The Paleo-Diet- Is it Worth it?

The Paleo-Diet is often seen as the most healthy diet a person can follow. It is very difficult to keep a hold on, and people often complain of its blandness. Does the Paleo-diet actually provide all the nutritional value it claims to provide?

The average western diet is unbalanced.

Unhealthy, processed foods are ubiquitous in today’s society. Sometimes, living a healthy lifestyle can be a challenge Changes can be made to live more healthfully, but the sheer amount of food choices we have can be quite confusing. The paleo diet aims to simplify this confusion, cutting out anything that cannot be directly gathered naturally from Mother Earth.

The Paleo diet is composed of a majority of plants.

This is true, however, the paleo diet relies on meat as the primary portion source. Sorry vegans and vegetarians. No legumes. No grains. No Dairy. No processed foods. No vegetable oils, The paleo diet limits the person to what would have been available to cavemen.

Scientists have recently found that a true “paleo diet” does not exist.

This is because paleoplithic peoples were hunters and gatherers. They ate what they could find. Therefore, diets varied widely across the globe. Some only ate meat, some were only vegetarian, and some were both. It all depended on what was available in the immediate area.

The diet has a long list of health benefits.

You’ll find that you are full longer after your meals, due to higher intakes of protein and fat. You will also find that you have less inflammation due to the natural and unprocessed properties of the food. Weight loss is a common effect of the paleo diet.

However, maintaining he paleo diet can prove quite expensive.

Also, because the paleo diet excludes beans, it can be very difficult to maintain as a vegetarian, let alone a vegan. Also, if you are an athlete and need carbs for the calories and energy, you’ll find that to be very hard to accomplish that through eating fruit and vegetables.

The paleo-diet also assumes that the human body has not changed since paleolithic times, which is untrue.

Since the agricultural revolution, it is very likely that our bodies have evolved and adapted to the new food introduced. Our nutrient needs may be very different from those of our ancestors. So be mindful

The paleo-diet is very healthy, but can be difficult to follow. While following it alone may be troublesome, combining aspects of it into everyday healthy eating can provide positive benefits while not boring your tastebuds to death.

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