All About the Paleo Diet

The paleo diet focuses on eating foods like our ancient ancestors did. That means grass-fed meats and a bounty of fruit, veg and wholefoods. It also aims to cut back on processed sugars, salt and refined vegetable oils.

Paleo-approved foods include fish, fruits and vegetables like spinach (which is packed with phytonutrients, fiber, extra minerals and more). But it excludes dairy, beans, grains and processed sweeteners.

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SOURCES:

Mayo Clinic: “Paleo Diet: What is It and Why Is It So Popular?” “Vegetarian diet: how to get the best nutrition?”

EatRight.org/Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: “Should We Eat Like Our Caveman Ancestors?”

UPMC Health Beat: “Pros and Cons of the Paleo Diet.”

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health: “Diet Review: Paleo Diet for Weight Loss.”

Harvard Health Publishing: “The ‘Paleo Diet:’ — Back to the Stone Age.”

Providence Health & Services/Oregon and SW Washington: “Ask an expert: Paleo pros and cons.”

University of California, Davis Center for Nutrition in Schools: “Nutrition and Health Info Sheet: The Paleo Diet.”

UC Davis Health: “Is the paleo diet safe for your health?”

National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements: “Vitamin A,” “Vitamin C” and “Vitamin E.”

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition: “Metabolic and physiologic effects from consuming a hunter-gatherer (Paleolithic)-type diet in type 2 diabetes.”

American Cancer Society: “Good-for-you Carbohydrates.”

Source: webmd.com