Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Losing weight with caveman diet


1) How is the Caveman Diet different from all of the other diets?

The Caveman Diet is not too dissimilar from many popular diets since it is a "high protein", "low carbohydrate", and "low fat" diet.   This type of diet tends to be very effective when it comes to producing weight loss results because the main type of calorie consumed "protein" is not fattening at all (and the two other types of fattening calories, "carbohydrate" and "fats", are kept to a minimum). This diet is different from most other diets because it is based on the eating habits of early man, or "cavemen".   It is based on the eating habits of Cavemen who ate mostly meat from the animals they killed, and who also grazed on fruits, vegetables, nuts, berries, etc.

2) Who can benefit most from using the Caveman Diet?

Dieters who are not addicted to carbohydrates would benefit most from the Caveman (Paleolithic) Diet. Unfortunately the average dieter is addicted to carbohydrates (sugars) and cannot go long without indulging in them. The average dieter will likely "give in" to their carb cravings shortly after the first sign of "carb withdrawal side effects" begin to surface (which is usually within the first or second day of the diet).

3) What amount of weight loss can the Caveman Diet produce?

The Caveman Diet can produce weight loss results to the tune of 4-9 pounds during the first week (that includes water weight of course) and a good 1-3 pounds each week thereafter. Weight loss will slow down in the weeks to come (at a pace that depends on how much or little weight a dieter has to lose).

4) How much does the Caveman Diet cost?

It's free. All you have to do is invest some time in figuring out what to eat, that is assuming of course you have a lack of nutritional knowledge. Otherwise, just eat high quality protein sources several times a day and graze on natural carbohydrate sources.

5) Are there any programs better than the Caveman Diet?

Perhaps the Atkins diet is better, but not necessarily they are both good diets.   The Caveman (Paleolithic) Diet is a healthy, well balanced diet and is approximately how the average person would eat if there were no junk foods (or healthy foods) made with fattening starch.  This diet is basically the type of diet ancient humans were meant to consume and so it would be hard to say that there is a better diet to use (except possibly the Atkins diet). However, as mentioned above, this diet is not among the easiest diets to follow because it is not based on eating the sugar-filled foods we have grown addicted to eating. Therefore, some people would find it easier to follow a diet such as Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, or Richard Simmons (diets which are based on a reduction of calories and which still allows dieters to consume the sugar-filled foods they crave).

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