Paleolithic Diet Improves Metabolic Syndrome
…according to an article at American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. “Metabolic syndrome” may be a new term for you. It’s a collection of clinical features that are associated with increased future...
View ArticlePaleobetic Diet Book Now Available
I started this blog four years ago as an exploration of the Paleolithic diet as a therapeutic option in diabetes and prediabetes. Scientific studies from Ryberg (2013), Mellberg (2014), Boers...
View ArticlePaleo Diet Pioneer Melvin Konner’s Latest Thoughts on Healthy Eating
Back in 1985, Melvin Konner and S. Boyd Eaton got the ball rolling on the current Paleolithic diet movement. Thirty years later, what would Konner say is a healthy way to eat? Recent data on these...
View ArticlePaleolithic and Mediterranean Diets Linked to Lower Incidence of Colon Polyps
Adenomas in the colon (aka colon polyps) are precursors to colon cancer. Experts think that if we can prevent the onset of colon polyps, we’ll see less colon cancer. A recent study suggests that both a...
View ArticleÓscar Picazo Compiled a List of Scientific Articles on the Paleolithic Diet
Click the link below to see the articles, which are in English. Óscar’s introduction: “Hace ya más de un año, compartí aquí la lista actualizada de estudios hasta la fecha, en relación a la paleodieta,...
View ArticlePresident of Australian Diabetes Society On Paleo Diet for Diabetics: Don’t...
From SBS.com: “People with type 2 diabetes should ditch the paleo diet until there’s substantial clinical evidence supporting its health benefits, warns the head of the Australian Diabetes Society. It...
View ArticleGrant Schofield Defends the Paleo Diet for Diabetes
Schofield is a Professor of Public Health at Auckland University of Technology and Director of the Human Potential Centre. Prof. Sofianos Andrikopoulos authored an anti-paleo diet editorial in the...
View ArticlePaleolithic and Mediterranean Diet Patterns Reduce Markers of Inflammation
Many chronic medical conditions are though to be caused by chronic inflammation in our bodies. Sample conditions include high blood pressure, coronary artery disease (heart attacks), metabolic...
View ArticleMeta-Analysis: Paleolithic Nutrition for Metabolic Syndrome
From the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2015: “Paleolithic nutrition, which has attracted substantial public attention lately because of its putative health benefits, differs radically from...
View ArticlePaleolithic Dieters: You May Have an Iodine Deficiency
An article in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests that paleolithic-type diets may be deficient in iodine. See my comment after the link below. Abstract BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Different...
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