Paleo Diet
The Paleo Diet
There are plenty of diets which are believed to be good for health. The Paleo diet is one of them, which is based on a unique and interesting theory. It comes from the eating habit in the Paleaolithic times, and the proponents believe it is the best diet for modern people to keep themselves healthy.
Over 10,000 years ago, humans ate only what they hunt and gathered, such as animals, nuts and berries. It is after the advent of agriculture that humans began to eat grains, legumes, dairy and so on, which the Paleo diet proponents believe to cause various modern diseases such as obesity, heart disease and diabetes. They insist that going back to the ancient eating habit is reasonable because our body is originally created not to metabolize new types of foods. …show more content…
They say it misses out on vital nutrients and could create long term health problems. In particular, adolescent girls have a risk of developing osteoporosis later in life due to lack of calcium. A biologist also says that it is doubtful if the Paleaolithic diet can be adapted to modern humans because there are no sufficient data on the early humans’ diet.
The concerns about the Paleo diet for infants became news in Australia. A recipe book of the Paleo diet had its release delayed by the federal health department. The book ‘Bubba Yum Yum’ had to be investigated because some recipes were considered to be inappropriate for infants. A professor commented that the Paleo diet was risky for children unless their parents monitored what they were eating all day.
The recommended foods in the Paleo diet may be good for today’s people. Also, some of the excluded foods have scientifically proven to be harmful for our health. However, it may be difficult to perfectly follow the ancient people’s diet, because we are living in a convenient modern society, where we can easily reach various delicious foods anytime,
There are plenty of diets which are believed to be good for health. The Paleo diet is one of them, which is based on a unique and interesting theory. It comes from the eating habit in the Paleaolithic times, and the proponents believe it is the best diet for modern people to keep themselves healthy.
Over 10,000 years ago, humans ate only what they hunt and gathered, such as animals, nuts and berries. It is after the advent of agriculture that humans began to eat grains, legumes, dairy and so on, which the Paleo diet proponents believe to cause various modern diseases such as obesity, heart disease and diabetes. They insist that going back to the ancient eating habit is reasonable because our body is originally created not to metabolize new types of foods. …show more content…
They say it misses out on vital nutrients and could create long term health problems. In particular, adolescent girls have a risk of developing osteoporosis later in life due to lack of calcium. A biologist also says that it is doubtful if the Paleaolithic diet can be adapted to modern humans because there are no sufficient data on the early humans’ diet.
The concerns about the Paleo diet for infants became news in Australia. A recipe book of the Paleo diet had its release delayed by the federal health department. The book ‘Bubba Yum Yum’ had to be investigated because some recipes were considered to be inappropriate for infants. A professor commented that the Paleo diet was risky for children unless their parents monitored what they were eating all day.
The recommended foods in the Paleo diet may be good for today’s people. Also, some of the excluded foods have scientifically proven to be harmful for our health. However, it may be difficult to perfectly follow the ancient people’s diet, because we are living in a convenient modern society, where we can easily reach various delicious foods anytime,