Eating like a caveman: A passing fad or the diet of the future?

The Paleo diet, which encourages practitioners to eat meat and veggies while skipping grains and dairy, is gaining more followers, but it may not be healthy

The Paleo diet placed dead last among 25 evaluated for U.S. News & World Report magazine, and the high levels of fat are often worrisome to experts.
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Everyone wants to lose weight and feel healthy. The secret, according to practitioners of the "Paleo diet," is to eat the same foods our hunter-gatherer ancestors ate. The movement is gaining momentum thanks to dedicated fans who swear by the diet's steady intake of meat and veggies. Skeptics are wary, though, and research supporting so-called "evolutionary eating" is thin at best. Here, a brief guide to the caveman regimen:

What do people eat on the Paleo diet?

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