She's debunking the faddish Mark's daily apple version of the paleo diet with their bacon wrapped steaks for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
She makes some very good points. There is not just one paleo diet, but numerous, depending on the ecology of where man lived. In some areas they existed solely on a high protein diet. In others, where fruits, vegetables, and grain were abundant, they ate what they could get their hands on. If you are a hungry paleo, foraging for food, you are not going to turn up your nose at grain because it messes with your blood sugar. As long as it's edible you eat it.
Also, according to her, most of the food that is considered paleo is actually farmed food anyway. From lettuce, to avocados to broccoli, the actual wild versions of these foods are tough, fibrous and sometimes loaded with poisonous substances. All that you see is cultivated.
Her point is that the paleo focus on a heavy meat based diet is a myth, and the actual paleo diets were a lot more varied than modern paleo proponents would lead you to believe.
She makes some very good points. There is not just one paleo diet, but numerous, depending on the ecology of where man lived. In some areas they existed solely on a high protein diet. In others, where fruits, vegetables, and grain were abundant, they ate what they could get their hands on. If you are a hungry paleo, foraging for food, you are not going to turn up your nose at grain because it messes with your blood sugar. As long as it's edible you eat it.
Also, according to her, most of the food that is considered paleo is actually farmed food anyway. From lettuce, to avocados to broccoli, the actual wild versions of these foods are tough, fibrous and sometimes loaded with poisonous substances. All that you see is cultivated.
Her point is that the paleo focus on a heavy meat based diet is a myth, and the actual paleo diets were a lot more varied than modern paleo proponents would lead you to believe.