From: Brian Atkins (brian@posthuman.com)
Date: Mon May 05 2003 - 13:47:27 MDT
gts wrote:
> Here is an extremely relevant study designed specifically to compare three
> diets (a paleolithic diet, an early agricultural diet, and a contemporary
> low-fat diet) with respect to their effects on risk factors for heart
> disease and colon cancer. The researchers found that the paleodiet, rich in
> fiber from fruits and vegetables, reduced the risk factors for heart disease
> and possibly also colon cancer. Most notable is that LDL (the bad form of
> cholesterol) decreased 33% on the paleodiet. This was more than for either
> of the alternate diets. -gts
>
>
> ABSTRACT:
> Ten
> healthy volunteers each took 3 metabolic diets of 2 weeks duration. The
Only 2 weeks? This looks pretty useless if it was only for 2 weeks. You
can feed people all kinds of various things that will lower LDL levels
for short periods of time, but then over longer periods the result does
not bear out. Many "classic" polyunsaturated oil studies are a good
example of what I mean.
-- Brian Atkins Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence http://www.singinst.org/
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