Δευτέρα 16 Ιουλίου 2012
why try the paleo diet?
First popularized in the mid-1970s by gastroenterologist Walter L. Voegtlin, this nutritional concept has been promoted and adapted by a number of authors and researchers in several books and academic journals.
A common theme in evolutionary medicine,Paleolithic nutrition is based on the premise that modern humans are genetically adapted to the diet of their Paleolithic ancestors and that human genetics have scarcely changed since the dawn of agriculture, and therefore that an ideal diet for human health and well-being is one that resembles this ancestral diet.
Proponents of this diet argue that modern human populations subsisting on traditional diets allegedly similar to those of Paleolithic hunter-gatherers are largely free of diseases of affluence,and that two small prospective studies of the Paleolithic diet in humans have shown some positive health outcomes.
Supporters point to several potentially therapeutic nutritional characteristics of allegedly preagricultural diets.
what the paleo diet consists and exclude?
Centered on commonly available modern foods, the "contemporary" Paleolithic diet consists mainly of:
fish
grass-fed pasture raised meats
vegetables
fruit
fungi
roots, and nuts
and excludes
grains, legumes, dairy products, salt, refined sugar, and processed oils
what is paleo diet?
The paleolithic diet , also popularly referred to as the caveman diet, Stone Age diet and hunter-gatherer diet, is a modern nutritional plan based on the presumed ancient diet of wild plants and animals that various hominid species habitually consumed during the Paleolithic era.
In common usage, such terms as the "Paleolithic diet" also refer to the actual ancestral human diet.
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