Doesn a meat-based diet like our Stone Age ancestors promote high blood cholesterol and heart disease?
The fat quality and quantity in the wild animals our Stone Age ancestors ate was vastly different from the types and quantity of fat found in the fatty meats typically consumed in the US. A 100-gram serving of roast buffalo contains only 2.4 grams of fat, and 0.9 g of saturated fat, whereas a 100-gram, T-bone beefsteak contains a whopping 23 grams of fat, and 9 grams of artery clogging saturated fat. Additionally, the bison roast contains 215 mg of heart-healthy, omega-3 fatty acids whereas the T-bone steak contains a paltry 46 mg. The types of meats permitted on The Paleo Diet are lean meats (beef, pork, poultry, fish, seafood) trimmed of visible fat. These meats are healthful because they have nutritional characteristics similar to wild animals. Recent clinical studies have shown that lean protein-based diets are more effective in improving blood cholesterol and other blood lipid levels than are low-fat, high-carbohydrate diets. High protein diets have also been shown to lower blood
