It’s not worth it. Seriously, if you want to lose weight, just eat less.
It's January! Time to do all those things you vowed you'd start as soon as the new year came round.
Like, maybe, dieting.
Paleo diet.
This lifestyle is based on what people ate in the Paleolithic period, between 2.5 million and 10,000 years ago, with the premise that our biology hasn't changed since then. People on a Paleo diet eat lots of meat and some vegetables, but no beans or other legumes, and no dairy.
The trouble is the science this diet is based on is not all there. Our biology has changed since the Paleolithic era. One example is lactose. Our ancestors' bodies used to turn off the gene used to break down lactose after infancy. But once we started eating dairy on a regular basis, we developed a mutation that kept it turned on. Other things have changed, too. Our gut bacteria is almost certainly different now and the foods we eat have also changed beyond recognition since then.
If this diet appeals to you, here's one thing you should take from it: cut down on processed food.
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