If you’ve been wondering if the Paleo diet is worth a try, here are some of the benefits of the Paleo diet and whether or not it actually works for weight loss.
The Paleo diet, sometimes called the Caveman Diet is all about eating in the way our ancestors did.
The diet has been around since the 1970s. But it didn’t become mainstream popular until the early 2000s when Loren Cordain published The Paleo Diet: Lose Weight and Get Healthy by Eating the Foods You Were Designed to Eat.
At Valley Medical Weight Loss across all four Phoenix metro locations, we help individuals evaluate whether the Paleo diet or any dietary approach is the right fit for their unique health goals, lifestyle, and long-term sustainability.
The Foundation of Paleo
The whole purpose of the diet is to eat what our early hunter-gatherer ancestors presumably ate. “Presumably” because we can never know with 100% certainty what they ate most of across the board, how much of their diet was intentional, and how much was due to environmental circumstances and location.
But the diet has maintained its popularity for decades now. So you may be wondering…how healthy is the diet, and can it help you lose weight?
Let’s break down what the research says about the Paleo diet so you can decide if this could be the right diet for you.
