Paleo Diet!

[Freya]

I don't know much about it. What I see is it's taking out grains and sugars and eating more Meat and veggies.

Anyone know more about it? Please shares. I am interested.

[noxious.sunshine]

I have a Paleo Cookbook on my phone, but it seems to me that it's more of like an Atkins Diet type of deal, just with more carbs.

I think Vivi is kind of an advocate of this, isn't he? It seems like he's mentioned it a couple of times in other threads.

I've got a Paleo for Beginners book on hold in my home county's library via Overdrive (eBooks and stuff).. All the copies were already checked out, so.. yeah.

If you have a smart phone, check tuebl.ca - I'm pretty sure they have a couple of Paleo book or 2 available for download. They're completely free, so yeah!

[comma]

Another arbitrarily restrictive diet based on the assumptions of laymen, easily disproven myths, and chain letters perpetuated by bored grandmothers.

[Shlup]

Another arbitrarily restrictive diet based on the assumptions of laymen, easily disproven myths, and chain letters perpetuated by bored grandmothers.

To be fair, avoiding sugars and grains while increasing veggies and lean meats is a pretty healthy way to go.

[Pike]

I don't know much about it. What I see is it's taking out grains and sugars and eating more Meat and veggies.

This is basically how I eat because of dietary restrictions. Grains give me rashes and a stomachache. It sucks. (Both the symptoms and having to live on the diet itself.)

[Drift]

afaik its also got the nickname of "caveman diet" basically eating what cavemen would've eaten. less processed foods etc etc.
source: wiki

I know wiki isn't a good source but its a starting point

[Slothy]

Strict paleo is basically the idea of eating the sorts of foods we would have had access to 10,000 years ago or so before the advent of agriculture. So basically low carb, no grains or sugars, no dairy, no processed foods, etc. Eat meat, vegetables, nuts and seeds.

I don't think strict paleo is particularly necessary unless you simply can't have dairy or something, but I do always recommend it as a starting point because diet recommendations for weight loss and good health don't get much easier than eat meat, vegetables, nuts and seeds. It's really impossible to go wrong by following that information. But as long as you're eating low carb in general, I don't have a problem with things like milk, cheeses, some fruit, etc. Just keep the really bad stuff to a once in a while thing and try to stay below 100g of carbs a day and straying from paleo isn't really a problem unless you have health issues with a specific food.

[Spuuky]

I read some about this subject today. Why, exactly, is the "debate" seemingly constantly centered around a discussion of whether or not that's how people from long ago actually ate? Isn't that completely irrelevant? We should be able to determine what dietary system is best regardless of who ate what in 18000 BC.

Anyway eating vegetables, fruit, nuts, seeds, and lean meats is always going to be good for you. But come on, if you're really going to care if it's what "Paleolithic" humans would have eaten, you basically can't eat ANYTHING that is actually sold in grocery stores, including all the meat and vegetables there.

Also, I like dairy and grains a lot and I wouldn't give them up even if it was slightly better for me. Plus physical activity matters at least as much to physical health as diet, and probably more.

[comma]

We should be able to determine what dietary system is best regardless of who ate what in 18000 BC.

Anyway eating vegetables, fruit, nuts, seeds, and lean meats is always going to be good for you. But come on, if you're really going to care if it's what "Paleolithic" humans would have eaten, you basically can't eat ANYTHING that is actually sold in grocery stores, including all the meat and vegetables there.

Agreed. That's settled.

Agriculture and baking were started to make survival easier. And they still serve that purpose today. Eschewing technology that isn't strictly natural is anti-science.

[Slothy]

Also, I like dairy and grains a lot and I wouldn't give them up even if it was slightly better for me. Plus physical activity matters at least as much to physical health as diet, and probably more.

Other way around actually. You can't out train a troutty diet. No matter how much you exercise, if you eat a lot of grains and sugar filled food and drink every day, you're probably going to be overweight. But even if you're skinny you're still at a huge risk of diabetes, heart disease, etc with such a diet. Exercise is important, but if you don't have your diet in order there's not much exercise will do for you health wise. Best case scenario you'll probably be slightly stronger, faster, or have a bit more stamina than other unhealthy people.

Agriculture and baking were started to make survival easier. And they still serve that purpose today. Eschewing technology that isn't strictly natural is anti-science.

People who recommend and follow paleo diets are rarely against agriculture or anti-science. Quite the contrary really. But they do recognize that things like grains are objectively bad for long term health and choose to avoid them.

[noxious.sunshine]

I'm actually gonna start something like this on Monday. Except I'm gonna try going low/no sodium as well... Which means no mas cheese and a ton of other stuff.

I have a lot of drinking and eating cheese and junk that needs to be gotten out of the way this weekend so. woohoo.

[Slothy]

Excellent noxy. Let us know how it goes.

[noxious.sunshine]

^_^ Totes!

[Freya]

Haha I already started a similar diet this week and stumbled on it being refered to as the paleo diet. Hence this thread.

Not too hard yet.

[Slothy]

If you're not finding it very hard it's only going to get easier. The longer you keep at it the more cravings for grains and other junk foods tends to drop off.