So paleo diet is the next diet, and it is really based on foods
that-- if you think where the name came from,
it came from the paleolithic era, which was over two
and a half million years ago.
So if you think about what was eaten at that time--
I mean, the other names are caveman diet, stone age diet,
hunter-gatherer diet.
So the hunter-gatherer for me, because not everyone
knows exactly what cavemen were eating,
but if you think about hunter-gatherer,
you think, so things that falling off trees,
that you can, in the woods, find.
If you're near a river, near a body of water, things that you
would be able to access.
So it's lean meats, fish, fruits, vegetables, nuts,
and seeds.
So it limits-- basically, the idea with paleo is that
the foods that became super common when the farming
industry emerged-- so your dairy products, legumes, and grains--
sort of started this issue where the foods
were consumed at such a fast pace
that it really outpaced our body, that our bodies weren't
able to adapt.
So that is the reasoning behind obesity, diabetes, heart
disease.
I don't necessarily-- the farming isn't necessarily
the only part of this, because really, in today's society
and the majority of what people eat,
we're eating so much prepackaged food
that it's so much processed food and not necessarily just
things that are coming from a farm.
So it's just, I guess, the idea is that with farming
and the legumes and the grains and really
refining grains, then you turn all of that stuff
from farming into processed foods.
So there is definite common sense behind this.
So some of the benefit claims for the paleo diet, same sort
of stuff--
lose weight, maintain a healthy weight.
What you can eat on paleo diet-- so
it's pretty vast, so fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds,
lean meats, so especially grass fed or wild game.
Fish-- the omega 3 fatty acid fish, so salmon, albacore tuna,
mackerel.
Again, mackerel is always-- every time
I give any sort of talk, it's always
one of those fatty fishes that are in the list, mackerel,
and I know virtually no one who eats that on a regular basis.
But it is always around, but it's a nice alternative
to think about because there are all these other questions,
that if you're recommending salmon, is it wild,
is it farm raised, is it this?
So it just-- people get a little bit over inundated with concern
over where their fish is coming from,
and the true benefits if it's coming from a farm.
So oils is another thing, from fruits and nuts.
So olive is a fruit, and so olive oil would be great.
Olives, walnuts, walnut oil.
Things to avoid-- so this is a really big list,
and again, it's a lot of carbs and the dairy stuff.
And so it's any sort of grains--
wheat, oats, and barley, which are all gluten containing;
legumes, so beans, lentils, peas, peanuts;
dairy products, so dairy products meaning milk, cheese,
yogurt, all of that family.
Refined sugar-- obviously, cavemen
weren't consuming refined sugar or salts for that matter.
They might get a fish from a salt water body, in which case
there was some natural sodium in that.
Potatoes is another one, and again,
any sort of processed food.
So nutritional concerns on the paleo diet is really--
there are elements of a healthy diet.
It's rich in fruits, rich and vegetables and nuts.
There are no grains or legumes, so really--
which are all excellent sources of vitamins, minerals,
and fiber.
And there's no dairy, which is an excellent source of protein,
but also the best natural food source for calcium.
Calcium is the largest mineral in the body,
and people that don't really consume dairy at all
have no chance of getting an adequate amount of calcium
or anywhere near what they may need in a day.
So the bottom line with paleo is that it really
may help you lose or maintain--
lose and/or maintain weight.
There are some possible other beneficial health effects,
but really, there, again, with this,
no long term clinical studies.
And a lot of this is anecdotal.
Most people know someone that did this,
and they talk about it for a while.
And they think, oh, I'm going to start doing that,
and then people start doing it and either
have some success or not.