Paleo anyone ??

gunbunny said
Potato's are new world crops, as well as corn (maize), chocolate, coffee and a long list of others .
In short, they weren't found anywhere except the Americas until brought back to Europe. They did exceptionally well in Ireland and became a staple crop. (I'm not even getting into the Corn Laws and the Irish potato famine)
But the reality of it is, Paleo man would have eaten anything he found, including a big ol' bowl of ice cream if it were to be presented. If you might get a meal once every other day, you're going to be skinny and not to damn picky. But malnutrition was a way of life for Paleo man.

And the revered Paleo man almost never lived past the ripe old age of 40...and not far past if he did.

He was skinny maybe, but dead long before age could impact his metabolism or determine whether his diet was successful for people who live twice as long as he did like they do now.

There is no logic in thinking humans of the past were smarter than we are as to diet. They didn’t live long enough to prove anything.

Energy balance is absolute. More calories in than burned equals weight gain. And the reverse is also true.

Period.