The Modern American Diet: What's Wrong With It?
The Modern American Diet
When 2,000 Americans were polled about their dietary habits, over 70% responded that they were eating “pretty much whatever they want.”[1]
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As you can gather by now, the Modern American Diet differs sig...
The Real Reason You Lose and Gain Weight
Without even knowing the science behind what really causes you to lose and gain weight, our Paleo ancestors ate what can be referred to as “the perfect diet.” They didn’t go to the internet and Google the latest fad diet. They didn’t count calories....
Why Calories Don’t Matter (As Much As You Think)
In 2009, researchers recruited men and women who were classified as “obese” and put them on an extremely low calorie diet. For ten weeks, these men and women ate around 500 calories by consuming medical shakes and lost on average 30 pounds. After the i...
Why the Paleo Diet Works: How Food Reacts in the Body
Now that you understand the science behind fat storage , you can easily understand why it can be a struggle to lose weight eating a modern diet. The Modern American Diet that we have all been instructed to eat to maintain “health” is actually making us f...
What is the Paleo Diet?
What is the Paleo Diet?
If you are reading this , then you have probably heard that eating a Paleo Diet means to eat “like a caveman (or a cave woman).” This isn’t too far from the truth. Although research is not conclusive, there can be no debate that ...