Paleo Diet for People with Diabetes

	By: Editors at DiabetesIQ	\|	Published: February 21, 2022	This DiabetesIQ content is fact-checked and expert-reviewed to ensure strict editorial guidelines. Our content is evidence-based and provides objective analysis while maintaining the highest editorial standards in accordance with our integrity policy.
Published: February 21, 2022
This DiabetesIQ content is fact-checked and expert-reviewed to ensure strict editorial guidelines. Our content is evidence-based and provides objective analysis while maintaining the highest editorial standards in accordance with our integrity policy.

There are so many diets have been developed in attempt to make people look and feel good. For people with certain conditions, such as diabetes, a proper diet is simply a must if they want to come up victorious in managing their disease. There are many factors that contribute to successful diabetes control, two of the most important ones are carbohydrates and weight management and a number of diets go far to supply this demand. One of them goes as far as the prehistoric times, turning to the roots of humanity in an effort to help people eat healthy and shave off a few pounds.

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It’s called a Paleo Diet, which is a dietary plan based on foods that resemble what people might have been eating during the Paleolithic era, which dates from around 2.5 million to 10,000 years ago. That’s why this is diet is also called hunter-gatherer diet, caveman diet, and Stone Age diet.

As all those names suggest, a paleo diet consists of lean meats, fish, fruits, vegetables, seeds and nuts, all of which are the foods that people back in the day could obtain by hunting and gathering. Naturally, a paleo diet limits foods that don’t fit the epoch, such as dairy products, grains, and legumes, - all those foods that come from farming.

The reasoning of a paleo diet is that human body is genetically unsuitable for the diet we eat today. This idea is known as the discordance hypothesis. According to it, farming came into our lives relatively late on the scale of evolution and the human body simply hasn’t had enough time to adapt to the dietary changes that farming brought to us. That is believed to be a contributing factor to the occurrence of obesity, heart disease, and diabetes.

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A paleo diet seems to be working for quite some people. According to a number of clinical trials, this diet may provide benefits when compared with other diets that incorporate lean meats, fruits, vegetables, low-fat dairy products, legumes, and whole grains. Among those benefits are, improved glucose tolerance, lower triglycerides, and better appetite management, weight loss results and blood pressure control.

So, is a paleo diet worth trying? Very possibly. But to make sure if it’s right for you, consult with your diabetes care management team prior to getting on the journey to a caveman’s diet. Meanwhile, we’d like to share with you a few recipes of the dishes that fit a paleo diet.