Table 1: Rules for three weight loss trend diets.

Paleo

Keto

Animal Based

Includes: Fruit, vegetables, meat, eggs, nuts, seeds, raw honey, plant oil, tallow.

Includes: Meat, eggs, dairy, low carb fruit (i.e. wild blueberries and other berries, cherries, peach, melon, plum, olives, avocado, coconut, starfruit, tomato, cucumber, squash, bell pepper, orange, grapefruit, lemon, lime), vegetables (except for potatoes, corn), nuts (except for chestnuts, pistachios), low carb seeds (i.e. pumpkin, sunflower, pine nuts, chia, flax, hemp), black coffee, wine, spirits, tea, light beer, extra virgin olive oil, MCT or extra virgin coconut oil, extra virgin avocado oil, tallow.

 

Includes: Grass fed or pasture raised meat and organs, bone broth, wild seafood, pasture raised eggs, raw or grass fed dairy, seasonal organic fruit, raw honey, tallow.

 

Excludes: Dairy, grains (i.e. rice, wheat, oats, barley, rye, millet, buckwheat, quinoa, corn), legumes (i.e. peanuts, peas, beans, lentils), refined sugar, tea, coffee, alcohol.

Excludes: High Carb fruit (i.e. banana, mango, papaya, pineapple, kiwi, dragonfruit, passionfruit, non-wild blueberries, pomegranate, apple, grapes, pear, any kind of dried fruit, plantain), grains, legumes (except for peanuts, snow peas, snap peas and green beans), any added sugar or sweetener (including honey), heavy beer, seed oil.

Excludes: Vegetables, nuts, seeds, legumes, grains, refined sugar, plant oil, tea, coffee, alcohol.