Paleo Diet Review

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I say this first, so that anyone who is not willing to consider it can quickly move on. Several versions of this style of diet exist and since they are not exactly interchangeable, there are a few options for those who wish to explore or read further.

If you’re not familiar with the “Paleo” (Paleolithic) Diet, you may have heard instead of the Caveman Diet, or NeanderThin, or the Primal Blueprint. These are plans based on eating plants and wild animals similar to what cavemen are presumed to have eaten around 10,000 years ago.

Paleo Diet principles

In this Paleo Diet review, I will try to outline the principles, benefits and drawbacks of this style of eating. The concept of the Paleo Diet is to emulate, as closely as we can, the diet that was consumed by our pre-agricultural ancestors, the hunters and gatherers. In Paleolithic times, there were no grains, no sugars or processed foods, no processed oils and no dairy products. Continue Reading »