Lessons From the Vegans: What the Paleo Movement Can Learn From the Success of PlantBased Diets

The paleo diet has a growing reputation for assisting in weight loss, managing or treating chronic disease, and boosting quality of life for those who follow its tenets. Yet lowfat, plantbased diets which are also gaining popularity in the mainstream appear to produce similar successes using a vastly different approach. How can such a dissimilar diet have health effects that mirror those of paleo? This presentation examines the reasons behind the success of plantbased diets, and discusses what the paleo movement can learn from them. In doing so, we'll gain a new perspective on the strengths and weaknesses of the paleo philosophy and question some common paleo "truths" that may not be as solid as we currently believe.

Abstracts and information about the Ancestral Health Symposium can be found at www.ancestralhealth.org/ahs14program.