the Paleo diet is basically a modern-day version of a hunting-and-gathering type eating plan it's primarily vegetables and fruits grass-fed meat fish nuts and seeds and some healthy oil on there it does not include dairy or a lot of grains or your processed foods the benefits of a Paleo diet is that it's really cleaning out your eating plan people love that that's great for our bodies it gives you more energy it takes away that sluggish kind of tired feeling that you often have and it also helps you lose weight however you do have to look at the whole plan sometimes with the Paleo diet you're actually missing some vitamins and minerals it is lacking in calcium and vitamin D and you have to kind of look at the whole plan are you really eating grass-fed organic healthy meat and lots of that Shoals and fruits and fish or you kind of playing with it and then making it your own plan well one of the focuses in the Paleo diet really is meat and in the whole scheme of life you shouldn't be doing too much red meat so that's one of the drawbacks I think that it's put in this diet because it's very satisfying particularly bacon they use a lot of bacon it's very satisfying it has fat so it gives you that satiety and it makes people feel good I don't think that that's a very good positive benefit to the diet I think they should be focusing kind of on the whole grass-fed meat that's great and fit getting more of your fish and more of your organic eggs and then getting the vegetables and fruits in most of their recipes too another thing the Paleo diet is actually that the fat that they that you are allowed to consume is not very good for your heart so from a cardiovascular standpoint we do have to be careful there it's definitely one of those plans that if you want to follow it you need to check with your doctor because it can change your labs you might lose a little bit of weight but all of a sudden your cholesterol might go up so one of the things that I would encourage if you are going to take some of the benefits that Paleo diet would be to incorporate more of your healthy fats your olive oil your avocado some of your nut oils the bottom line is the Paleo diet is I think it can help you if you tweak it it's fine to do hunting-and-gathering kind of from the ancient times bring that back that's great but also use some of our modern medicine and research knowing that healthy fats are going to be the way to go along with your plan .
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Shayna Komar, a licensed and registered dietitian, discusses whether the Paleo diet is safe. http://www.piedmont.org/livingbetter
