The Paleolithic diet, also known as the paleo diet, is based on the idea that the human body hasn't adapted to modern foods and the healthy way to go about one's eating habits is to follow the diet of the prehistorical man - so much that there's now a new paleo diet for babies as well.
The idea behind the original diet is that it's heavy on protein and all kinds of meat, as well as fruits, with fewer carbs and a high fiber intake, as well as getting off processed foods - however, the thing is, a paleo diet for babies could end up having terrible consequences for growth.
According to Time Magazine, the concerns over the paleo diet for babies are actually less about growth and more about the real possibility of infancy mortality, as the book shows highly questionable foods to give to babies, like for example completely cutting them off milk.
The paleo diet for babies includes recipes like a baby-milk formula that's made from bone broth and chicken liver, containing no milk products whatsoever.
ABC.net.au reports that the paleo diet for babies cookbook, entitled "Bubba Yum Yum: The Paleo Way for New Mums, Babies and Toddlers," was co-authored by Australian celebrity chef Pete Evans and set to be released this week, but published have had to put its publishing on hold after several medical experts around the country have warned that following this diet could end up creating severe growth development issues, as well as downright child mortality.
"In my view, there's a very real possibility that a baby may die if this book goes ahead," said Heather Yeatman, the Public Health Association of Australia president, to the Australian Woman's Weekly. "Especially if [the DIY formula] was the only food a parent was feeding their infant, it's a very real risk."
Without even being published, the paleo diet for babies cookbook is already the subject of a lot of controversy, as it's widely said that, while grown-ups can choose to follow whatever fad diet they're into, they should not halt an infant's growth by following unsafe eating habits.
