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Nutrition at PaleoTraining: An Introduction to the Paleo Diet
Our Wellness Lab is an excellent platform to learn about the dietary habits of our ancient ancestors and the surge in popularity of the Paleo diet in recent years. Based on hunting, fishing, and gathering, this diet revolves around natural foods and has garnered scientific interest. Despite contrasting viewpoints regarding its validity and advantages, a plethora of studies support its positive effects on health and wellness.
This article marks the beginning of a four-part series on the Paleo diet. In this installment, we present the basics of the Paleo diet and shed light on its potential benefits, backed by scientific evidence. The series will also delve into the diet’s evolution and available dietary options. We will wrap up with a focus on modern-day tribes of hunter-gatherers. We hope this series brings clarity to a subject that enthuses us at PaleoTraining. Let’s begin!
Embrace Natural Foods: Proteins, Healthy Fats, Fiber, Vitamins, and Minerals
The Paleolithic diet, synonymous with the hunter-gatherer diet, mirrors the dietary habits of our ancestors for approximately 2.5 million years until around 10,000 years ago. This period witnessed humans relying largely on hunting, fishing, and gathering to satisfy their nutritional needs.
Proponents of the Paleo diet believe our bodies are genetically programmed to process and use foods available during that era, and that adopting a similar diet can boost health and ward off chronic diseases. While the scientific community has yet to reach consensus on the benefits of the Paleo diet, substantial research over the past three decades has investigated and substantiated various facets of this dietary approach.
A key tenet of the Paleo diet is the exclusion of processed and refined foods, emphasizing whole and natural foods. It endorses the consumption of meats, fish, seafood, eggs, fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds, while cautioning against grains, dairy, sugar, processed foods, and refined oils.
In terms of nutritional composition, early studies suggest that the Paleo diet is abundant in proteins, healthy fats, fiber, vitamins, and minerals, and low in refined carbohydrates and added sugars. Notably, Eaton, Konner, and Shostak’s review in 1988 examined chronic diseases from an evolutionary perspective, highlighting the dietary patterns of hunter-gatherer societies.
In essence, the classical form of the Paleo or evolutionary diet encourages:
- Omission of processed and refined foods
- Emphasis on whole and natural foods
- Promotion of meat, fish, eggs, fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds consumption
- Caution against grains, dairy, sugar, processed foods, and refined oils
References:
Eaton, S. B., Konner, M., & Shostak, M. (1988). Stone agers in the fast lane: Chronic degenerative diseases in evolutionary perspective. The American Journal of Medicine, 84(4), 739-749.
Frassetto, L. A., Schloetter, M., Mietus-Synder, M., Morris, R. C. Jr., & Sebastian, A. (2009). Metabolic and physiologic improvements from consuming a paleolithic, hunter-gatherer type diet. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 63(8), 947-955.
Genoni, A., Lyons-Wall, P., Lo, J., Devine, A., & Galloway, S. (2020). A review of the effects of dietary restriction on cardiovascular risk factors in humans. Journal of Nutritional Science, 9, e8.
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Lindberg, S., Lundberg, I. B., & Jonsson, M. (2007). A Paleolithic diet improves glucose tolerance more than a Mediterranean-like diet in individuals with ischaemic heart disease. Diabetologia, 50(9), 1795-1807.
Masharani, U., Sherchan, P., Schloetter, M., Stratford, S., Xiao, A., Sebastian, A., … & Frassetto, L. (2015). Metabolic and physiologic effects from consuming a hunter-gatherer (Paleolithic)-type diet in type 2 diabetes. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 69(8), 944-948.
Mellberg, C., Sandberg, S., Ryberg, M., Eriksson, M., Brage, S., Larsson, C., … & Olsson, T. (2014). Long-term effects of a Palaeolithic-type diet in obese postmenopausal women: A 2-year randomized trial. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 68(3), 350-357.
Osterdahl, M., Kocturk, T., Koochek, A., & Wändell, P. E. (2008). Effects of a short-term intervention with a paleolithic diet in healthy volunteers. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 62(5), 682-685.
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