Paleo Diet 8wk Feasibility in Overweight Adults

Eight Week ad Libitum Self-prepared Paleo Diet and Cardiometabolic Disease Risk Factors in Overweight Adults

Overweight, physically inactive but otherwise healthy adults habitually eating a traditional Western diet will follow an ad libitum self-administered Paleo diet for 8-weeks. Blood and body composition will be measured before and after the intervention period.

The Paleo diet is a dietary method that is gaining popularity among the general population due to potential weight loss and disease prevention benefits. The feasibility of the Paleo diet and the effectiveness of self-administration in improving cardiometabolic disease risk factors remains uncertain. Examination od cardiometabolic disease risk factors in overweight, physically inactive adults before and after 8-weeks of an ad libitum self-administered Paleo dietary intervention. Methods: Overweight, physically inactive but otherwise healthy adults habitually eating a traditional Western diet follow an ad libitum self-administered Paleo diet for 8-weeks. Blood samples were analyzed for fasting cardiometabolic disease biomarkers. Participants complete three-day dietary recalls prior to, and during weeks 4 and 8 of the intervention to confirm Western diet consumption at pre-, track compliance, and to assess dietary changes.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age: 18-55 years
• BMI > 25 kg/m2
• Currently consuming a typical Western diet (high carbohydrate, low fat diet), which will be assessed using the 3-day dietary record (public domain)

Exclusion Criteria:

• known cardiovascular, metabolic (including type I or type II diabetes), or respiratory disease
• smoking and/or smokeless tobacco users
• pregnancy