Does he subscribe to Cordain's anti-saturated fat view of nutrition? That is one of the biggest issues I have with Cordain's take on paleolithic nutrition. The biggest problems with speculations on paleolithic nutrition is the extinction of the megafauna that were the basis of human global expansion. Fatty acids in modern deer doesn't tell us anything about fatty acids in mammoths, cave bears, and aurochs.

It is so sad that Robb is making money off of telliing people to eat the same SAD (Standard American Diet) that is killing Americans. The SAD diet is the same diet to promote heart disease, diabetes, obesity, cancer, etc.
and all other chronic diseases that plague western countries. Only animal foods have cholesterol so stop eating them. Go Plant BASED! goveg.com

Dr. Davis, I'm not sure if you meant to, but the book you have linked is for Cordian's Paleo Diet not Wolf's Paleo Solution.

Here is Wolf's link: http://robbwolf.com/

I've been interested in studying the paleo diet for a little while now. Since I am following some of the principles on my low carb/sugar regimen, it can't be too much of a stretch. The health benefits are probably a great improvement over the SAD and vegetarian diets I have tried in the past.

Eating foods that readily provide nutrients for lean muscle mass development gives you a competitive edge on the health continuum.

Maybe I'll take a dive on the upcoming release.

Oops!

Thanks for catching that, Kellgy.

How old is Robb?  It says former research biochemist but he looks like he's 27?!!  Guess that's what paleo does for ya.

@Linda- Actually, consuming animal based foods isn't what the SAD diet means. SAD is more about processed foods (largely grain-based) which is what the Paleo diet does NOT promote consumption of. The reality is that Robb doesn't make money by telling people to go out and buy whole, real food. None of us who promote a whole-food diet benefit in the pocket from it.

A Paleo diet is actually largely plant based, though it clearly involves animal foods to a large degree. We eat TONS of plants.

If you knew anything about cholesterol, you'd know that eating it actually isn't killing us. Processed grains and sugar will go way farther to damaging our health than a hunk of pork belly any day.

Oh, Robb is around 38, I think...

Linda, You may want to check and then re-check your facts. Wolf's ideas are the antithesis of SAD. I'm 49 years old, 8.5% body fat, eat no grains at all...None.....Have very low blood pressure....great blood chemistry and unlimited energy.

@ Linda, quality meat (grassfed, wild, etc) is not bad. Humans have been consuming meat for 2.5 million years. Hell, the Inuit have a diet that contains about 95%+ animal products, and they don't suffer from the level of chronic diseases we do. If you actually do your research on the subject, you'll see that meat is not the source of all our problems. "The Vegetarian Myth", written by a former vegan, is a very good book I hear.

@ Carlos, actually, Cordain's stance on saturated fat has softened quite a bit. He is actually releasing a revised version of his book, The Paleo Diet, in which some of stuff on saturated fat is revised.

Robb Wolf tends to be saturated fat agnostic. He weighs the pros and cons in the book, and provides good info and research to back it up.

Drew said it well: Saturated fat varies in composition, depending on what mix of fatty acids it contains, e.g., stearic, lauric, and myristic.

It also matters whether saturated fat keeps the company of exogenously generated advanced glycation end-products.

Saturated fat, in and of itself, is not that bad. But it can keep the company of other things. In other words, saturated fat has served as a surrogate marker for these other things. Unfortunately, it means that, for years, the data have been distorted by these other measures.

Linda
Go meat-eating! And read please.

Cholesterol bad? What stupidity!

Vegetarians are so so ignorants...

Just catching up with the posts since I've been on holiday. Just posted in the Fred Hahn bit as I've been doing Slow Burn for over three years now. I have also been following a Paleo diet for over four years ! Wow, two of the things that have been most influential for my health and well being you posted on Dr Davis ! Wish I could have taken part in discussions while I was away. Never mind...I couldn't agree more with both the Slow Burn weight lifting technique and the Paleo way of eating....they both help me with my health problems: osteoporosis, atypical type 2 diabetes (thin and not insulin resistant) and congenital heart valve defect.

Drew: I'll be keeping an eye out for the updated PaleoDiet. Thanks for the heads up.

Vegetarians are silly.

That Paleo makes alot of sense

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Implication in contributing to risk of death from heart disease

A recent Johns Hopkins study testing the addition of L-arginine to standard postinfarction treatment has implicated L-arginine supplementation with an increased risk of death in patients recovering from heart attack.[5] This study has been discussed in some detail in : "Reverse Heart Disease Now" by Stephen T Sinatra MD and James C Roberts MD, publ. Wiley 2006 ISBN 0-471-74704-1 at pp 111 -113.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arginine#Implication_in_contributing_to_risk_of_death_from_heart_disease

I actually posted a full discussion of this issue a few months back on the Track Your Plaque website (www.trackyourplaque.com). I still believe what I said then:

"Should we panic and stop l-arginine based on this report?

Take a closer look.  We don’t think so. First of all, two of the deaths occurred months after l-arginine treatment was stopped. Two other deaths were due to infections and therefore likely unrelated to heart disease or l-arginine use. This leaves two deaths attributable to heart disease in the l-arginine group.

"Numbers this small are likely to represent chance statistical effects, especially in view of the small size of the overall trial. In other words, in all likelihood, a larger study would have revealed more reliable numbers not as susceptible to chance effects.

"What about all the other studies that have looked at l-arginine? We should view this one study in the context of all preceding experiences. No excess dangers have been observed in thousands of participants with coronary disease, angina, peripheral vascular disease, and heart failure over the last decade of investigation.4 Many of the participants with heart failure in these studies were sufferers of prior heart attack, just like the VINTAGE MI participants.

"Let’s also not forget that l-arginine is a food substance. Do fish, chicken, eggs, and nuts also pose danger? Of course not.

"As always, each study should be viewed within the broader context of the available scientific and clinical experience. The overwhelming experience, as well as common sense, suggests that the VINTAGE MI Trial is a statistical fluke."

In other words, I find this so counter to all prior experiences that I think it's a fluke. But, of course, the pharmaceutical industry-friendly media make hay of such reports.

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