Paleo baby cookbook under fire: Diet advocate’s “kiddie-friendly recipes” push bone marrow over fruit

Nutritionists question celebrity chef's "pâtés, bone marrow purees and fermented vegetables" for babies
MARY ELIZABETH WILLIAMS

Evans — who last month left his gig as a spokesman for the Sumo Salad chain, has displayed some questionable judgment about nutrition before. Three years ago, he was the subject of Twitter ridicule for his admission of a fondness for “activated almonds.” Last fall, he ignited a social media storm after going on a Facebook rant in which he asked,“‘Why has our rate of autism jumped from 1 in 10000 children in 1974, to 1 in 50 in 2014,where do you think it will be in another 40 years if it is escalating at this rate? This has grown rapidly since the guidelines have been in place! Why is the rate of mental illness including dementia and Alzheimer’s escalating at a frightening rate and we are told by the DAA and Heart Foundation to avoid saturated fat when this is what our brains need to survive and function properly?” And last year, he also came out against fluoridation, saying, “If you look at the number of countries who have reversed their fluoridation programs, it really raises alarm bells. Fluoride in the water hasn’t always been there and we’re no better off now than when it wasn’t.”......................