Two year old TED talk.
To sum up the video, he claims that the epidemic of dietary diseases in America and the West is caused by a diet that has emphasized meat and dairy. He states that all the diets of early civilizations originated on starches as their staple: corn for the Aztecs and Maya, potatoes for the Inca, wheat for the civilizations of the Levant, and rice in the far East. Meat was usually reserved for royalty whom he says almost always died over weight and diseased ridden.
This is the first time I've heard of a diet advocating starches to solve the problem of dietary diseases. This goes against the healthier diets that are all the rage today such as Paleo, which directly contradicts a starch based diet.
Your thoughts?
To sum up the video, he claims that the epidemic of dietary diseases in America and the West is caused by a diet that has emphasized meat and dairy. He states that all the diets of early civilizations originated on starches as their staple: corn for the Aztecs and Maya, potatoes for the Inca, wheat for the civilizations of the Levant, and rice in the far East. Meat was usually reserved for royalty whom he says almost always died over weight and diseased ridden.
This is the first time I've heard of a diet advocating starches to solve the problem of dietary diseases. This goes against the healthier diets that are all the rage today such as Paleo, which directly contradicts a starch based diet.
Your thoughts?