as a cardiologist that get a lot of questions about nutrition and here's a really good one hi dr. Santora this is alex from orange what is paleo diet and is it healthy well the Paleo diet is also called a caveman diet it's what man ate in the Paleolithic period which means the period before there was a gray color so what did we do then we were hunters we ate game meat red lean meat and we fished so there's a lot of fish in the diet now there was no agriculture so clam products were mainly nuts and berries and fruit and occasional type of root type foods so if you're on the Paleo diet strictly speaking you need to avoid dairy products because there are no cows no domesticated animals so there's no milk there's no cheese there's no ice cream so you have to avoid that whole category of food and since there was no farming there is no grain so there's no barley no oh no wheat so you have to avoid bread cereal pasta all the things that you enjoy in your life and even the potato is not part of the diet because they were not harvested back then your drink of choice will be water there's no processed sugar there's no salt and there's no processed meats so is that a good diet well it probably is a good diet because it avoids processed foods and sugar and salt but it's not a sustainable diet it's not a diet that most people can adhere to its kind of expensive it's all fresh food and your limiting groups of food so you're going to lose weight and probably feel good for a while no study has shown that it prolongs life so a better alternative would be the Mediterranean diet that is a diet that is enjoyable it has been shown to prolong life cut down cardiovascular disease and it consists of fish it consists of some lean meats it consists of nuts olive oil whole grains low-fat dairy products that is a diet that you can enjoy for the rest of your life and live a longer healthier and better life though it's a great question the Paleo diet is probably ok probably safe probably good but probably not sustainable thanks for asking you .
Video Description:
Eating like prehistoric hunters and gatherers provides a very clean diet, but is it a sustainable nutrition plan for modern human beings? Larry Santora, M.D., explores the trendy paleo diet and how it works. Dr. Santora is medical director of the Orange County Heart Institute and host of "Health Matters with Dr. Larry Santora" television series, which airs weekly on PBS SoCaL Plus. Visit www.drsantora.com to view more segments on a range of health topics. Produced by Chapman University's Panther Productions, "Health Matters with Dr. Larry Santora" is sponsored by St. Joseph Health, Biotronik and Weaver Health Solutions. Video courtesy Super King Markets.
