Lesson 6: Weight Loss
This lesson covers the ingredients required for weight loss and lifelong health and fitness.
Introduction
Anyone who has dieted knows that a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet only produces weight loss in the short term. The recommended reduction in fat and protein causes the body’s metabolism to slow and stop weight loss. In dieting circles, this is called the plateau. It is the body’s survival response to a period it perceives as starvation. Disillusioned by conventional diets, many people are turning to a high-fat, low-carb diet.
When seeking out low-carb foods, however, avoid the commercial low-carb products which often contain unnatural foods high in salt and saturated fats, and that exclude the healthful carbohydrate fruits and vegetables. Such a diet can be detrimental to long-term health since it promotes foods that contribute to the diseases of Syndrome X and limits foods that prevent those diseases. Remember that the paleo diet is naturally low in carbohydrates without limiting healthful fruits and vegetables.
The paleo diet is probably the most effective diet for weight loss and optimal health, because it does not require dieters to follow an unnatural eating style such as calorie, fat, or carb restriction. It allows dieters to eat as much as they want of the natural, healthful foods they will continue to eat for optimal health and fitness.
