Paleo diet vs plant based diet

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  • GoPerfectHealth
    GoPerfectHealth Posts: 254 Member
    Well, clearly people have visceral responses to labels. I tend to believe that consistency of calorie deficit is most important when losing weight. It is easier to be consistent if you aren't hungry so adopting a way of eating that will keep you feeling satisfied and is also in line with any personal beliefs about food is a good start.
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  • nicolette44
    nicolette44 Posts: 2 Member
    Two weeks into Paleo and I've lost 15lbs. Easy to follow and really makes you think how I over ate before. Only side effect so far is tiredness, but this is just my body adjusting. Skin better and I have literally lost my jelly belly. #happygirl
  • marilandica
    marilandica Posts: 88 Member
    Eat real food, just less of it. Oh, and exercise more. It may not be easy, but it sure isn't complicated.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    I feel like this question is like comparing cardio to weight lifting. not so much of the making of sense.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    LadyFencer wrote: »
    Plant based is a problematic term. It's being used by Engine 2 etc to mean no animal products at all. None of the blue zone cultures eat that way completely with the exception of Loma Linda - and in that case only some of the population does.

    Right. I've always understood "plant based" to mean vegan without the ethical component (or non food related stuff, like no leather). Using it in all these various ways doesn't further comprehension.
  • PeachyCarol
    PeachyCarol Posts: 8,029 Member
    JoRocka wrote: »
    I feel like this question is like comparing cardio to weight lifting. not so much of the making of sense.

    ^This.

  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    ladymiseryali wrote: »
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    ladymiseryali wrote: »
    I eat keto, which is similar to paleo in some ways. It's the only WOE that has worked for me. My advice is to try whichever one you feel you can keep up and see what happens.

    How is keto similar to paleo?

    Both watch carbs and both encourage the eating of nuts. The only real differences I've seen is that paleo restricts dairy, and with keto, it's best to keep the net carbs to 20g.

    I know a few people who do paleo...they don't watch carbs...they don't eat wheat, but they eat potatoes and sweet potatoes and corn, etc...these are carbs and my friends are nowhere near the low level of carb intake to even remotely be close to keto.
    RodaRose wrote: »
    Both Paleo and Plant Based diets have these same foods:

    kale, spinach, collard greens, romaine, broccoli, peppers, onions, asparagus, carrots, tomatoes, apples, bananas, oranges, pears, avocados, strawberries, blueberries, potatoes, sweet potatoes, yams, turnips, beets, almonds, pecans, macadamia nuts, walnuts, hazelnuts, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, coconuts, olives.

    My diet consists of all of these things as well...
  • PeachyCarol
    PeachyCarol Posts: 8,029 Member
    I'll just drop this little tidbit here. Waaaay back before Cordain wrote his book, there was a book out in the 90's called Neanderthin, and people back then who ate paleo followed that. I was one of them.

    Back then? Paleo was basically low carbing without the dairy. IIRC... Non-starchy veggies, berries, nuts, eggs, meats, fish, and a grudging allowance for cold-pressed olive oil.
  • rybo
    rybo Posts: 5,424 Member
    I don't like diet names. The vast majority of what i eat is whole foods, fruits, veggies, meat of all kinds, fish, poultry, eggs, nuts & seeds. By default, not by necessity, I eat lesser amounts of grains & dairy. I eat very little processed foods, and when I do opt for a "treat" it's done guilt free.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    mamapeach910 wrote: »
    I'll just drop this little tidbit here. Waaaay back before Cordain wrote his book, there was a book out in the 90's called Neanderthin, and people back then who ate paleo followed that. I was one of them.

    Back then? Paleo was basically low carbing without the dairy. IIRC... Non-starchy veggies, berries, nuts, eggs, meats, fish, and a grudging allowance for cold-pressed olive oil.

    Wow, I learned something today. Had no idea that it was around in the 90s.
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    Food must be yummy.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    flyingtanuki wrote: »
    Why not combine them? Eat only vegetables and plants existing in the late Cretaceous, you know, like ferns. Almost no one was fat then.

    combine what- plant based and paleo?
    hoping this is sarcasm?
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