※ This video is part of the episode <Documentary Prime - Secret of Evolution, Food Part 3: Live Like a Paleolithic Man> that aired on July 11, 2011. 1. Treating Modern Diseases with the Paleolithic Diet! The Coen couple living in England, who suffered from diabetes due to obesity. He cured his diabetes with food. He even claims that he cured his leukemia. Gloria, who lives in the United States, is also seeing results in treating her diabetes with just food intake. However, this does not mean that they abstain from food and suffer from hunger. Rather, they eat so much food that they are full... What on earth is their food? They all call it the “Paleolithic diet.” 2. What is the Paleolithic diet? What is the reality of the Paleolithic diet that doctors in the United States and the United Kingdom are practicing? Their food is mainly meat, fruit, and vegetables, which are foods from the hunting and gathering era. They also do not eat salt, sugar, or various refined and processed foods that did not exist in the Paleolithic era. The production team compared the diet of African hunter-gatherers and found that the composition was very similar, although the appearance was different. 3. Nutritional comparison of modern diet and Paleolithic diet What is the difference between the Paleolithic diet and our diet? The difference can be seen by comparing the nutrients of the Paleolithic diet and modern diet. The modern diet (the modern recommended diet standard in the United States) is composed of 60% carbohydrates, 10% protein, and 30% fat, while the Paleolithic diet is composed of 40% carbohydrates, 30% protein, and 30% fat. And what is more notable is that it contains more than twice as many vitamins, potassium, and fiber as the modern diet, and less than half as much sodium. The University of California in the United States showed the results of a clinical trial that showed that patients with cardiovascular diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure could recover their health with the Paleolithic diet. The production team analyzed why the Paleolithic diet is effective in treating modern diseases with evolutionary medicine scientists in the United Kingdom and the United States. 4. Trying to treat obesity with the Paleolithic diet. Koreans are accustomed to high carbohydrate intake and spicy and salty foods. Can Koreans also practice the Paleolithic diet? The production team decided to experiment with losing weight through the Paleolithic diet with three obese patients. After a month, their changes were amazing. They all lost about 4~5kg of body fat and their waist circumferences were reduced by nearly 10cm. Through the stories of those who lost weight through the Paleolithic diet, we will find out the Paleolithic diet that we can practice in our daily lives. ✔ Program name: Documentary Prime - The Secret of Evolution, Food Part 3: Live Like a Paleolithic Person ✔ Broadcast date: 2011.07.11