All About the Paleo Diet

Sources Medically Reviewed on 05/16/2019 Reviewed by Christine Mikstas, RD, LD on May 16, 2019
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SOURCES:
Mayo Clinic: "Paleo Diet: What is It and Why Is It So Popular?" "Vegetarian diet: how to get the best nutrition?"
EatRight.org/Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: "Should We Eat Like Our Caveman Ancestors?"
UPMC Health Beat: "Pros and Cons of the Paleo Diet."
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health: "Diet Review: Paleo Diet for Weight Loss."
Harvard Health Publishing: "The 'Paleo Diet:' -- Back to the Stone Age."
Providence Health & Services/Oregon and SW Washington: "Ask an expert: Paleo pros and cons."
University of California, Davis Center for Nutrition in Schools: "Nutrition and Health Info Sheet: The Paleo Diet."
UC Davis Health: "Is the paleo diet safe for your health?"
National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements: "Vitamin A," "Vitamin C" and "Vitamin E."
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition: "Metabolic and physiologic effects from consuming a hunter-gatherer (Paleolithic)-type diet in type 2 diabetes."
American Cancer Society: "Good-for-you Carbohydrates."
Reviewed by Christine Mikstas, RD, LD on May 16, 2019
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