Is the Paleo Diet really the answer to our dieting woes? The Paleo diet is just like any other diet where you restrict calories and foods and lose weight. The problem with this is that any restrictive diet can lead to feelings of deprivation. When this happens, the dieter is at risk of falling off the diet wagon and regaining the weight fairly quickly. Permanent weight loss has to be done differently.

1. The Paleo Diet:
just another fad?

2. It’s all over the internet, books
about it are on the best seller lists,
and many people are trying it.
While there’s been some
controversy surrounding the diet,
many people are extolling it’s
virtues.
Everyone knows what
the Paleo diet is.

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Pete Evans is one.

4. He’s the Aussie chef
who has become
famous (infamous)
over his cookbooks
and his strong opinions
on this diet.
Whilst he looks a
million dollars (he says
it’s from following the
diet), is it the answer to
our dieting woes?
Image: Women’s Weekly Australia

5. There’s lots of information out there in internet land about the
western diet contributing to all of the diseases that are rampant in
our society:
diabetes, heart disease, etc.
...and the Paleo fans are saying that if we all start eating Paleo,
many of these will disappear.

6. While I agree that we could all clean up our eating to some extent …
is Paleo really the way to go?

7. With 66% of us overweight and half considered obese,
surely anything that gets the weight off us is great – yes?
The Paleo diet considers the food consumed to be
nutritious & filling
and its fans say
it’s the one diet
where it’s
virtually
impossible
to overeat.

8. Well, no actually.

9. ...where you restrict calories and
foods and lose weight.
The problem with this is that any
restrictive diet can lead to feelings
of deprivation.
The Paleo diet is just
like any other diet…

10. When this happens, the
dieter is at risk of falling
off the diet wagon and
into the biggest vat of
carbs available.
Then, usually fairly
quickly, regains the lost
weight
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11. ...the hard part is keeping the
weight off.
As all dieters know, the hard
part is not losing weight...
And the danger time is when we
finish a diet because most people
will go back to eating what they did
before.

12. Many
studies
have
shown…
…that most dieters will regain
all of their lost weight within
2-5years.

13. Depressing, eh?

14. So diets don’t work.
Permanent weight loss has to be done differently.

15. were a little more flexible and they allowed
a few more foods that we know and love…
…then people would be more likely
to continue with them.
If the Paleo diet,
and diets in general,
flexible

16. But we suspect Paleo
will be a fad diet just
like the various high
carb-low fat diets that
have been around since
the 80’s.
Overweight and obesity
rates went through
the roof since these
became popular.
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17. don’t work because people can’t
stay on them for life…
…we suspect one day Paleo will be in
this category also
So fad diets,
(low calorie, restrictive diets)

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Sorry Pete.

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