Paleo questions.

What drinks are allowed on the Paleo diet? Just water? Where do you get any type of drink these days that hasn't been processed? Bottled or tap, it's still processed. Even if you drink from a stream, well the soil and air are not exactly contaminate free (unfortunately).

What drinks are allowed on the Paleo diet? Just water? Where do you get any type of drink these days that hasn't been processed? Bottled or tap, it's still processed. Even if you drink from a stream, well the soil and air are not exactly contaminate free (unfortunately).

I know I shouldn’t do this, but here it goes. ALLOWED? Or do you mean recommended? We are all adults here I don’t need anyone telling me what is “ALLOWED” I can make the decision for myself. BUT, for the most part all I drink is water, out of the tap (thru a filter), I will drink some tea (unsweetened) and once in awhile some milk (maybe one glass a month if that). A beer with friends (make mine dark and rich) but I’ve never been much of a beer drinker (well haven’t since I got married), so I drink less beer that I do milk.

*sigh* The question wasn't what are you personally allowed to drink. It's what does the diet allow, but perhaps allow was the wrong choice of words. So, so very sorry!

Other cultures are experience the same plight with grains. As China has gotten wealthier, and it's people have more wealth at their disposal, they are gaining weight and experiencing drastically rising heart disease and other metabolic problems. Poorer people don't have the money to gorge on those grains so they aren't seeing the as big of a spike. Same in Japan, Thailand.

I drink organic coconut milk beverage/milk/cream. Organic almond milk. Well water that has impeccable test results with apple cider vinegar(and others) splash of fruit in it, coffee, teas, sometimes heavy cream, broth, pickle juice, occasional OJ. Beer, WIne, Whiskey.

So, you believe that as the Asian cultures get wealthier they eat more grains and less meat? I would think it is the other way around. I guess the thing that I just don't really understand, other than the open hostility of some posters, is the concept that processes proteins are okay, but whole grains are not because they are processed. To say I believe grains are not good for you' seems to me to fly in the face of decades of medical data, but that's okay. Medical data changes constantly and is often conflicting. But to harp on grains being "processed" seems such a double standard.

Overall wheat exposure is far less in Asian countries.

http://www.trackyourplaque.com/blog/2011/04/why-do-the-japanese-have-less-heart-disease.html

But they do generally eat a diet very high in grains, namely rice. And, as the article in your link points out, a diet very low in meat other than fish.

Other cultures are experience the same plight with grains. As China has gotten wealthier, and it's people have more wealth at their disposal, they are gaining weight and experiencing drastically rising heart disease and other metabolic problems. Poorer people don't have the money to gorge on those grains so they aren't seeing the as big of a spike. Same in Japan, Thailand.

I drink organic coconut milk beverage/milk/cream. Organic almond milk. Well water that has impeccable test results with apple cider vinegar(and others) splash of fruit in it, coffee, teas, sometimes heavy cream, broth, pickle juice, occasional OJ. Beer, WIne, Whiskey.

So, you believe that as the Asian cultures get wealthier they eat more grains and less meat? I would think it is the other way around. I guess the thing that I just don't really understand, other than the open hostility of some posters, is the concept that processes proteins are okay, but whole grains are not because they are processed. To say I believe grains are not good for you' seems to me to fly in the face of decades of medical data, but that's okay. Medical data changes constantly and is often conflicting. But to harp on grains being "processed" seems such a double standard.

Overall wheat exposure is far less in Asian countries.

http://www.trackyourplaque.com/blog/2011/04/why-do-the-japanese-have-less-heart-disease.html

But they do generally eat a diet very high in grains, namely rice. And, as the article in your link points out, a diet very low in meat other than fish.

Hi
I have been following these threads and am interested in paleo/primal way of living. I have done Atkins before and had great success and of course did not sustain it because I am here learning.
I have found that bread is something I can live without. I am just getting my toes wet and learning so no judgment please.:blushing: I also have lived paleo/primal almost without trying and the big objection I had with Atkins was being restricted from fruit so much. However to be fair I kept myself in induction for a long time, two months, and lost 40 lbs easily during that time.
I will not join in any arguments here about the lifestyle etc. I am just trying to see if it is sustainable.

What drinks are allowed on the Paleo diet? Just water? Where do you get any type of drink these days that hasn't been processed? Bottled or tap, it's still processed. Even if you drink from a stream, well the soil and air are not exactly contaminate free (unfortunately).

I know I shouldn’t do this, but here it goes. ALLOWED? Or do you mean recommended? We are all adults here I don’t need anyone telling me what is “ALLOWED” I can make the decision for myself. BUT, for the most part all I drink is water, out of the tap (thru a filter), I will drink some tea (unsweetened) and once in awhile some milk (maybe one glass a month if that). A beer with friends (make mine dark and rich) but I’ve never been much of a beer drinker (well haven’t since I got married), so I drink less beer that I do milk.

*sigh* The question wasn't what are you personally allowed to drink. It's what does the diet allow, but perhaps allow was the wrong choice of words. So, so very sorry!