Swedish study finds Paleo diet better than Mediterranean

Last year the first controlled trial of a paleolithic diet was performed, comparing it to the highly regarded and doctor approved Mediterranean diet.

Take a look at this Science Daily article.

According to the study, the paleolithic group lost 2in. around the waist over 12 weeks, compared to 1in. for the Mediterranean group. The paleolithic group also had a much more drastic decrease in blood sugar. I can't glean from the abstract how much weight or body fat each group lost, but a different study from a few months earlier found a paleolithic diet resulted in a 5lbs. weight loss over 3 weeks. No exercise intervention is mentioned in the abstracts of either study.

So, what we see in this study is that both weight loss and a marker of heart disease show greater results from a paleolithic diet than the traditionally doctor/nutritionist approved Mediterranean diet.