Probably not. But still...
Nightline on ABC had a segment devoted to the paleo diet. Two of my favorite Paleo spokesmen were on the show: Arthur Devany and Robb Wolf. This may be a sign that the Paleo lifestyle is slowly moving from the fringe of weirdos and closer the center of so called normal people. Don't get me wrong, I think there is a long way to go before the average American views bread as being an unhealthy food, but still, it is growing. Every so often there is some new study or news report extolling the benefits of a high protein diet or weightlifting. A few years ago the results of a study that tracked the changes experienced by women on a low fat diet. The result? There was no significant difference in mortality or health problems compared with the higher fat eating control group. Also, there is more evidence that weightlifting is excellent at the prevention of osteoporosis in women. Maybe people will start eating and moving the way we were designed to rather than waist our time starving ourselves and spending countless hours in the gym doing worthless cardio work.
This is probably wishful thinking. It takes a long time to see the truth when everybody is feeding you lies. It is still assumed that the caricature of paleolithic man as being a hunched over brute that didn't live past thirty is correct. People can't understand the thought that ancient man was much more physically healthy than modern man. Homo erectus, an ancestor to our species, had bigger brains than us! Sure, we live way longer, but that's because we don't get eaten by sabre toothed tigers anymore or die of terrible accidents as often. Infant mortality also skewed the average life expectancy of hunter gatherer times. We do live longer but it is usually a life of chronic illness and malnourishment.
As more scientific evidence that supports the claims of the paleo diet come in, I think we will see more supporters on the mainstream.
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