It's official: Grains were part of the original 'Paleo diet' (from The Spartan Diet blog)
While not an endorsement for a starch orgy, this summary post from The Spartan Diet kicks a leg out from under the Zero Starch paleo camp.
The archeology is clear: paleolithic man had his share of grains. The prevailing wisdom used to be that Ug, Grok, and his ilk supposedly survived on lean game, fish, and low glycemic berries and veggies. Hunter gatherer types couldn't stay put long enough to cultivate, much less prepare grain-based foods. No wonder those manly men of stone-age yore were so lean, tough, and heroically macho. (This Wired article points out that paleolithic ladies must have had quite the role in keeping the tribe alive, long before humans could rely on waving fields of grain.)
Tim Ferriss recently interviewed Robb Wolf, of The Paleo Soution, and reviewed the highlights of why most grains are supposedly bad from a biochemistry and intestinal lining standpoint. And nothing in the recent evidence negates these assertions.
Paleo Guy ate grains, and from the worldwide evidence cited by the Spartan Diet post, did so far and wide (not just in the future Lasagna Valley). But he also probably picked his nose with a bloody spear, no need to emulate that.
It's doubtful whether this will convince the Paleo camp to let grains back into their diets. And they're more right than wrong, with the vast majority of us eating way more starch and processed foods than is healthy for us.
The battle lines will stay drawn.
