Paleo In a Nutshell Part 1: Best YouTube Video I've Ever Seen?

Like many people, I've probably watched well over a thousand video clips on YouTube over the years. Some are hilarious, some educational, some very strange. Hard to say what my all-time favorite video is, as for one thing it is hard to compare them when they range so much in their purpose. But this morning I may have seen what I now consider to be my all-time favorite YouTube video, Paleo in a Nutshell, Part 1 (see also his blog posting announcing the video):



This video is simply brilliant. We've gone relatively low-carb/paleo in our eating/lifestyle since August, and with great results. However, when this has come up in conversation it can be difficult or frustrating to explain to people (just as it would have been difficult to explain to us prior to our deep dive into this in August). I usually give a few points about the argument from evolution, a few bits of the science we've learned since August, and then recommend the book The Protein Power Lifeplan by Drs. Eades and Eades.

But this 5-minute video will likely now be my first resource to send people to who are newcomers to low-carb/paleo/etc. and are interested to learn more about it. Here are some comments about this video as to why I like it so very much

• He uses simple animation with text to make the points. As proven by CommonCraft and others, this makes for a very effective learning approach.
• He covers just about all the key points, and does efficiently in five minutes: what to eat, what not to eat, the point about valid science backing up the paleo argument, the problem with the government/most scientists and "nutritionists"/the pharmaceutical companies/ etc., the need for natural grown/raised food, and the evolutionary argument in general.
• Along the way he both puts forth the positive position and responds to common criticisms.
• There is no narration, but rather text to go with the images. Very effective.
• The background music is a favorite song of mine from the movie O' Brother Where Art Thou -- not critical to the message, but a nice bonus!

I could go on. This is just a wonderful piece of work, one that I and many others will make great use of in the months and years ahead, whenever conversations come around to this topic. Thank you, thank you, thank you!