Paleo v. "Mediterranean" Diet

A Palaeolithic diet improves glucose tolerance more than a Mediterranean-like diet in individuals with ischaemic heart disease.

This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17583796

After 12 weeks the study found:

(a) Those on the old stone age diet lost 31% more weight compared to those on the Mediterranean-like diet.

(b) Those on the old stone age diet lowered their unhealthy high fasting glucose levels 88% more than those on the Mediterranean-like diet.

(c) Those on the old stone age diet lowered their unhealthy high HbA1c levels 4.3% more than those on the Mediterranean-like diet.

http://healthydietsandscience.blogspot.com/2012/02/diets-high-in-meat-and-eggs-are.html

The "Mediterranean-like diet" bites the dust again.  Which isn't to say it is a bad diet if it works for you.  But most of the hoopla about the so called Mediterranean diet isn't based on half as much science as some folks would like you to think.