i think the ideal diet is whatever the hell i want. my body is pretty good at telling me what it needs and if i pay attention to it, i do pretty well.
the Truth (tm) about what we "evolved to eat" or what the "paleolithic diet" was is whatever they could get their hands on that wouldn't kill them. these were people who had to work for everything. EVERYTHING. they didn't get a snack if they didn't go into the forest and fight a bear for the blackberry bramble. they didn't get dinner or housing or clothing for the winter if the didn't go off on a crazy buffalo chase.
you know how everyone talks about native peoples using everything? it's not cause they cared about the environment, it's because food and products were so scarce that you HAD to use everything. the reason people in this country are so unhealthy is that we no longer do any real work, but we still eat like we do. period.
i'm not going to capitalize my posts, get better eyes.