Paleo Today

I found this great article on The Paleo Diet website that provides an example of what the paleo diet would look like using modern foods, complete with a nutritional profile of the diet detailing macro and micronutrient content. What was found is that it is entirely possible to consume a nutritionally balanced diet using modern foods that mimic the food groups and types that were available to paleolithic man. The relative contribution of various foods (plant and animal) to the diet was based on average values previously determined in numerous hunter gatherer societies. This data was used in combination with the 20 most common fruit, vegetables, and fish sold in the United States to determine the composition of the diet, detailed to the point of creating a mock 1 day menu. The diet was then analyzed for macro and micronutrient content. What is most interesting to note is the the macronutrient content of this diet turned out to be 38% Protein, 39% Fat, and 23% Carbohydrate, which closely mimics Zone proportions with a few carbs replaced with fat. The only visible shortcoming of the diet was lack of Vitamin D, which Paleolithic man would have obtained from the sun.