paleolithic diet
All entries tagged with paleolithic dietIntermittent Fasting: Hype or Home Run?
Intermittent fasting (IF), a dietary strategy that involves repeated intervals of feeding and fasting has gained popularity in the past couple of years, with proponents claiming a wide range of health benefits from insulin control to fat loss to defense against a host of diseases. The question is; is it a fad or is there sound research to back up the hype. Let's explore!
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40 Comments · October 21, 2008
Paleolithic Diet Better Than Mediterranean Diet?

A controlled study of Type 2 diabetics shows that a "stone-age" or paleolithic diet is better at controlling symptoms than a Mediterranean diet.
The main result was that the blood sugar rise in response to carbohydrate intake was markedly lower after 12 weeks in the Paleolithic group (–26%), while it barely changed in the Mediterranean group (–7%). At the end of the study, all patients in the Paleolithic group had normal blood glucose. (via ScienceDaily)» Continue...
26 Comments · July 02, 2007
Out of the throngs of mediocrity known as "Google alerts," my attention was immediately grabbed by the headline, "Why Are Humans Different From All Other Apes? It's the cooking, stupid."