Table 3.

The Paleolithic diet

Principle: The human gastrointestinal tract is poorly evolved and unable to handle diets that result from modern agricultural methods. Exposure to foods not consumed at the time of evolution may thus result in modern diseases
Food group	Include	Exclude
Fruit	All	None
Vegetables	All except (see under exclude)	Potatoes, legumes, corn, yam, beet, butternut squash
Grains	Cereal grains	All other
Protein	Lean meats: game, fish	Processed meat, domesticated meat
Dairy	None	All dairy produce
Beverage	All others	Fruit juice, all alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages
Other	Honey	Refined sugars