Question

what is the meaning of the word fallacious as used in the passage? a nutritional approach called the paleo diet encourages people to eat the way their hunter - gatherer forebears did. though people say that the regimen encourages some healthy habits, such as eliminating processed foods and increasing fibre intake, the diet may be based on fallacious principles. according to critics, the diet is based on irrational premises: not only is it impossible to know exactly what our stone age ancestors ate, but both the human body and the animals and plants we eat have evolved since that time. unreasonable or inaccurate risky or harmful mysterious or confusing

Explanation:

The passage mentions that the paleo - diet is based on irrational premises. The word "fallacious" is used to describe the principles of the diet. Irrational implies that the principles are not reasonable or accurate.

Answer:

unreasonable or inaccurate