Thesis statement: There are many diets on the market today, but the Paleo diet is by far the best diet to use based on history, to lose weight, manage your health and to see long term benefits in your overall lifestyle. Introduction: “Today’s panoply of diets - from fast-food burgers to various concepts of balanced diets and food groups - bear little resemblance, superficially or in actual nutritional constituents, to the diet Homo sapiens and its ancestors consumed over millions of years.” Quoted by Jack Challem. Americans current diet of highly processed, carbohydrate-induced eating habits is the reason behind many of our biggest health concerns. So why would we not go way back in history to the diet that our ancestors had of hunting …show more content…
It is based on a very simple premise which is that if the cavemen didn’t eat it then you should not eat it either. In 1913, Joseph Knowles began conducting an experiment where he lived in the wilderness and ate like our ancestors during the Stone Age. When he returned two months later, he was leaner, stronger and healthier. Later, in 1975, a gastroenterologist named Walter L. Voegtin came up with the term “paleodiet” while writing a book named “The Stone Age Diet”. Within this book, Voegtin explained the diet as being a way to keep a long, fit and healthy …show more content…
By using the diet, people would be able to live a healthier, fitter, disease free life. The Paleo Diet will help boost your metabolism. The diet encourages small frequent meals. Higher metabolism helps your body to break down food and nutrients on a regular basis. Eating fresh fruits vegetables and meats every few hours throughout your day boosts your metabolism and burns calories faster. The Paleo diet also increases energy level. When the metabolism is burning fat quickly and your energy level is high both of these create an optimal time for quick weight loss. Choosing the Paleo Diet creates long-term health benefits. Many Americans do not pay attention to the types of over processed foods that they ingest. Foods with high-fat content and chemicals can cause harm to your body. “Food, one assumes, provides nourishment; but Americans eat it fully aware that small amounts of poison have been added to improve its appearance and delay its putrefaction. “ said John Cage. Studies have proven that eating foods that are all natural and organic can boost your immunities, prevent allergies and increase cardio health. In addition to these long-term health benefits, the Paleo Diet has been used to The Paleo Diet is a low-glycemic diet which helps people with hypertension, undesirable blood cholesterol, and type 2 diabetes. Because it is also an alkaline based diet this helps with diseases like