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Diet Composition - Paleolithic Diet

Background

Diet Composition - Paleolithic Diet Background

Importance of Topic to Practice 
The Paleolithic diet (also called the caveman, Stone Age or hunter-gatherer diet) is a fad diet that is based on the premise that humans should eat the same foods as they did during the Paleolithic period because our genetic make-up has not changed significantly in the last 10,000 years. It is promoted as a way to lose weight, improve health and prevent disease, such as autoimmune diseases, cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. It is important for

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