US News often ranks diets and has several categories in which diets are grouped, including Best Diet Overall, Best Weight Loss Diet, and Heart Healthy Diet. The Paleo diet has been ranked within the top 20 on all categories. And half the reason it is ranked with in the top 20 is because it isn’t fully well known yet.

The paleo diet is a fantastic diet that has shown not only to reduce weight, but to help in fighting diabetes and heart disease. Studies are still ongoing, but what studies have been done look very promising. Many studies have shown that the paleo lowers LDL, the bad cholestoral, as well as lowering triglycerides, which is a fatty substance that raises the risk of heart disease.

The truly simple idea behind the paleo diet is this: if cavemen didn’t eat it, you shouldn’t eat it. This means that there are no sugar, no dairy, no grains, no legumes, and no processed food. What you have left is one of the best eating plans ever designed.

There is a large number of paleo recipes to help make the diet as convienent as it can possibly be. So go ahead and give it a try and see just how simple and healthy the diet really is.