A Paleolithic diet is the modern interpretation of the diet that humans ate during the Paleolithic or "Old Stone Age" era. This period, about 2.5 million years ago, was notable for the anatomic and physiologic changes taking place in humans as they adapted to climate change, learned to cook meat using fire, and began to use stone tools for greater access to food and resources. Anthropologists hold that the diet of our ancestors heavily influenced their neural expansion, increasing brain size, and reduction in their gastrointestinal tract size. This activity describes the benefits and indications of the paleolithic diet and highlights the role of the interprofessional team in ensuring patients eat a healthy diet.
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Objectives:Identify the function of the paleolithic diet.Describe the issues of concern regarding the paleolithic diet.Review the clinical significance of a paleolithic diet.Outline interprofessional team strategies for improving care coordination and communication to advance patient education about diet and improve outcomes.Access free multiple choice questions on this topic.
Every few years a new diet is introduced that is thought to be the panacea for good health. Clinicians should not fall into the trap of "diet mania' but should counsel patients to eat a healthy diet low in processed foods, to exercise regularly, and to discontinue smoking and other harmful habits. Like all diets, the paleolithic diet has its pros and cons. This was diet first used by our human ancestors out of necessity, and though it may have been good for the digestive tract it is unknown how it affects human health in the long term.
By 1988, the authors had published a best-selling consumer book called The Paleolithic Prescription: A Program of Diet and Exercise and a Design for Living. This was the book that introduced and popularized the concept of following dietary and lifestyle concepts that were consistent with the genetic architecture of our paleolithic ancestors. The core assumption was that our genes had not changed significantly over the millennia, therefore humans were best suited to a diet comprised mostly of fruits and vegetables, low in refined grains and sugars, low in saturated fats, low in dairy, and plentiful in animal protein.2
Introduction: Myoepithelial tumor of the soft palate is associated with rapid progression and poor outcome. The standard care includes surgery with optional radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy. Case report: Here we present a case with myoepithelial tumor of the soft palate where the patient denied conventional treatment options. Instead, the patient started the paleolithic ketogenic diet which resulted in a halted progression of the tumor as evidenced by imaging follow-up. Currently, the patient is on the diet for 20 months, without symptoms and side effects. Conclusion: We conclude that the paleolithic ketogenic diet was effective and safe in this patient.
The patient showed excellent dietary adherence as also shown by laboratory workups. Her laboratory parameters are similar to that seen in our other patients on the paleolithic ketogenic diet with other diseases [19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25].
We assume that the paleolithic diet may be of superior effectiveness while having no side effects as compared to the classical ketogenic diet in cancer management. It is our opinion that such a preferable effectivity/side effect profile of the paleolithic ketogenic diet can only be explained evolutionarily. We assume that the paleolitic ketogenic diet is the evolutionary adapted diet itself for humans.
Purpose: Although the classical ketogenic diet is an effective treatment in childhood epilepsy, it is difficult to maintain on the long term due to side-effects and dislike. Methods: Here we report a case of a child with frequent epileptiform discharges confined to non-rapid-eye-movement (NREM) sleep and extensive cortical malformation. The child was started on a modified version of the classical ketogenic diet we refer to as the paleolithic ketogenic diet. Results: Subsequent follow-up electroencephalograms showed complete normalization of brain electric activity along with cognitive improvement. Neither antiepileptic medication nor vitamin supplements were used. The child strongly adhered to the diet as assessed by regular urinary ketone tests and laboratory work ups. Currently she is on the diet for 17 months. Neither side effects nor clinical signs of nutrient deficiency were observed. Conclusion: We conclude that the paleolithic ketogenic diet was effective, safe and feasible in this case.
The ketogenic diet has been used in the treatment of epilepsy for 90 years [1]. Several studies, including randomized controlled studies [2], proved its effectiveness which compares to that of antiepileptic drugs while probably confering less side-effects [1]. Current epileptological practice, however, continue to rely on antiepileptic drugs and the ketogenic diet is not recommended as a first-line therapy except for two rare epilepsy syndromes[3]. Previously it was suggested that ketosis represent an evolutionary adapted state in humans [4]. In 1975 gastroenterologist Voegtlin suggested an animal fat-meat based diet as being evolutionarily adapted [5]. Recently we reported a case of a child with absence epilepsy successfully treated with an animal fat-meat based diet we refer to as the paleolithic ketogenic diet [6]. Here we report a case of a child with developmental delay, extensive bilateral cortical malformation and frequent interictal epileptic discharges confined to non-rapid-eye-movement (NREM) sleep electroencephalogram (EEG).The child started the paleolithic ketogenic diet which she strongly adhered to. Follow-up EEGs showed complete normalization of the EEG along with improvements in cognition.
The child was born at full term with no complications in 2007. A routine ultrasound examination at 10 days old showed enlarged ventricles of the brain. Her muscles were spastic and she had difficulties with feeding. A repeated ultrasund examination at 1 year old showed moderately enlarged ventricles but no signs of intracranial hypertension. An MRI examination performed in October 2012 showed extensive bilateral polymicrogyria involving all brain lobes except for the frontal lobe. The MRI also indicated septal agenesia and hypogenesis of the corpus callosum. Additional dismorphic features included microcephaly, hypertelorism, arched palate and dysmorphic auricles. Genetic tests for subtelomeric deletion, Angelman syndrome and congenital glycosylation disorder were negative. Due to a delay in motor development she has been receiving movement therapy. She had a complex cognitive developmental delay including attention deficit an inability to speak. She has also been receiving interventions to improve cognition. A whole-night EEG performed on 02 Aug 2013 showed frequent multifocal epileptiform discharges confined to non-rapid-eye-movement (NREM) sleep (Figure 1). Interictal epileptic discharges were continuous during NREM stage 2 and were very frequent during NREM stage 3 and 4. No epileptiform discharges were seen during wakefulness. The child had no history of ouvert seizures. Parents of the child refused antiepileptic medication and decided to initiate the paleolithic ketogenic diet. The child shifted from the normal diet toward the paleolithic ketogenic diet gradually within one month. In December 2013 multiple fasciotomy was performed at a foreign clinic to alleviate muscle contractures. From 01 January 2014 the child was on a full paleolithic ketogenic diet. The diet mostly consisted of animal fat, meat, offal with a fat:protein ratio of at least 2:1. Fat and red meats as well as offal from pork and cattle were encouraged. She was allowed to consume vegetables to an extent which did not prevent ketosis as regularly assessed by urinary ketone test. Although we did not recommend it, she also used coconut flour in small amounts to make the diet more palatable. No plant oil of any form were allowed. Artificial sweeteners were restricted but small amounts of honey was allowed. At diet initiation we advised against taking vitamin and mineral supplements and so the child stopped all supplements she was taking before. Ketosis was regularly checked by urinary ketone strips which indicated sustained ketosis. Laboratory check-ups were carried out five times during the 17 months on the diet. All five urinary laboratory tests were positive for ketones. Avarage blood glucose was 3.98 ( 0.42) mmol/l. Blood count, renal and liver function were normal. Inflammatory markers, including CRP and fibrinogen, as well as triglicerides and uric acid remained low. Total cholesterol and LDL were elevated (Table 1). On 02 February 2014, four weeks after diet onset, a whole-night sleep EEG was performed. This showed normal sleep structure and the absence of clear-cut epileptiform activity. The EEG only showed infrequent waveforms during NREM sleep that were sharper in morphology (Figure 2). As before no EEG abnormalities were seen during wakefulness. Four months later on 14 Jun 2014 a next whole-night EEG recording showed normal sleep structure, normal background activity and the absence of epileptiform activity (Figure 3).
As reported by the parents adhering to the diet was relatively easy for the child. Currently she is on the paleolithic ketogenic diet for 17 months. The parents of the child are committed to continue the diet. Neither gastrointestinal nor other side effects emerged. Also, no clinical signs of vitamin or mineral deficiencies emerged.
The parents of the child refused antiepileptic medication and therefore the paleolithic ketogenic diet was initiated as a stand-alone therapy. Follow up sleep-EEG performed at four weeks on the diet showed the absence of clear-cut epileptiform discharges during NREM sleep. A next sleep-EEG performed at five months after diet onset showed no epileptiform EEG activity at all. Parents and caretakers of the child noted improvements in cognition including learning, concentration, speech comprehension as well as improvements in vocalization and motor skills. Parent reports, home monitoring of urinary ketone as well as laboratory check-ups showed an excellent adherence to the diet and sustained ketosis. Her laboratory parameters were normal except for total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol which were elevated. In our previous case with absence epilepsy [6] and in another case of type 1 diabetes [11] on the paleolithic ketogenic diet these two laboratory measures were also elevated although not to this extent. Elevation of cholesterol is also known from studies with the classical ketogenic diet [12]. Yet it is now acknowledged that neither serum nor dietary cholesterol should be regarded as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease [13]. Instead, other laboratory parameters including C-reactive protein [14] and fibrinogen [15] have been suggested as better predictors of cardiovascular disease. Of note, these latter measures were consistently low in our patient. We speculate that in our patient elevated cholesterol may reflect ongoing regenerative processes. Other laboratory parameters including uric acid and triglycerides were normal like in our other patients on the paleolithic ketogenic diet [6, 11, 16]. Adverse effects known to be associated with the classical ketogenic diet such as iron-deficiency anemia, hypomagnesemia, increased frequency of infections and gastrointestinal side effects [17] did not emerge in our patient on the paleolithic ketogenic diet despite of the absence of supplementation. Of note, no such adverse effects were seen in our previous cases on the paleolithic ketogenic diet [6, 11, 16]. It is worth noting that the complete normalization of the EEG, in terms of disappearence of interictal epileptiform spikes, seen in our both epilepsy cases on the paleolithic ketogenic diet is very rare among patients on the classical ketogenic diet [18]. 2ff7e9595c
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