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As you may know by now, the Paleo diet has many health benefits. It involves a lower consumption of starch-containing foods such as grains and legumes, which effectively prevents obesity, diabetes and heart disease.

Paleo diet followers also benefit from lower cholesterol levels because the diet involves eating fish and lean meat, which contain low amounts of animal-derived fat. The main nutritional components of the Paleo diet are high-quality proteins, vitamins, minerals and easy-to-digest carbohydrates from fruits and vegetables. By eliminating foods with high amounts of starch and fat, the regimen exerts an effective protection of your heart and blood vessels and prevents obesity.

A typical Paleo diet involves about 3,000 calories per day, however, the caloric intake should be adjusted according to the intensity of physical activity. Regular exercise is an important supplementation to your Paleo diet because it helps burn fat, develop and maintain muscle mass and leads to better cardiovascular fitness.

Diet AND Exercise

If a high-quality Paleo diet is combined with moderate intensity exercise on a regular basis, you can expect to lose up to 20 pounds a month or substitute the fat mass with lean muscle while maintaining the same weight. However, abrupt weight loss may cause health damage so the Paleo diet involves a progressive, moderate but safe weight loss rather than dramatic and unhealthy changes in your body weight.

People all over the world are increasingly adopting this diet as their main nutrition program, and the results with preventing obesity, heart disease and weight loss are more than remarkable.