Paleolithic (Caveman) Diet

Sarauk2sf

daynerz wrote: »

In terms of health Paleo is great. No diabetes and cancer in those days, makes sense to eat this way. Great way to eat, I had done it before. Primal way to eat, not a fad diet, it's actually the all natural way. Most people are whiny and emotionally attached to food and remain in denial while they keep eating their unnatural burgers.

Give this approach a go, body composition will change. I had great results, no brain fog, lots of energy, less toxins. Make sure to eat greens if you are a big animal protein eater. The end of the day, it matters how balanced on the PH scale your body is, a body too acidic (burgers, meats) is one for disease... however greens and fruits will even it out, being alkaline.

GL, give it a go

How do you reconcile the above with having Layne Norton as one of your inspirations?

MsHarryWinston

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MsHarryWinston

daynerz wrote: »

In terms of health Paleo is great. No diabetes and cancer in those days, makes sense to eat this way. Great way to eat, I had done it before. Primal way to eat, not a fad diet, it's actually the all natural way. Most people are whiny and emotionally attached to food and remain in denial while they keep eating their unnatural burgers.

Give this approach a go, body composition will change. I had great results, no brain fog, lots of energy, less toxins. Make sure to eat greens if you are a big animal protein eater. The end of the day, it matters how balanced on the PH scale your body is, a body too acidic (burgers, meats) is one for disease... however greens and fruits will even it out, being alkaline.

GL, give it a go

Ummmmm you know that the earliest record of Diabetes is about 1500 BCE in Egypt right?? Seriously, pretty sure that doesn't count as modern times. Don't believe me? How about 1700 AD in France, it was known as the "sugar disease". I mean, sure doctors were still rocking leeches and blood letting but they were also hip to diabetes enough to actually taste a patients urine for a sickly sweet taste.

I'm just saying. Pesky little things like well know historically recorded facts are killing your argument. As to cave men and cancer... Lack of recorded evidence does not equal lack of existenc. Hasn't modern science (and even ANCIENT science) already taught us that. How would they even FIND cancer!?

I'm not saying the diet may not be great, I'm just saying your jacked up "facts" make everything that you have to say after that seem incredibly uncreditable.
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LeenaGee

chris_claxton wrote: »

Hi all,

Has anyone had any experience with the Paleolithic diet? I've read a lot of things about it but I think cutting out diary would be quite difficult - I've heard that calcium levels are lower in people on this diet (which isn't good for bones!)...

I thought I would simply answer OP's original question - yes Chris I have had experience with the Palaeolithic diet but only in recent years. For close on 20 years, maybe more, I have tried to eliminate processed food & artificial foods from my diet. This came about because I had allergic, asthmatic children and a type 1 diabetic husband. I always believed in natural foods being more healthy like butter instead of margarine, that sort of thing and we always tried to eat plenty of meat, chicken, fish, vegetables and fruit. We still drink alcohol and enjoyed chocolate and sweets occasionally.

For most of that time, wheat was not excluded from our diets. My daughter having grown up eating this way and still finding herself having health issues with asthma and allergies, did her own research and was tested and found she was not only allergic to wheat, she was lactose intolerant.

When she was home, I found myself cutting more and more wheat out of our diets and I found that I too felt a lot better if I didn't eat bread. No more headaches, foggy brain and stomach issues. I no longer felt bloated and slightly ill after a meal.

There are lots of styles of diets that are similar to how I eat but Primal/Paleo is the diet and style that I aspire to. I want to eventually cut wheat out of my diet completely and eliminate added refined sugar. I am not sure I will ever get rid of dairy, as I don't think it effects me in any way and I think I would miss eating cheese. For those who do cut out dairy there are heaps of ways to get enough calcium. For instance, Chia seeds have 5 times more calcium than milk.

I keep hearing about this restrictive eating. I honestly don't see that as we eat a wide variety of food and the recipes are endless. It is mostly artificial and processed food that is eliminated from our menus and as I don't use a lot of chemical to clean, I rarely need to go down the centre isles in a supermarket.

I really don't see what I am giving up apart from a lot of crappy, unhealthy food that my body doesn't need. And as for this caveman stuff - to me that just means eat as close to nature as possible, eat local and in season fruits and vegetables, fresh herbs, fish, grass fed meat and free range chickens.

So Chris, I thoroughly recommend that you read a decent Paleo book as I believe we are going to see a health revolution over the next few years and a return to healthy eating with more and more people turning their back on junk food. Listen to your body as food is your medicine.

Sabine_Stroehm

LiveLaughLoveEat1 wrote: »

Go_Mizzou99 wrote: »

Diets work by eliminating certain foods. Stop the diet and watch what happens.

When I lost my 75 pounds I did Atkins, weight watchers, and counting calories. All of them worked pretty well...Guess what...3 years after reaching my goal weight, I still count calories. It works because it is sustainable for a lifetime. Atkins (low carb) and weight watchers (low fat) were not a good long-term choice for me.

I will NOT give up my bourbon! I just count the calories in it and adjust my food intake or exercise accordingly.

You don't have to eliminate anything if you want to lose weight...please just stop.

The assumption being that the only goal is a lower number on the scale.