It’s time to leave the Paleo Diet in the past: Recent studies have failed to support its claims

Is this really what our Paleolithic ancestors ate? New data suggests prehistoric diets had a lot more overlap with our own than earlier studies estimated. (Shutterstock)

The Paleo Diet urges us to mimic our prehistoric ancestors’ food choices. In practice, this means eschewing dairy products, cereals, pulses and processed sugar, and consuming vegetables, fruit, nuts, pasture-raised meat and wild-caught seafood instead.

The Paleo Diet’s proponents contend that by eating this way, we will lose weight and reduce our risk of chronic diseases.