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Cave Man Diet good for Diabetes-2
In the first controlled study of a Paleolithic diet (also called ‘ancient’ or "stone age' diet) in humans, evidence supports the notion that this type of diet may be the best choice to control Diabetes Type 2. The Paleolithic diet emphasizes foods that were consumed during human evolution and includes lean meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, root vegetables and nuts, and to avoid grains, dairy foods and salt.
The theory is based on the observation that during millions of years of human evolution it is only relatively recently that humans have turned to cereals, dairy products, refined fat and sugar for the majority of their calories. By returning to a more natural (from an evolutionary perspective) diet, humans will be more in tune with the energy sources that helped them thrive for all of those years. It was a theory that made sense but was short on science, until recently that is. The Swedish study not only supports the diet's potential health benefits for the general populace but also and in particular those suffering from Diabetes-2.
The clinical study involved patients following either the Paleolithic diet or the so-called "Mediterranean" diet. Both are considered healthy and both groups lead to lowered weight. But the results showed that something more than caloric intake and weight loss was responsible for the improved handling of dietary carbohydrate in the Paleolithic diet. This lead to the conclusion that substances in grains and dairy products were interfering with the metabolism of carbohydrates and fat--something observed in other studies.
Said Lund's Staffan Lindeberg:
"If you want to prevent or treat diabetes type 2, it may be more efficient to avoid some of our modern foods than to count calories or carbohydrate,"
The study was conducted in 2007 by Lund University, Sweden and was reported in Science Daily.
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Beef
I investigated the availability of raw milk in our local area and here are some interesting things nobody knows about cattle and beef: Most of the beef we eat is from just one species of cattle or so. The structure of its proteins makes it part of the breed that it is. Other breeds have differences in their proteins. Something to do with 'antigens' or something like that. There isn't anything wrong with that, but eating only that kind of beef, my sources said, can cause subtle conditions in health like allergies. It also has to do with being fed corn, which isn't natural food for cows. Sorry I can't be more specific than that--I'm just saying what I remember. This extends to milk consumption as well.
The upshot was, it would be a good idea to know what breed of cattle we're eating. I think it's Herefords and Angus. And it would be better to eat grass-fed cattle than corn-fed. That includes corn sileage as well. This is going to betray where I live, maybe, but when any cattle gets to the feedlot it is fed corn to fatten it up...corn and corn-syrup ties in here...
But I think a little corn at the end of the life cycle is not a big deal.
I try to always get beef labeled grass-fed, organic. I think those producers care about the kind of stuff I'm alluding to here. Also I go for the bison meat. Actually, I've started to feel sorry about all the deaths of those living creatures and often think about going vegetarian. But as far as health issues, lean meat is not a bad food.
The Caveman diet seems like a great leap forward in the best way to eat. I'll have to check it out. It is really difficult to let go of plain white starch in the diet.
Diet
"Every diet is good, depending how it is observed."
That is the most important message and you are absolutely right. That said people with specific conditions might need to be even more tuned to what goes in their body.
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