The Paleo diet recommends the inclusion of sea salt into one’s meal. Our human ancestors had a high intake of sodium despite popular and modern belief. People of today have high cholesterol due to their high intake of salt in many of the foods they eat. Selecting foods which are unprocessed and at a natural state would be beneficial in one’s diet since they contain little sodium. People on this diet are still eating differently than their Paleolithic ancestors, making the diet debatable.
Key Takeaways:
- In 2005, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recommended that American adults consume no more than 5.8 grams of salt per day (30 grams in an ounce, 5 grams in a teaspoon.
- Higher intakes of sodium have been associated with certain types of cancers, autoimmune diseases, as well as chronic low levels of systemic inflammation
- Cooking meat makes it easier to digest and it may be that our ancestors had either more but usually less options as far as obtaining meat and animal proteins.
“food authors such as Michael Pollan explain that what is inherently wrong with the Paleo Diet is that it still is nothing at all like our ancestors ate.”