The caveman diet, also known as the Stone Age or paleo diet has recently become popular. There is no universal agreement about exactly what the caveman diet is, but there are some general guidelines.
The paleolithic age ended about 10,000 years ago, when the agricultural revolution began. The paleo diet is an attempt to reconstruct what some researchers believe is a diet more in tune with our natural genetic makeup.
Our paleo ancestors were mainly hunter-gatherers. So the paleo diet is very simple, and consists of meat, fish, fruit, nuts and certain vegetables. It excludes mainly foods that most people today take for granted -grains, legumes, potatoes and refined sugar. This means if you are on a paleo diet, you don’t eat bread or pasta, which many people find hard to imagine! However, if you study the caveman diet, or read a paleo cookbook, you will find that there are many ways to eat a tasty, versatile diet and still stick to the rules.
The paleo or caveman diet is consistent with many recent findings about healthy fats. It is often combined with an awareness of natural and organic vegetables and meat. For example, grass-fed cattle would be part of a paleo diet but corn fed would not. If you don’t consume grains, that means you cannot consume animals that eat grains either.
The paleo diet may not work for everyone, but many have found success in losing weight, gaining better health and having more energy. If you are curious about it, you may want to give it a try!
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I try lot of things, when i was try to lose weight, but the thing that really work for me was a combination of 3 to 4 times a week sport for 30 min to 1 hour, the use of Dietitian supervised diet and a very strong will power! diet is a way of life.Good Luck,Sigal.
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