The paleo diet is short for the paleolithic diet. It is based upon the premise that human beings have been evolving for hundreds of thousands of years, while our modern diet has only been around for about 10,000 years. It is a scientific fact that the human genome hasn't changed much at all since those times, and therefore we are pretty much genetically the same as our ancestors.
The paleo diet is often called the caveman diet, stone-age diet, hunter-gatherer diet or primal diet.
It basically revolves around eating the same way as our ancestors did, before the agricultural and industrial revolutions.
Our modern diet consists in large part of grains, sugar, vegetable oils and processed foods. In fact, a major part of the population eats these foods almost exclusively. It is a fact that the diseases of affluence are a result of our unhealthy lifestyle, mainly the diet. Obesity, type II diabetes, heart disease and the metabolic syndrome are reaching new record levels every year.
There are several hunter-gatherer populations still remaining in the world, who eat and move pretty much the same way as our remote ancestors did. They don't suffer from those western diseases that have become a common thing today. Their bones are strong and their teeth are whole, even in old age.
A lot of people have gotten awesome results by trying to mimic the true paleolithic diet as closely as possible. Of course, we can't eat exactly what they ate but we can get pretty close.
The paleo diet foods include meat, fish, eggs, vegetables, fruit, nuts and seeds. Certain foods are not allowed on the paleo diet, and these are the foods largely believed to be major causes of the rising occurrence of the metabolic syndrome. These include sugar, pastries, candies, cakes and pretty much all types of junk food, vegetable oils, grains, dairy and all processed food.
One of the best paleo diet foods is grass-fed meat, but grass-fed animals have a superior fatty acid and micronutrient composition compared to their grain-fed counterparts. However, if you are tight on cash then there's no need to go out of your way to choose grass-fed or organic products, the main thing is to avoid modern junk food like sugar and grains.
Most people doing this diet find that eating certain foods once in a while is okay, and these are such things as high-fat dairy, sweet potatoes and dark chocolate. There is really a massive online community of people doing the paleo diet, and with a simple Google search you can find all the information you need on other paleo diet foods or paleo recipes.
The paleo diet is often called the caveman diet, stone-age diet, hunter-gatherer diet or primal diet.
It basically revolves around eating the same way as our ancestors did, before the agricultural and industrial revolutions.
Our modern diet consists in large part of grains, sugar, vegetable oils and processed foods. In fact, a major part of the population eats these foods almost exclusively. It is a fact that the diseases of affluence are a result of our unhealthy lifestyle, mainly the diet. Obesity, type II diabetes, heart disease and the metabolic syndrome are reaching new record levels every year.
There are several hunter-gatherer populations still remaining in the world, who eat and move pretty much the same way as our remote ancestors did. They don't suffer from those western diseases that have become a common thing today. Their bones are strong and their teeth are whole, even in old age.
A lot of people have gotten awesome results by trying to mimic the true paleolithic diet as closely as possible. Of course, we can't eat exactly what they ate but we can get pretty close.
The paleo diet foods include meat, fish, eggs, vegetables, fruit, nuts and seeds. Certain foods are not allowed on the paleo diet, and these are the foods largely believed to be major causes of the rising occurrence of the metabolic syndrome. These include sugar, pastries, candies, cakes and pretty much all types of junk food, vegetable oils, grains, dairy and all processed food.
One of the best paleo diet foods is grass-fed meat, but grass-fed animals have a superior fatty acid and micronutrient composition compared to their grain-fed counterparts. However, if you are tight on cash then there's no need to go out of your way to choose grass-fed or organic products, the main thing is to avoid modern junk food like sugar and grains.
Most people doing this diet find that eating certain foods once in a while is okay, and these are such things as high-fat dairy, sweet potatoes and dark chocolate. There is really a massive online community of people doing the paleo diet, and with a simple Google search you can find all the information you need on other paleo diet foods or paleo recipes.
Kris is a medical student very interested in all things health related. He is dedicated to bringing you the latest, unbiased information on what to do in order to gain optimal health and runs the very successful Kris Health Blog at http://www.kriskris.com
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