Healthy Starches Were Part of the Paleolithic Diet
Scientists have performed sophisticated analyses (using isotope signatures from fossilized bones) and determined that our ancestors also ate roots, tubers, rhizomes, and other underground plant storage organs; it is likely that the consumption of starchy plants goes back at least two hundred and fifty thousand years, well before the advent of agriculture.
There’s a phobia about eating carbohydrates of any type in people today, because they have heard many negative ideas about carbs from both mainstream and alternative health sources.
Traditionally, the Paleo diet involves eliminating all grains, all legumes, and dairy products, whereas Ayurveda often recommends these foods and considers them highly nutritious.
There’s a phobia about eating carbohydrates of any type in people today, because they have heard many negative ideas about carbs from both mainstream and alternative health sources.
There is simply no need for this, because there is nothing intrinsically harmful about carbohydrates. Again, the most important thing is the type and quality of the carbohydrate.
Carbohydrates have an important role in providing energy, antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, and fiber; they can help raise levels of the beneficial neurotransmitter serotonin, but can also raise levels of insulin if consumed in excess.
So how much do you need? What types of carbs are best, and in what proportion at each meal?
Dr. Akil clarifies which carbohydrates are best, how much you need, and how to consume carbohydrates while avoiding harmful effects on insulin and other hormones and thus follow a complete, holistic diet which will help you meet your health goals without compromising on your long term health and vitality.
It is to answer such questions, clarify confusions and to enable you with a more informed choice of diet that Dr. Akil brought together these 2 disciplines in the form of a hybrid health system called the Paleo Vedic Diet.