Staffan Lindeberg

Staffan Lindeberg, M.D., Ph.D., (born 1950) is Associate Professor of Family Medicine at the Department of Medicine, University of Lund, Sweden. He is a practicing GP at St Lars Primary Health Care Center, Lund, Sweden.

Beliefs

He is best known for the Kitava Study, a detailed examination of the diet, lifestyle and health of the indigenous population of Kitava, an island in the Trobriand Islands group of Papua New Guinea, carried out in the early 1990s.

Starting in 1989, Staffan Lindeberg led scientific surveys of the non-Westernized population on Kitava, one of the Trobriand Islands of Papua New Guinea. These surveys, collectively referred to as the Kitava Study, found that this population apparently did not suffer from diabetes, hypertension, ischemic heart disease, obesity, or strokes. Starting with the first publication in 1993, scholars associated with the Kitava Study have published a number of scientific works on the relationship between diet and western disease. [1][2]

Lindeberg is a proponent of the paleolithic diet,[3] emphasizing the importance of eating whole foods low in antinutrients.[4]

Based on his study of the Kitavans, Lindeberg postulates that most common Western diseases like atherosclerosis and diabetes stem from a diet and lifestyle humans are not well-adapted to. Foods he recommends are: vegetables, fruit, lean meat, fish, nuts, eggs.[5]

He has stated that a plant-based diet rich in carbohydrates is consistent with the human evolutionary past.[6]

Staffan Lindeberg advocates a Paleolithic diet, but does not recommend any particular proportions of plants versus meat or macronutrient ratios. According to Lindeberg, calcium supplementation may be considered when the intake of green leafy vegetables and other dietary sources of calcium is limited.

Lindeberg has authored and co-authored many scientific papers, focusing on the beneficial effects of adhering to a paleolithic diet. He has also written about the downsides of the typical Western diet.[7]

The first animal experiment on a Paleolithic diet suggested that this diet, as compared with a cereal-based diet, conferred higher insulin sensitivity, lower C-reactive protein and lower blood pressure in 24 domestic pigs. There was no difference in basal serum glucose.[8]

The first human clinical randomized controlled trial involved 29 people with glucose intolerance and ischemic heart disease, and it found that those on a Paleolithic diet had a greater improvement in glucose tolerance compared to those on a Mediterranean diet.[9][10] Furthermore, the Paleolithic diet was found to be more satiating per calorie compared to the Mediterranean diet.[11]

A clinical, randomized, controlled cross-over study in the primary care setting compared the Paleolithic diet with a commonly prescribed diet for type 2 diabetes. The Paleolithic diet resulted in lower mean values of HbA1c, triacylglycerol, diastolic blood pressure, body mass index, and waist circumference and higher values of high density lipoprotein when compared to the diabetes diet. Also, glycemic control and other cardiovascular factors were improved in both diets without significant differences. It is also important to note that the Paleolithic diet was lower in total energy, energy density, carbohydrate, dietary glycemic load and glycemic index, saturated fatty acids, and calcium, but higher in unsaturated fatty acids, dietary cholesterol, and some vitamins.[12]

Works

Dissertation

Books

References

  1. ↑ Lindeberg, S; & Lundh, B (March 1993). "Apparent absence of stroke and ischaemic heart disease in a traditional Melanesian island: a clinical study in Kitava". Journal of Internal Medicine 233 (3): 269–75. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2796.1993.tb00986.x. PMID 8450295.
  2. ↑ Lindeberg S, Eliasson M, Lindahl B, Ahrén B (October 1999). "Low serum insulin in traditional Pacific Islanders—The Kitava study". Metabolism 48 (10): 1216–19. doi:10.1016/S0026-0495(99)90258-5. PMID 10535381.
  3. ↑ Lindeberg, Staffan (2009). "Modern human physiology with respect to evolutionary adaptations that relate to diet in the past". In Hublin, Jean-Jacques; & Richards, Michael P. The Evolution of Hominin Diets: Integrating Approaches to the Study of Palaeolithic Subsistence. Springer. ISBN 978-1-4020-9698-3.
  4. ↑ Harding, Anne (13 March 2012). "Study: Too much red meat may shorten lifespan". CNN. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  5. ↑ Lindeberg, Staffan. "Frequently Asked Questions: What can I eat?". Paleolithic Diet in Medical Nutrition. Retrieved January 19, 2008.
  6. ↑ Lindeberg, Staffan (June 2005). "Palaeolithic diet ('stone age' diet)". Scandinavian Journal of Food & Nutrition 49 (2): 75–7. doi:10.1080/11026480510032043.
  7. ↑ Jönsson T, Olsson S, Ahrén B, Bøg-Hansen TC, Dole A, Lindeberg S (2005). "Agrarian diet and diseases of affluence – Do evolutionary novel dietary lectins cause leptin resistance?". BMC Endocrine Disorders 5: 10. doi:10.1186/1472-6823-5-10. PMC 1326203. PMID 16336696.
  8. ↑ Jönsson T, Ahrén B, Pacini G, Sundler F, Wierup N, Steen S, Sjöberg T, Ugander M, Frostegård J, Göransson L, Lindeberg S (2006). "A Paleolithic diet confers higher insulin sensitivity, lower C-reactive protein and lower blood pressure than a cereal-based diet in domestic pigs". Nutrition & Metabolism 3 (39): 39. doi:10.1186/1743-7075-3-39. PMC 1635051. PMID 17081292.
  9. ↑ Lindeberg S, Jönsson T, Granfeldt Y, Borgstrand E, Soffman J, Sjöström K, Ahrén B (September 2007). "A Palaeolithic diet improves glucose tolerance more than a Mediterranean-like diet in individuals with ischaemic heart disease" (PDF). Diabetologia 50 (9): 1795–807. doi:10.1007/s00125-007-0716-y. PMID 17583796.
  10. ↑ Magnusson, Per A (December 18, 2007). "Paleolitisk kost ger bättre glukostolerans än medelhavskost". Läkartidningen (in Swedish) 104 (51–52): 3852.
  11. ↑ Jönsson T, Granfeldt Y, Erlanson-Albertsson C, Ahrén B, Lindeberg S (November 2010). "A Paleolithic diet is more satiating per calorie than a Mediterranean-like diet in individuals with ischemic heart disease" (PDF). Nutr Metab (Lond) 7 (1): 85. doi:10.1186/1743-7075-7-85. PMC 3009971. PMID 21118562.
  12. ↑ Jonsson T, Granfeldt Y, Ahren B, Branell UC, Palsson G, Hansson A, Lindeberg S (2009). "Beneficial effects of a Paleolithic diet on cardiovascular risk factors in type 2 diabetes: a randomized cross-over pilot study". Cardiovascular Diabetology 8 (1): 35–49. doi:10.1186/1475-2840-8-35. PMC 2724493. PMID 19604407.

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