More are following Caveman diet when ordering take-out

This file photo shows ‘caveman’ Vlad Averbukh, 29, a follower of the Paleo diet, eating raw meat along the Hudson River in New York. Photo: AFP/Emmanuel Dunand

The most popular regime in take-out dining in the United States is the Paleo Diet, a restrictive lifestyle that supposedly mimics the diets of our ancestors when they were hunter-gatherers.

That's according to a new survey by take-out service Grubhub, which analysed the volume of its take-out orders to extract conclusions on American diet habits. Compared to 2015, online and mobile orders of Paleo foods increased 370% in 2016 across the United States, says Grubhub, outpacing the raw diet, juice cleanse, veganism and gluten-free diets which round out the top five eating plans.