Paleo

The popular Paleo diet is based on the belief that we are better off eating like our ancestors by sticking to a largely meat-heavy diet.But a new study suggests that some of our ancestors didn't gorge on meat at all, but preferred a diet that was largely made up of plants."Conventional wisdom holds that early human economies focused on hunting — an idea that has led to a number of high-protein dietary fads such as the paleo diet," Randy Haas, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wyoming who led the…

Not far from the bank of Wapiti River, just 11 kilometres from Grande Prairie, there's a paleontological goldmine: an ancient riverbed that contains fragments of skeletons of hundreds, possibly thousands, of animals from the late Cretaceous period, some 70 million years ago. Discovered in 2014,  the bonebed is known as a DC site, or, more formally, Wapiti Unit 3.It yields a wide range of fossils and teeth from many species of prehistoric vertebrates, said Corwin Sullivan, a University of Alberta paleontologist who does…

Stone Folsom points, which date to between 11,000 and 10,000 years ago, are associated with the prehistoric hunting of bison. UMMAA 27673, 39802, 30442 and 37737. Credit: University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology One of the most common stereotypes about the human past is that men did the hunting while women did the gathering. That gendered division of labor, the story goes, would have provided the meat and…

The study found that the keto diet generates about 3 kg of carbon dioxide per 1,000 calories consumed, while the paleo diet produces 2.6 kg per 1,000 calories. Having a low carbon footprint is important as it helps to reduce the negative impact of human activities on the environment and mitigate climate change.The keto and paleo diets were discovered to be the least sustainable and received the lowest diet quality scores among the six popular diets that were analyzed.This may be difficult for those following the keto or…

The health benefits of a meat-based versus a plant-based diet are often hotly debated both in the research community and by self-styled health gurus on social media platforms. A new study adds another checkmark to the plant-based column, this time looping in the environmental impact from choosing the paleo or keto diets over veganism. The findings, the researchers hope, could help people choose diets that are not only nutritious, but environmentally friendly as well.When it comes to the more extreme ways of eating, the…

If you’ve been putting on pounds left and right, going on a diet may not be a bad idea. The best way to go about it (losing extra weight) is by combining working out with proper nutrition. So, if you’re looking for the right type of diet for you, we have some apps that may help. In the list below, you’ll spot the very best keto and paleo diet Android apps that we’ve managed to find in the Play Store.Do note that the vast majority of these apps are specialized keto and paleo diet apps, but not all of them. We’ve included…

We humans can't stop playing with our food. Just think of all the different ways of serving potatoes – entire books have been written about potato recipes alone.The restaurant industry was born from our love of flavoring food in new and interesting ways.My team's analysis of the oldest charred food remains ever found show that jazzing up your dinner is a human habit dating back at least 70,000 years.Imagine ancient people sharing a meal. You would be forgiven for picturing people tearing into raw ingredients or maybe…

When glaciers covered the Sierra Nevada mountains several times over the last million years, rivers flowing down the mountains grew more powerful, cutting channels a mile wide and 100 feet deep into what is now California’s Central Valley. When the glaciers receded, high-velocity meltwater surged down the slopes, carrying with it scoured gravel and rock. As the flow slowed along the valley below, the cobble dropped out of the water column, filling the canyons. These “paleo valleys” long lay undiscovered below the ground,…

Credit: thipjang/Shutterstock.com Cave paintings from the Lascaux complex in France to Ubirr in Australia have one characteristic in common—they depict hunters and their prey. Very few of our Paleolithic ancestors seemed interested in doing still-life paintings of fruit and veg. Which is a shame, given that they would almost certainly have eaten a more balanced diet than we often give them credit for, says Cristiani.…