What is the paleo weight loss diet all about? | Nutratimes

What is the paleo weight loss diet all about?

Anybody who is curious to know about ways to lose weight naturally would obviously be interested in the Paleo diet which is one of the most ancient forms of weight loss diet claiming to make you lose weight through the theory of our hunter-gatherer ancestors.  The paleo diet dates back to nearly 1000 years and is unprocessed, raw, whole food based diet.

      To speak precisely ‘paleo’ is an eating style more than a diet and our ancestors followed it to stay healthy for long and live for long. According to studies, paleo diet can bring about significant weight loss if followed zealously. It is often regarded by experts as best of all diets for weight loss with success rate of nearly 100%. The paleo diet also known as caveman diet was popularized by Loren Cordain in the year 2002 when Cordain published the diet and also talked about ways to implement it.

      Our ancestors consumed the Paleo diet during the Paleolithic age. They ate their food fresh and raw. They grew their own veggies, hunted animals to derive meat and consumed everything in its raw, unprocessed state. A paleo diet is actually the eating pattern of the Paleolithic age and is a diet pattern instrumental in bringing about weight loss and enhanced fitness. 

       By consuming paleo diet you can reach an ideal body weight by burning down the existing stored fat in your body. That helps you grow slim and fit. In case of paleo diet body fat combustion takes place to fuel your everyday activities.

Here are some of the major reasons for Paleo diet to be called an ideal weight loss diet…Read on to learn more: 

·         Paleo diet is an extremely low calorie and nutrient rich diet

·         Paleo diet boosts your body’s metabolic rate and also improves the functioning of the digestive system.

·         Paleo diet helps you to lose the stubborn fat through fat combustion.

·         Paleo diet boosts your food sensitivities.

·    Paleo diet functions as your hormone detox in a natural way. This leads to stabilization of hormone levels and weight loss through it.

·        Paleo diet foods being strictly ‘unprocessed’ are high in fiber. Thus, such foods are digested slowly and your tummy full for long. In other words, such a diet helps in suppressing appetite and makes you lose weight by curbing your overeating tendencies.

·         Paleo diet helps in effective management of blood sugar levels.

3 Phases of Paleo diet

Switching to any new food habit isn’t easy and it should be done gradually. To make the paleo dieting process gradual, it has been categorized into 3 different phases.

Phase 1

The duration of this phase is 2 weeks-8 weeks. This phase will teach you to stay without unprocessed foods. For the initial 5 days you can consume processed food at a moderate rate but slowly taper it off to ‘nil’. By the end of 8 weeks, you’ll definitely look ‘slimmer’

Phase 2

In this phase, you are expected to get complete respite from processed and fast food cravings. Fat mobilization will begin and you’ll start developing more of lean muscles.

Phase 3

This is the easiest phase. By then, you’ll get used to the paleo eating pattern. All you need to do is to adhere to it in the days to come. You can consume processed food occasionally but don’t make it a habit again.