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Comments on: What About the Paleo Diet? http://advancedmediterraneandiet.com/blog/2010/03/01/what-about-the-paleo-diet/ Ruminations on Weight Loss, Health, and Longevity Via the Mediterranean Diet Fri, 18 May 2012 08:55:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Glenna http://advancedmediterraneandiet.com/blog/2010/03/01/what-about-the-paleo-diet/#comment-18818 Glenna Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:33:43 +0000 http://advancedmediterraneandiet.com/blog/2010/03/01/what-about-the-paleo-diet/#comment-18818 Loved this line: "If you’re going to die at 25, it may not matter if you eat a lot of wooly mammath, berries, insects, cholesterol, saturated fats, Doritos, Ding Dongs, or Cheetos. " You expressed what I've been feeling about that one. Loved this line: “If you’re going to die at 25, it may not matter if you eat a lot of wooly mammath, berries, insects, cholesterol, saturated fats, Doritos, Ding Dongs, or Cheetos. ” You expressed what I’ve been feeling about that one.

]]> By: Beth http://advancedmediterraneandiet.com/blog/2010/03/01/what-about-the-paleo-diet/#comment-18820 Beth Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:37:57 +0000 http://advancedmediterraneandiet.com/blog/2010/03/01/what-about-the-paleo-diet/#comment-18820 I follow a lot of paleo/primal blogs (including the ones you mention) and this question of the average lifespan comes up a lot. In general, paleo folks disagree that maximum lifespan was 25-30 yrs. They think average lifespan was 25-30, but that if you managed to avoid disease, famine, and predators thru early adulthood, your lifespan was probably close to what ours is today. I'm neither an anthropologist nor a paleo evangelist, so can't speak to this authoritatively, but thought it worth pointing out. I can guarantee Cordain covers this! I follow a lot of paleo/primal blogs (including the ones you mention) and this question of the average lifespan comes up a lot. In general, paleo folks disagree that maximum lifespan was 25-30 yrs. They think average lifespan was 25-30, but that if you managed to avoid disease, famine, and predators thru early adulthood, your lifespan was probably close to what ours is today. I’m neither an anthropologist nor a paleo evangelist, so can’t speak to this authoritatively, but thought it worth pointing out. I can guarantee Cordain covers this!

]]> By: Steve Parker, M.D. http://advancedmediterraneandiet.com/blog/2010/03/01/what-about-the-paleo-diet/#comment-18930 Steve Parker, M.D. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 07:37:42 +0000 http://advancedmediterraneandiet.com/blog/2010/03/01/what-about-the-paleo-diet/#comment-18930 Beth, you're right. I've heard that infant and childhood mortality rates were very high in paleolithic times. Shoot, I remember reading in a Thomas Jefferson biography that he and his wife had about eight children and only three made it to adulthood! Perhaps significant numbers of paleos make it to 60, but the high childhood mortality rate would lead to an "average" lifespan of 30. -Steve Beth, you’re right. I’ve heard that infant and childhood mortality rates were very high in paleolithic times. Shoot, I remember reading in a Thomas Jefferson biography that he and his wife had about eight children and only three made it to adulthood!

Perhaps significant numbers of paleos make it to 60, but the high childhood mortality rate would lead to an “average” lifespan of 30.

-Steve

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