Big fat lie

Prehistoric rock paintings from Bhimbhetka, India. Thanks to Sarbanidas Roy

...if researchers seek to study something less costly and more controllable, they end up studying experimental situations so oversimplified that their results may have nothing to do with reality. This then leads to a research literature so vast that it's possible to find at least some published research to support virtually any theory.

Gary Taubes What if it's all been a big fat lie? [2002 NY Times article on low carb beating low fat]

Good interview on the writing, publishing and aftermath of the article

I like the fact that the primal / paleo lifestyle is based on asserting affinity with our early ancestors. Back to the first hominids and back to the first life of all. We are family - the genetic potential of a long series of lucky individuals playing out against the blades of the environment.

Related link: What's the difference between Primal and Paleo? at Mark's Daily Apple