"Paleo Diet" is a trademark
belonging to Loren Cordain,
Paleo diet (aka paleolithic diet and
caveman diet) is based on the types of foods presumed to have been
eaten by humans in stone age . The Palaeolithic, or Stone Age, is the
longest period of human history. It started 2.6 million years ago
and ended 10,000 years ago. The people who lived in the stone age are
also called hunter-gatherers. During the stone age the food
consisted chiefly of meat, fish, vegetables, and fruit and excluding
dairy or cereal products and processed food.
We do not know exactly what meats and
vegetable humans ate during stone age. For practical purposes we will
have to substitute their food with presently available foods.
Paleo diet recommends eating:
Grass-produced meats, wild meat
Fish/seafood (not farmed)
Fresh fruits and vegetables
Eggs
Nuts and seeds
Healthful oils (Olive, walnut,
flaxseed, macadamia, avocado, coconut).
It prohibits eating:
Cereal grains
Legumes (including peanuts)
Dairy
Refined sugar
Potatoes, starches
Processed foods
Salt
Refined vegetable oils
Alcohol
Characteristics of Paleo diet.
1. It has a high protein content,
2. It has a low carbohydrate content,
3. It leads to high fibre intake.
4. It has high fat content,
5. Potassium salt intake is high and
sodium salt intake is low.
6. It has a dietary acid-alkaline
balance.
7. It calls for a high intake of
vitamins, minerals, plant phytochemicals and antioxidants.
The healthy Paleo diet results in
improved blood lipids, weight loss, and reduced pain from
autoimmunity. It also helps preventing diabetes and cardio vascular
diseases.
Paleo diet can also: enable weight
loss, slow or reverse the progression of autoimmune disease, improve
sleep, increase energy, improve acne, increase athletic performance,
increase libido, improve mental clarity and outlook.
You can find Paleo diet food list here.
The Weston A. Price Foundation
This foundation is dedicated to
restoring nutrient-dense foods to the American diet through
education, research and activism.
The foundation has been criticized by
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its advocacy of
drinking raw milk and by Joel Fuhrman, MD for its advocacy of the
health benefits of animal-based fats.
Weston Price was a dentist from
Cleveland, Ohio. His 1939 book 'Nutrition and Physical Degeneration',
records his study of pre-industrial populations including tribal
Africans and Pacific islanders, Inuit, North and South American
natives, and Australian aborigines.
With little or no medical facilities
these peopled led a long life with their traditional food, which is
claimed to be healthier than the modern American diet.
The Foundation is a non-profit
organisation. It was founded by Sally Fallon Morell and Mary G. Enig.
They co-authored two cookbooks - 'Nourishing Traditions' and 'Eat
Fat, Lose Fat: Lose Weight and Feel Great with Three Delicious,
Science-based Coconut Diets'.
The foundation is opposed to veganism
and some aspects of vegetarianism. It recommends animal fats, dairy
fats, olive oil, and cod liver oil, among others. It also recommends
organic fruits and vegetables, raw dairy products, soured or
lacto-fermented dairy and vegetables (such as sauerkraut), whole
grains (soaked or soured to neutralize their phytic acid), and bone
stocks.
There are many diets, including the two
above. Vegetarian and vegan diets are also said to be good.
It is not necessary to follow any of
the diets religiously. You can use your knowledge of nutrition to
choose what you want to eat.
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