The Paleolithic diet or the Paleo Diet for short has been touted as a great diet for diabetic patients. In fact some have gone as far as to say that it is the best for diabetics. Is this really true? With the myriad of diets out there – some fad, some not, it may really be quite difficult to assess one diet over the other.

A recent review carried out by a select group of experts at the mandate of the US News and World report publication did come out to say that when it comes to diabetes management and prevention, two diets came out joint tops. These are The Biggest Loser Diet and the DASH diet.

When it comes to the best overall diet however, the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet tops the list with 4.1 stars out of a possible 5. The TLC diet or Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes diet, a diet plan created by the National Institutes of Health came second with 4 stars out of five, while the Mayo Clinics, the Mediterranean and Weight Watchers diet were placed joint third with 3.9 stars each out of the possible 5. So where is the Paleolithic diet to be found in all this? Do you even know what the Paleolithic diet is?

Well, the Paleo diet represents modern man’s attempt to get back to the diet of his ancestors based on the premise that these while living on such a diet did not experience many of the modern-day diseases that we are experiencing today. Diseases like high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes, heart disease and the like. This luck has been put down to their diet and the expectation is that if we want to reverse some of these conditions or at the very least live a healthier lifestyle, then we too must adopt such diet.

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