Summary: Thanks for joining us for episode 84 of The Ancestral RD podcast. If you want to keep up with our podcasts, subscribe in iTunes and never miss an episode! Remember, please send us your question if you'd like us to answer it on the show. Today we are answering the following question from a listener: “Please do a show exploring why two opposing groups of doctors, researchers, and readers of medical literature in the alternative health community are at each other’s throats. One the one side are doctors like Taubes, Attia, Perlmutter, Fasano, Hyman, and Rosedale who point to dietary carbohydrates and grains as a major cause of metabolic disease and dysfunction. On the other side are people like Jaminet, Kresser, Wolf, Masterjohn, Aragon, Guyenet, Pardi, and yourselves who argue that a moderate carb diet usually without grains, except for white rice, is healthier for the large majority for the population. Are these two groups of people even reading the same studies? Are the studies themselves good science? Good clinical research is exceedingly difficult and expensive. Is it about calorie balance, or calorie partitioning? Is it possible that a healthy diet depends drastically on your genetics and ability to self-regulate your endocrine system?” Are you frustrated with trying to get a definitive answer on which type of diet is best? The modern arena of nutrition science is filled with confusing studies and conflicting information. One person’s research or experience claiming that a certain diet is optimal for health is almost always confounded by another person’s evidence refuting it. The majority of us don’t have the time to sort through the confusion. If this is you, don’t miss today’s podcast! Join us today as we shed light on multiple factors that affect a person’s perspective on diet and nutrition. We discuss why people come to differing conclusions from the same research studies, the problem with making long term preventative dietary recommendations based on results of short term therapeutic diets, and how the study of ancestral nutrition can fill in the gaps of current research. You’ll come away with new insight into the evolving science of nutrition and better understand that there really is no singular dietary approach that is best for everyone at every time. Here's what Laura and Kelsey will be discussing in this episode: The state of modern nutrition research Why people can come to different conclusions about research studies The issue of bias in nutrition research The problem of self-reporting dietary intake in getting valid clinical research The confounding variables in nutrition research that make valid conclusions difficult to obtain Why a short term diet to treat a health condition should not become evidence for a one-size-fits-all long term approach to prevention of a disease How looking to ancestral nutrition fills in the gaps of current research The importance of studying the diets of multiple cultures when using the ancestral approach to human nutrition The significant benefits of personalization in dietary approaches Our approach to nutrition based on ancestral diets and individualization Links Discussed: This episode is sponsored by SunBasket.com. Receive $30 off your first order here! TRANSCRIPT: Laura: Hi everyone. Welcome to episode 84 of The Ancestral RDs podcast. I’m Laura Schoenfeld and with me as always is Kelsey Kinney. Kelsey: Hey guys. Laura: So Kelsey, we’re just coming out of Thanksgiving weekend as we’re recording this. How was your holiday? Kelsey: Super fun, but I’m totally exhausted. I was in North Carolina actually Laura: Woo-hoo! Kelsey: Yeah, around Lake Norman. My step mom has her family basically has a house there that they grew up in. I had never been before. This was the first time and it’s gorgeous. It’s like right on the lake, they have a boat, nice house. All my family stayed there. I was there from Wednesday,
