Many, many food fads are just that — fads — and should fade out
as quickly as possible. Here are some of the worst nutritional
trends of the past year: Eating like a caveman The hugely
popular Paleo Diet is based on the theory that our bodies are
optimized for eating the foods our hunter-gatherer ancestors
ate: fruits, vegetables and meat. Problem is, our lifestyles
aren’t, says Andrea N. Giancoli, R.D., spokesperson with the
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. “It’s not like our ancestors
were hunting cows or chickens,” she said. “They were hunting
super-lean wild game, and most people today can’t go out and
consume wild game all of the time.” Domesticated farm animals
aren’t as lean as wild game, so diets heavy in their meats
include more saturated fat than is healthy. While the strict
fruits-veggies-meat diet will result in weight loss by
eliminating refined sugars and preservatives, results are far
from sustainable, as the restrictions make the diet difficult to
keep up. What’s more, by prohibiting the co