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What is Paleolithic Diet?

Also known as the caveman diet. A dietary regimen which emulates the diet of wild plants and animals that humans consumed during the Paleolithic, a period of about 2.5 million years duration that ended around 10,000 years ago with the development of agriculture.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 8 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Celiac Disease 2 1 Efficacy_major
Fibromyalgia 2 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Parkinson's Disease 1 0
Support immune health 1 1 Efficacy_slight
Loss of energy 1 1 Efficacy_slight

See all 14 patients currently using Paleolithic Diet

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 1
Mild
 0
None
 8

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Paleolithic Diet

Weight loss 1
Loss of appetite 1
strongly increased hearing sensitivity, bilateral 1
Improved vision 1

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using Paleolithic Diet (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 3   Other: 60%
Side effects too severe 2   Side effects too severe: 40%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 20%

See all 5 patients who’ve stopped using Paleolithic Diet

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Using Paleolithic Diet

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0

Stopped Using Paleolithic Diet

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Paleolithic Diet

Always
 8 80%
Usually
 2 20%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Paleolithic Diet

Very
 1 10%
Somewhat
 5 50%
A little
 3 30%
Not at all
 1 10%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Paleolithic Diet

$200+
 3 50%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 17%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 2 33%

Report created on May 28, 2012.