The Paleo diet operates from a principle that has tons of basis in fact: we know that we evolved to eat plants and animals. We know the archaeological record shows excellent health enjoyed by pre-agricultural humans, provided their environment was sufficient to meet their needs. We know that dozens, even hundreds of societies of primitive hunter-gatherers, pastoralists, and other non-industrial peoples have been observed by physicians and other scientists going back 200 years, and virtually none of the diseases of civilization show up.
How do you feel? That is the important question. Don’t worry about your LDL, because cholesterol is not a problem to be managed. A diet of real foods is what is to be managed, and the cholesterol numbers are just numbers.
