://www.nutritionjrnl.com/article/PIIS0899900710002893/fulltext

answered Oct 9 2010 at 17:34

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	That's a nice paper rebutting most of the dietary dogma of today. Did You find it through the healthy skeptic blog? – Paleo Seb Oct 9 2010 at 17:38
	I can't remember where I saw it first, but I did see Kresser's take on it. It's been making the rounds this week for sure. – kilton Oct 9 2010 at 18:03

Kimmie · Answer 4 · 2010-10-09 17:46:17Z UTC

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Enig's/Fallon's Oiling of America paper is excellent:

http://www.westonaprice.org/know-your-fats/525-the-oiling-of-america.html

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Kevin Thom · Answer 5 · 2010-10-11 15:12:39Z UTC

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The one that got me started is still one of my favorites:

http://www.nerdheaven.dk/~jevk/paleo_intro.php

answered Oct 11 2010 at 15:12

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Nutrition Truthiness · Answer 6 · 2010-10-11 16:18:52Z UTC

All great suggestions above.

The one that I always point people to who are just new to the lifestyle change is the classic New York Times article by Gary Tuabes called What If It's All Been A Big Fat Lie? You can access that here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/07/magazine/what-if-it-s-all-been-a-big-fat-lie.html

This article preceded Taubes' excellent book Good Calories Bad Calories. (Incidentally, Taubes has a new book coming out on December 28, 2010 called Why We Get Fat And What To Do About It. I heard him interviewed by Jimmy Moore and it's being touted as a less scientific version of GCBC, which, if you've read it, you know to be very heavy on the science.)

I also found this online one day. It's a sort of summarized version of Good Calories Bad Calories and it is quite good and detailed if one is looking for info on a specific topic:

http://higher-thought.net/complete-notes-to-good-calories-bad-calories/

Chris Kresser over at The Healthy Skeptic has compiled a resource list of all his favorite books, blogs, recipe sites and other references for those interested in a paleo-type diet and lifestyle. That can be accessed here:

http://thehealthyskeptic.org/resources

I also liked Loren Cordain's paper The Nutritional Characteristics of a Contemporary Diet Based Upon Paleolithic Food Groups from 2002:

http://www.thepaleodiet.com/articles/JANA%20final.pdf

Your favorite papers on nutrition

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