The paleolithic diet aims to emulate the dietary pattern of people of the “Old Stone
Age” and is currently one of the most fashionable diets in the world. Although a few
short-term studies have shown beneficial effects of this diet on biomarkers for diabetes
(see [
[1]
]) and cardiovascular disease [
2
,
3
], studies using disease endpoints are scarce. In the absence of these studies, one
way to help predict potential long term health outcomes in people following this diet,
including the elderly, is to determine if it is likely to meet their nutritional needs.Keywords
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Published online: September 13, 2016
Received:
September 7,
2016
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