Have you heard of the new trend toward eating like our ancestors from thousands of years ago? It’s basically being called both the paleolithic, or cave man diet. It is named after the period of history where man pretty much subsisted on only the foods that are “allowed” on this diet.
The foods that are allowed are primarily vegetables and meats. But you aren’t allowed to have any refined carbs, grains, sugars, not a lot of fruit, and basically not a lot of carbohydrates. Sound an awful lot like other diets out there? That’s because it really is, with the new spin on it to add the removal of processed foods.
All of these new diet trends are really just spinds on diet regimens that are already out there. What’s to like about the paleo or paleolithic diet? Well, it does remove a lot of the processed garbages out of your diet. It also loads you up on lean proteins while excluding the heavier, fattiers cuts of beef and concentrating instead more on chicken, turkey and fish, which are all very lean protein.
There are also some nuts allowed on this diet. The diet really focuses on eliminating the processed stuff, which is good for you. The big draw of this and similar diets is that you don’t have to focus so much on calorie restriction, but are instead encouraged to eat as much as you want until you are full.
The rub of course, is that you can only pick from a limited menu. But aren’t people who tend to eat the same foods all the time typically thinner than others? Yes, that is true. However, variety is sometimes the spice of life, is it not? That may be the only thing you really miss on this diet.
The nice thing is that you do get to eat until you’re full, which seems like the natural thing to do, so that is part of this diet that I think is really appealing. For me personally, I hate to be hungry when dieting and if your sole way of losing weight is dropping calories, then you will be starving a lot.
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