What Is The Paleo Diet?

The paleo diet rests on a few very simple premises:

• Our bodies are genetically programmed to eat the foods that existed prior to the agricultural revolution (about 10,000 years ago)
• The diet that the typical person ate during the paleolithic period (and you wondered why it was called the “paleo” diet) consisted of lean meat, seafood, fruits, vegetables and nuts
• By returning to the paleo-era diet, we will be working with our genetics instead of against them.

So what does this all mean? It basically means not eating any grains, legumes,  refined sugars, excess salt, etc. If it didn’t exist prior to 10,000 years ago….you shouldn’t be eating it!

What makes this eating plan appealing is it’s simplicity. Instead of asking questions such as “how many carbs does this have? what is the calorie-to-fat ratio?”, the plan makes food choices a whole lot simpler. “Did this exist when cavemen roamed the earth?” If the answer is yes, you can probably eat it.

The theory is that if you stick to only those foods which are paleo, the issues of calories and macro-nutrient ratios will naturally work themselves out.

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