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Many scientists
believe that human
bodies are still
best adapted to
so-called stone age
food, and
researchers at Lund
University, Sweden,
set out to discover
whether this is
true. Dr. Staffan
Lindeberg, spokesman
for the researchers,
said his group began
by taking note that
there are human
populations today
still eating
hunter-gatherer
diets in Papua New
Guinea and other
isolated locations,
and that in these
places there is “a
remarkable absence
of cardiovascular
disease and
diabetes.”
In the new study,
the researchers
compared 14 patients
who followed a
Paleolithic diet for
three months with 15
patients who
followed a
Mediterranean diet —
which is considered
the healthiest
modern diet — made
up of whole-grain
cereals, low-fat
dairy, fruits,
vegetables, and
refined fats. The
Paleolithic group,
in addition to
eating only lean
meats, fruits, fish,
etc., also avoided
salt, dairy foods,
and grains. At the
beginning of the
study, all of the
participants,
according to the
researchers, “had
increased blood
sugar after
carbohydrate intake
(glucose
intolerance), and
most of them had
overt diabetes type
2. In addition, all
had been diagnosed
with coronary heart
disease.”
After 12 weeks,
the blood sugar rise
in response to
carbohydrates in the
Paleolithic groups
was markedly lower
(-26%), while it was
about the same in
the Mediterranean
group (-7%). At the
end of the study,
all of the
Paleolithic patients
had normal blood
glucose.
The conclusion of
the research is
clear, according to
Dr. Lindeberg: “If
you want to prevent
or treat diabetes
type 2, it may be
more efficient to
avoid some of our
modern foods than to
count calories or
carbohydrates.” So
simple, a caveman
can do it.
In essence this new
research shows that
do not use grains,
no dairy products
and no processed
foods (flakes,
chips, processed
salt) eat whole
foods like potatoes,
sweet potatoes, corn
flour, brown rice
and you will recover
from diabetes
and heart disease,
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