Intro (0:00)News and Views (0:56)Sarah's children had a slight cold, and unfortunately she has laryngitis, and feels fine, but her voice is a bit croakyThe topic that was teased on last week's episode is coming very soon, we just have to work with our guest's scheduleSarah received some amazing news on The Healing Kitchen, which she just submitted to her publisher for first edits, and they love the first draft so much that they want to push it to publish two months earlier than originally planned Life is going to be a little crazy for Sarah as they move this book forward faster than expectedSarah is also working on a second book that will be out in 2016, which will be a more science focused bookSarah has lots of ideas for books and would love to release one yearly, but has to come up with a sustainable timeline on writing, editing and releasingIn Stacy's working world she is at the end of the fiscal year and things are so hectic; she is also recovering from an overtraining injury and trying to figure out the best solution to healingRecovery time has turned into quality family time for Stacy and familySarah's training as of late and what she has been working on at the gymStacy and Sarah like to keep this show timely, and to keep the topics flexible so that they can address relevant news when it becomes available and makes for a great discussion on the showThis week's show will be a great basics show to refer friends and family to who are interested in paleo, but will also be great for veterans who are looking to reconnect with some of the foundational beliefsScience with Sarah (23:27)There was a study published a few weeks back in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on the diets of paleolithic man and it has been cited all over the internet as the nail in the coffin that the paleo diet is deadSarah read through the entire study and found it to be fascinatingThe study found that there is a region where in paleolithic times, the humans from that region were cooking and grinding oats (find a bit from NPR on the subject here)The results from this study are making many say - great, we should now be eating oatsHowever, Sarah wants to note that there were many other nutrients that were found on the grinding stone that this study focused on, and we can't isolate the oats that were found on the stone and sum up the whole of their diet with the incorporation of the one nutrient The modern paleo diet isn't about a historical reenactment, it is about understanding exactly how food affects our health at a very detailed cellular levelGrains cannot compete with the powerhouses of nutrition that are quality meats, seafood, vegetables, and fruit, nuts and seeds, and eggsModern strains of grains are compounds that are inflammatory, and they are also high in sugar - so these grains now do not contribute to our health as they possibly did at one time in agricultural historyThis study is a very good reminder that the content of a very nutrient diet, paired with low stress, ample sleep, low to moderately-intense activity is a great base to healthy living, and that having a little bit of grain in the diet is likely not a problem for someThere is a big difference between having grain occasionally that is traditionally prepared verses having it as a normal feature of a dietThe question here isn't when did man start eating grains, when did grains become a substantial part of the diet, the question is what are the best foods that we can eat now to be healthy, the best foods that we have access to today, what are the best lifestyle properties to be healthyIt is also important to look at how our bodies tolerate going off plan, when and whyThe paleo diet is based on contemporary science and what the best foods are to support our health - and while it gets its original structure from the average of paleolithic man, it gets its proof in contemporary science and in the growing number of randomized controlled clinical trials that are pitting pal