Send to a Friend

LuckyGuy's avatar

Why is the "Paleo diet" supposed to be healthy?

Asked by LuckyGuy (43690points) January 16th, 2014

The Paleo diet is modeled after the foods that early man had available: meats, fruits, no processed foods, etc… the foods that were around 20,000 years ago. The foods we evolved to digest.

Why is that supposed to be healthy? What was the life expectancy of a Paleo man? Didn’t they get much more exercise than we do today? Should the Paleo diet also require more exercise and living in an uncontrolled temperature environment as well?
I don’t get it. What am I missing?

Using Fluther

or

Using Email

Separate multiple emails with commas.
We’ll only use these emails for this message.