Paleo diet? Your thought?

My thought is that it can be healthy, but outside some disease requiring it, restricting the foods they restrict is completely unnecessary for weight loss or health.

I have heard some complete nonsense regarding food from some MFP members doing Paleo, but that doesn't mean the diet is unhealthy.

I, being disease free and healthy, would not restrict foods I like and know to be healthy just to because a "diet" told me to.

^^^^ This

Fad diets are what they are. If you want to try it. Good luck. Personally, I'm not a caveman, so I choose not to eat like one.

How can one be better off than disease free and healthy?

Not sure if you are looking for a fight or making a legitimate inquiry, but my response to that would be "prevention".

Prevention of what? I've been eating things Paleo restricts for half a century and have remained healthy with no known disease risk factors. Even if I ignored the science showing that restricted foods can be part of a healthy diet, my personal experience alone is enough for me to keep doing what I'm doing.

Not looking for a fight, just wondering why anyone would suggest someone like me should change their diet.

There's been some research, although not a lot, stating that risk factors for cardiovascular disease have been diminished and those already with type 2 diabetes had improved glycemic control.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2787021/

If you believe your particular diet works for you, there really isn't any reason to change. As for me, nothing has worked except for paleo, but subjective testimonial doesn't prove that paleo is right for everyone.

I don't believe any diet is right for everyone.

How can one be better off than disease free and healthy?

Not sure if you are looking for a fight or making a legitimate inquiry, but my response to that would be "prevention".

Prevention of what? I've been eating things Paleo restricts for half a century and have remained healthy with no known disease risk factors. Even if I ignored the science showing that restricted foods can be part of a healthy diet, my personal experience alone is enough for me to keep doing what I'm doing.

Not looking for a fight, just wondering why anyone would suggest someone like me should change their diet.

I never suggested you should change your diet. If other people do that is for them to defend. I even said earlier, "to each his (or her) own". If what you are doing works for you then more power to ya! I did edit my earlier post to also say that eating Paleo has made me feel better in my personal life.

If what you are doing works, I am not here to change your mind. And I didn't mean to offend (if I did) when I asked if you were looking for a fight. Many people on here seem to be, and it is just so hard to sense tonality when reading text on a forum... :drinker:

No offense was taken. I'm sure restricting the things Paleo restricts work for some. Even some people with no known diseases or disorders may benefit from restriction if they have symptoms such as bloating or other digestive problems when eating grains, legumes, dairy or anything else, or if certain foods trigger cravings or binges. But, outside symptoms or known diseases, I see no benefit from it as there is no evidence that restricting these things in a normal healthy person provides health benefits, either immediate or preventative. This was the point I was trying to make.

Question for those doing Paleo: Why do most Paleo followers choose butter or coconut oil over olive oil?

Question for those doing Paleo: Why do most Paleo followers choose butter or coconut oil over olive oil?

I don't follow a Paleo diet but I choose butter and coconut oil over olive oil when cooking is because of the higher smoking point. The reason I eat butter and coconut oil at all is for the healthful saturated fats.

Question for those doing Paleo: Why do most Paleo followers choose butter or coconut oil over olive oil?

I hate coconut so I use olive oil. I've read everything from coconut is a better cooking fat because of its high smoke point, coconut oil is a medium chain fatty acid so it has anti microbial properties and that's better for your gut and that lauric acid (the main fatty acid in coconut oil) is better than oleic acid (the main fatty acid in olive oil).

I don't know truthfully, nor do I care. Coconut tastes like sick.

Butter is not paleo but primal.

Clarified butter is considered Paleo because all of the milk solids have been removed.

Question for those doing Paleo: Why do most Paleo followers choose butter or coconut oil over olive oil?

Olive oil is a salad oil, not a cooking oil. Most Paleo followers use both, just do not cook with olive oil.

In the Paleo community I am part of, many people use GRASS FED butter made from raw dairy.

The rule with Dairy in the Paleo / Primal community is that you can consume it as long as it does not cause you issues showing signs of intolerance, such as lactose intolerance, sinus / allergy type symptoms, etc.

Raw butter and raw cheddar cheese made by the local Mennonites or Amish is the most awesome tasting stuff in the world.

1st - There are carbs in the fruit, veggies and nuts you're allowed to eat.

Everyone is different. Personally I find I fair a lot better on diets of the low carb nature. NOT because I'm trying to lose a lot of weight fast. I just don't get the blood sugar highs and lows with a low carb diet that you do with regular diets.

I also love meat and nuts. My skin cleared up considerably on a paleo-esque diet.(Primal blue print)
On Primal you CAN have dairy but it has to be WHOLE milk and cream.


The key is being creative and being willing to cook with natural ingredients. Sticking to the outside of the grocery store helps.

Join in and you too can be better at eating than those who are non-paleo.

That's the cool thing about Paleo it's so flexible that it fits to everyone's needs and wants. The only thing that's really restricted are grains and legumes. As long as it is whole, unprocessed and if it was an animal, taken care of properly,(ie grass fed, pasture raised etc), and doesn't give you a bad reaction, then it's good to go. I keep pointing back to vegetarian paleo, as proof this isn't a low carb, all out bacon fest but I guess some people can't grasp that.

Those first two sentences are oxymoronic for me. I need and want legumes. I eat them just about every day. And what is processed or not whole about a legume? Some can be eaten with right off the vine, and for others I don't see how shucking off the pods is less processing than skinning and deboning meat.