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For what it's worth, U.S. World & News Report annualy assembles a panel of diet and health experts (http://health.usnews.com/best-diet/experts) to judge a variety diets. In 2011 and 2012, the paleo diet ranked as the worst. The criteria were health, weight-loss, and ease of following. In terms of nutrition, safety, rating for diabetes, and rating for heart health, it scored a 2/5, 2.3/5, 2.1/5, and 2/5 respectively.

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That's pretty unscientific, purely based on the opinions of a collection of individuals.

It also completely ignores the very personal nature of a diet. What's easy to follow for one person will be very difficult for another.

And if you're rating a diet for heart health I'd like to actually see the rates of heart related illnesses for those following the diets.

I agree.

Although, many of the individuals are nutritionists at reputable scientific institutes, so hopefully their opinions are informed by scientific studies. There's no guarantee of that, of course, but at least their credentials are stated up front (unlike the many nutrition experts you'll find in any given message board).

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