Paleo Diet!

[Slothy]

No dairy? No calcium, vitamin D, magnesium or phosphorus.

No Calcium is demonstrably false. Same goes for Magnesium and Phosphorous with pretty much the same links. And Vitamin D is straight up bulltrout because it's added to milk after the fact, is readily available in other foods, and the largest source of the stuff for humans is from sun exposure anyway.

No grains? No fiber, few antioxidants, and again, some lost vitamins.

If you're trying to get your fiber, anti-oxidants and vitamins from grains then you're doing it wrong. They terrible sources of fiber compared to fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds, and they'd be utterly devoid of anti-oxidants and vitamins if they weren't added in after the fact. And even then, they're a very poor source of the stuff compared to whole foods. Anyone who told you otherwise has never bothered to check the actual nutrition labels.

[Spuuky]

Hey look, comma and Spuuky are being aggressively contradictory. smurf me. You two must be a joy to hang out with, I tell ye.

Remind me who I'm aggressively contradicting in this thread?

[noxious.sunshine]

BEANS! Black Beans are Motherchucking -great-. I love them with all my heart. Especially when made "from scratch"... Sautee up some onion, jalepeno, & garlic & throw it in the mix while yer cookin em.. They got fiber. A lot of it... But it's easy to go overboard on the servings.. Especially if you eat -mine-. No for real. I'll buy a 1 lb bag of dried black beans & make them and my bf will eat the entire pot.

For the last oh.. Few years, I've been making them homemade and frying up Mexican Chorizo with the jalepeno, garlic, and onion and adding that to the pot along with dried chicken bouillon powder. It's bomb as all get out, but throwing in the chorizo & chicken flavoring makes it pretty fatty and unhealthy. The bouillon has a ton of sodium already in it so.. yeah.

[Spuuky]

Beans aren't permitted in a strict Paleo diet, so they don't qualify as a source of fiber for this particular discussion.

[NorthernChaosGod]

Beans aren't permitted in a strict Paleo diet, so they don't qualify as a source of fiber for this particular discussion.

Nuts, berries, and vegetables are though.

[Spuuky]

Indeed they are. I wasn't disputing that fiber existed plentifully in the diet. just that particular post talking about beans. Beans are the best source of fiber in a diet that includes them.

[Flaming Ice]

Beans aren't permitted in a strict Paleo diet, so they don't qualify as a source of fiber for this particular discussion.

Depends on how strictly you adhere to the diet.......some people do 80/20 (80% of a full week you stick to the diet, 20% of the week you're allowed to eat something not allowed).

[Araciel]

I'm a sixth level vegan. I don't eat anything that casts a shadow.

-paleolithic humans likely ate anything they could, so I never understood why anything is restricted.. if you wanna eat grains go ahead, just don't eat grain products.

-paleolithic diet should be coupled with at least as much physical activity as one would have to expend back in the day to emulate a caveman lifestyle. I think the caloric needs (hunting and gathering) of a caveman helped balance the amount and types of food they ate.

-taking that into account, think of how many times cavemen would likely have to skip meals or go days without eating.. I think I heard on some youtube dude's channel how fasting stimulates hgh production and all other kinds of benefits I don't want if it means going hungry

hell why not go around clubbing people?!

[Pant Leg Eater from the Bad World]

Hm. I've never heard of this.

But it is essentially the way I diet. And by diet, I mean the way I normally eat when not gorging on fast food.
Except that I don't exclude dairy. And I usually simply cut back on grains and such, not remove them completely. I still love me my quesadillas.

It is a decent idea all in all. I just don't see the point in being so drastic as to diet that way as a way of life. I like pasta and cheese and milk and cereal and all that.

I'm just gonna do whatever I want.