One of the main criticisms of The Paleo Diet® is that there is no defined macronutrient profile.
It’s true that we don’t specify exact portions or percentages of carbs, protein, and fat in our diet. But there is a good reason for this! The Paleo Diet is all about mimicking the way our hunter-gatherer ancestors ate, as closely as possible. However, their diets came with a lot of variabilities. Depending on where they lived and what was available to them, their diets looked very different.
Though we have access to all kinds of foods today, we are individuals with different dietary needs and seasonal availability. So why try to stick to a set macronutrient profile that has previously never existed, when variability is a part of life?
Continue reading Doc Smith’s article on thepaleodiet.com. This article excerpt used with permission of The Paleo Diet, LLC.