Loren Cordain had sent out an email
about The Paleo Diet and in particular an article he wrote on Dairy: Milking for all it's Worth
I won't refer to this as a long
article as it really qualifies as a book. Anyway the tome writes off
milk and milk products as the cause of a large number of health
problems. Based on loads of research, studies and statistics there is
an overwhelming case against milk it is difficult to argue against
the arguments.
A good summary of findings is in Q&A
In a comment elsewhere the author in
responding to a question in Dairy and Saturated Fats said “I
suspect that raw milk would elicit a similar response”.
If you give this a bit of thought you
might come to the same conclusion as I do and that is the vast
majority of people drink pasteurised and processed milk and its
by-products and the research provides a cloud over its food value
and its health benefits.
So what about raw milk? Well you may
want to take it on trust as I do that being an unadulterated product
it is probably not too bad for you especially if you come from a gene
pool that has an affection for the product.
And so we make our own decisions on
this.
But just on diets lets make some
observations:
Paleo (Loren Cordain) is High Animal
Protein, Low Carbohydrate
The China Study (T. Colin Campbell) is
No animal Protein
Atkins (not so popular) is High Animal
Protein Low Carbohydrate
Leslie Kenton (decades ahead in
nutrition) High Animal Protein, Low Carbohydrate
Bernstein (Diabetes) are Low
Carbohydrate, High protein
CSIRO is High Protein, Low Carbohydrate
Low GI laps over everywhere
And finally the Traditional Mediterranean
is balanced.
In all contradictory advice I'll take the middle
road.
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