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paleodiet
Also known as: paleo diet
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Paleolithic diet - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 9 facts
claimThe British Dietetic Association listed the Paleo diet as one of the 'Top 5 Worst Celebrity Diets to Avoid in 2015'.
accountLoren Cordain popularized the 'Paleo diet' in the 21st century through his best-selling books.
quoteLoren Cordain described the paleo diet as "the one and only diet that ideally fits our genetic makeup".
claimEggs are considered acceptable in the Paleo diet because Paleolithic humans would likely have encountered and consumed eggs from bird's nests while foraging and hunting.
claimThe NHS and other sources categorize the Paleo diet as a 'fad diet' that promises effortless weight loss, similar to other diets like vegan, Mediterranean, low fat, low carb, raw food, and gluten-free diets.
claimProponents of the Paleo diet claim that the diet is effective for curing autoimmune diseases and reversing diabetes.
claimThe Paleo diet, also known as the Paleolithic Diet, the Caveman diet, or the Stone Age Diet, is a dietary regimen that restricts consumption to foods presumed to be available to Neanderthals in the prehistoric era, while excluding dairy products, grains, sugar, legumes, processed oils, salt, alcohol, and coffee.
claimThe Paleo diet prohibits dairy products, including milk, cheese, and butter, because the practice of milking animals did not occur until after the Paleolithic age when animals were domesticated.
claimAdvocates of the modern paleo diet base their dietary recommendations on the evolutionary discordance hypothesis.
The Evolution of Human Nutrition carta.anthropogeny.org Dec 7, 2012 3 facts
perspectiveThe paleodiet is based on the premise that returning to the diet of pre-agriculture, paleolithic ancestors will improve human health and well-being.
claimInterest in the paleodiet is largely driven by the prevalence of modern diseases, including obesity, type-2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and high blood pressure.
claimThe paleodiet excludes dietary items introduced during the agricultural revolution, such as legumes, grains, and dairy products, as well as modern processed foods.
The Evolution of Diet - National Geographic nationalgeographic.com 3 facts
procedureLoren Cordain's Paleo diet prescription recommends consuming lean meat and fish while avoiding dairy products, beans, and cereal grains, as these foods were introduced after the invention of cooking and agriculture.
claimAdvocates of the Paleo diet, such as Loren Cordain, claim that consuming the foods eaten by hunter-gatherer ancestors can help modern humans avoid diseases of civilization, including heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer, and acne.
claimLoren Cordain, an evolutionary nutritionist at Colorado State University, asserts in his book 'The Paleo Diet: Lose Weight and Get Healthy by Eating the Foods You Were Designed to Eat' that the Stone Age diet is the only diet that ideally fits human genetic makeup.
History of modern nutrition science—implications for current ... bmj.com Jun 13, 2018 1 fact
claimThe recognition of the importance of overall diet patterns has led to a variety of empirical, commercial, and popular dietary patterns, including flexitarian, vegetarian, vegan, low carb, paleo, and gluten-free diets.
Psychedelics, Sociality, and Human Evolution frontiersin.org 1 fact
claimEarly hominin ancestors likely ingested psychedelic mushrooms throughout their evolutionary history, as supported by evidence regarding paleodiet, paleoecology, primate mycophagical behaviors, and the biogeography of psilocybin-containing fungi.
Reviewing the Prehistoric Menu | American Scientist americanscientist.org 1 fact
claimThere is limited evidence in the fossil record to support the claim that early humans consumed meat on the scale suggested by modern paleo diet adherents.