I did some more looking into on the environmentalist’s paleo diet and what I found is very revealing. As it turns out, back in August a nutritionist group in Australia warned people that following it is dangerous. According to The Sidney Morning Herald, the diet attempts to copy the diet of our ancestors of the Paleolithic Age. Lean meat, poultry, fish, seafood, eggs, fruit, non-starchy vegetables, nuts and seeds are encouraged for consumption while grains, legumes and some dairy products are avoided.

The craze surrounding the diet has involved the endorsement of a variety of celebrities, fitness experts and even bloggers. However, the head of the Dietician Association of Australia proclaimed there is no scientific proof that supports the Paleo diet. Dietician group head Claire Hewat also pointed out that part of the reason that the diet is not considered healthy is that it excludes whole food groups. She is quoted by The Herald as saying:

“A recent search of the published studies looking at Paleolithic diets revealed no more than 10 studies, all with very few participants over very short time frames – most less than three months. And many people dropped out of the studies, claiming the diet was difficult to follow,” Hewat says.

Hewat also stated:

Any diet excluding whole food groups should raise suspicions. The idea of cutting out grain-based foods and legumes is not backed by science and eating more meat than is needed by the body certainly has risks, according to the World Health Organisation.

Another dietician, Dr. Rosemary Stanton, quoted in The Herald‘s article points out the high content of red meat and lack of whole grains are also hazardous as high intakes of red meat increase chances of bowel cancer while whole grains reduce that risk. Claims that our ancestors did not experience heart disease, cancer and diabetes ignore the fact that few people lived past their reproductive age and physical activity ensured people were lean. She said.

Being healthy takes time and effort and, as a spokesperson for the Australian nutritionist group correctly points out, you have to work at being healthy over a long period of time. The paleo diet is not just a fad it’s a quick fix. All of these facts surrounding this diet are also indicative of environmentalism itself as a philosophy. For example, the diet is also known as the Caveman or Stone Age diet.

Through their actions attacking our industry with carbon emission controls, animal rights groups who disrupt and vandalize labs that use animals in medical research, groups (such as Greenpeace) who lie and deceive when it comes to genetically modified foods and anti-vaccine groups who lie about vaccines, environmentalists attack our civilization and our way of life in an effort to return human beings to the conditions of the Stone Age. So much so that they go so far as to advocate the diet of the Paleolithic Age claiming people can allegedly live healthier lives only later to have been found to be untrue.