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Paleolithic diet
This article is about a modern way of eating.
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For how Paleolithic humans ate, see Paleolithic ยง Diet and nutrition.
The modern diet known as the paleolithic diet (abbreviated as 'paleo diet' or 'paleodiet') is a way of eating. It is also called the 'caveman diet', 'Stone Age diet' or 'hunter-gatherer diet'.
It is based on the wild plants and animals which humans ate in the Paleolithic era. This was a period about 2.5 million years long: it ended around 10,000 years ago, when people began farming.[1] The term "Paleolithic diet" may also refer to what people actually ate back then instead of the diet today.[2][3]
Meat, fish, vegetables, fruit, roots, and nuts make up most of the modern Paleolithic diet.
It does not include grains, legumes, dairy products, salt, refined sugar, and processed oils.[2][4][5] The diet is much lower in carbohydrates than is usual today, and much higher in