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Disease Prevention

A significant body of research supports why The Paleo Diet has the potential to not only prevent but reverse chronic disease. Now, many experimental studies are confirming this.

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Autoimmune Disease
An autoimmune disease is a condition in which the immune system attacks the host’s body. Each of the more than 80 diseases are differentiated by the tissue(s) or organ(s) that the immune system attacks, such as beta cells in the pancreas in diabetes and connective tissue in rheumatoid arthritis.
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Cancer
Cancer refers to a collection of related diseases that develop cellular tumors. These tumors develop when the normal orderly process of cell death and growth breaks down. Then, some of the body’s cells begin to divide uncontrollably and can spread into surrounding tissues.
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Metabolic Syndrome
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is said to occur when a person exhibits at least three of five risk factors (abdominal obesity, high triglycerides, low HDL cholesterol, high blood pressure, high fasting blood sugar). MetS is a significant risk factor for developing conditions like heart disease, diabetes, and stroke.
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Diabetes
Diabetes is a group of conditions that all involve a breakdown in normal insulin function. Type I diabetes is an autoimmune condition where pancreatic beta cells that produce insulin are destroyed. In type II diabetes, patients develop insulin resistance. Both conditions can lead to uncontrolled blood glucose levels.
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Cardiovascular Disease
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) refers to a collection of often related diseases that affect the cardiovascular system. They include heart and blood vessel disease, heart attacks, strokes, congestive heart failure, arrhythmias (abnormal heart rhythm), and heart valve problems.
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Asthma
Asthma is a condition in which the bronchial airways narrow, swell, and produce extra mucus. This leads to difficulty breathing and can trigger coughing, wheezing, and shortness of breath. While it is a minor nuisance for some people, in others it can be a major problem when it leads to a life-threatening asthma attack.
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Digestive Diseases
Digestive disease refers to a large group of varied conditions including leaky gut, irritable bowel syndrome, autoimmune diseases such as Crohn’s, and microflora imbalance. As a result, there is no one mechanism. However, most of the conditions appear to have something in common: a breakdown of the digestive defenses and inappropriate inflammation.
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Acne
Acne vulgaris is a skin condition that occurs as a result of the obstruction and inflammation of hair follicles and their accompanying sebaceous gland. It leads to the formation of whiteheads, blackheads, and/or pimples, usually on the face and upper trunk. It is most common among adolescents but can affect people of all ages.
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Addressing Disease with Diet
The evidence linking diet to the chronic inflammatory conditions that are overwhelming our healthcare system—metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes, cancer, autoimmune conditions—is incontrovertible. While we believe in an 85:15 approach to The Paleo Diet®, if you are dealing with one of these conditions, a stricter diet or even an elimination diet approach may help you.
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Preventative Care
Too often our healthcare focuses on what to do after we get sick. Proper diet and exercise can go a long way to ensuring you never need to visit the doctor for anything besides your regular physical.
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How to Be Paleo When You Can’t Eat Eggs

It’s hard to beat the nutritional powerhouse that are eggs, but as the second most recurrent food allergen they’re not for everyone. Find out what foods have similar nutritional profile’s for an easy substitute.

By Aimee McNew

Natural cleaning alternatives: Can they disinfect and sanitize effectively?

Find out which cleaners are best for safely removing the germs, bacteria, and viruses, like covid-19, that could be lurking in your home.

By Jessica Resendez

How exercise and diet can reverse type 2 diabetes

The medical community traditionally states type 2 diabetes is a life-long condition, but new research shows it may be reversible with the right combination of diet and exercise.

By Aimee McNew

Using your gut bacteria to prevent (and treat) allergies

A recent study may show a new breakthrough for individuals suffering from allergies through the discovery of a specific bacteria in the gut.

By Casey Thaler

The Paleo Diet August 2020 Digest – Seeking to Prevent Chronic Disease with Diet

August 2020 - this month we took on diet and chronic disease featuring two studies on the impact of the Paleo Diet and an interview with "The End of Alzheimer's" author Dr. Dale Bredesen.

By The Paleo Diet® Team

Natural cleaning alternatives: Can they disinfect and sanitize effectively?

Find out which cleaners are best for safely removing the germs, bacteria, and viruses, like covid-19, that could be lurking in your home.

By Jessica Resendez

How exercise and diet can reverse type 2 diabetes

The medical community traditionally states type 2 diabetes is a life-long condition, but new research shows it may be reversible with the right combination of diet and exercise.

By Aimee McNew

Addressing neurodegeneration with ReCODE: Part III of our interview with neuroscience researcher Dr. Dale Bredesen 

In part III of our interview with neuroscientist Dr. Bredesen, we will finally address his treatment for cognitive decline—called ReCODE and Keto Flex 12/3.

By Trevor Connor

The causes of neurodegeneration: Part II of our interview with neuroscience researcher Dr. Dale Bredesen

In part 2 of The Paleo Diet's® interview with Dr. Bredesen we discuss the types of Alzheimer's, leaky gut, and the immune system.

By Trevor Connor

Can The Paleo Diet Protect Against Chronic Diseases?

Even in the wake of COVID-19, chronic diseases have surpassed infectious diseases as the primary threat to human health. Learn how the Paleo Diet can help reduce your risks of developing a CNDN.

By Dr. Marc Bubbs

Dietary Salt Impairs the Endothelial Glycocalyx: The Most Important Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor You May Never Have Heard About

Learn more about dietary salt & the paleo diet. Browse The Paleo Diet® blog to learn more about the paleo diet, paleo foods & health benefits today!

By Loren Cordain, Ph.D.

Eat Saint Louis Style Pork Ribs, and Reduce your Risk for Heart Disease, Osteoporosis and Other Chronic Diseases

St. Louis style pork ribs come from the healthiest part of the pig. Dr. Cordain of The Paleo Diet explains why their high menaquinone content may help your health in today's entry.

By Loren Cordain, Ph.D.

New studies on salt: Adverse influence upon immunity, inflammation and autoimmunity

The most scientifically valid study in humans has demonstrated that a high salt diet promotes chronic inflammation and adversely affects the immune system.

By Loren Cordain, Ph.D.

Ketogenic Diets: Long-term Nutritional and Metabolic Deficiencies

While the Paleo diet and ketogenic diets are often confused, they have important differences that need to be recognized. Read more about the potential drawbacks of a ketogenic diet in today's post.

By Loren Cordain, Ph.D.

North American Plains Indians: Tall and Robust Meat Eaters, But not a Milk Drinker Among Them

A constant criticism of the Paleo Diet® is that we can't maintain bone health without consuming dairy. Yet Native Americans were tall and robust - and didn't drink milk.

By Loren Cordain, Ph.D.
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Trevor Connor
Trevor Connor

Dr. Loren Cordain’s final graduate student, Trevor Connor, M.S., brings more than a decade of nutrition and physiology expertise to spearhead the new Paleo Diet team.

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Dr. Mark Smith

One of the original members of the Paleo movement, Mark J. Smith, Ph.D., has spent nearly 30 years advocating for the benefits of Paleo nutrition.

Nell Stephenson
Nell Stephenson

Ironman athlete, mom, author, and nutrition blogger Nell Stephenson has been an influential member of the Paleo movement for over a decade.

Loren Cordain
Dr. Loren Cordain

As a professor at Colorado State University, Dr. Loren Cordain developed The Paleo Diet® through decades of research and collaboration with fellow scientists around the world.

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