does anyone here do Paleo Diet?
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I couldn't care less what Paleo is all about, but the OP wants to cut out all carbs.
It's kind of required to have at least a basic understanding of the Paleo diet in order to understand why cutting out the veggie-sourced carbs....doesn't really work on a Paleo diet.
Cutting out veggie-sourced carbs on a Paleo diet is kind of like being vegan and trying the Atkins diet.... You *might* be able to pull it off, but you're more likely to fail somewhere...0 -
One of my Facebook friends had this posted on their site... sums it up nicely.
Loved this.0 -
Why are you cutting out veggies? That doesn't make sense.
Especially veggies! Paleo man eats veggies o.O
Paleo man eats bugs, people, dirt, dead birds, boogers, guinea worm ridden monkeys.. and protein shakes.
Mmm bugs and dirt.0 -
I'm currently being semi-Paleo, and I lost 4 pounds in the first week. I find that cutting out the grains really made a HUGE difference. I was amazed that I could eat high-fat yogurt + nuts and still lose.
Has anyone tried the eating right for your blood type diet? I'm B+, and they say that it's very similar to Paleo, (except no tomatoes or chicken, of all things). . . My step brother is O and he can eat carbs until the cows come home and not gain. Jerk.0 -
I couldn't care less what Paleo is all about, but the OP wants to cut out all carbs.
It's kind of required to have at least a basic understanding of the Paleo diet in order to understand why cutting out the veggie-sourced carbs....doesn't really work on a Paleo diet.
Cutting out veggie-sourced carbs on a Paleo diet is kind of like being vegan and trying the Atkins diet.... You *might* be able to pull it off, but you're more likely to fail somewhere...
I have seen vey successful people that are eating almost 0 carbs and I have seen people that are successful on Paleo eating a lot of carbs.
The carb level and success has a lot to do with the level of activity one is engaged in.0 -
MOAR VEG FOR ME!
thank you!
p.s. you know that you're doing Paleo wrong, don't you? fruit, veg, meat... grain and dairy are what you're supposed to cut out. in any event, eliminating things you love is not a sustainable lifestyle for most people. eliminating fiber is going to lead to a bowel obstruction!
If there is sufficient water and fat consumption there will be no constipation.....fiber is not as necessary as they claim.
And as for doing it wrong.......there is no "wrong way" live the Paleo lifestyle unless you have went back to processed foods.
We are not carnivores, we are OMNIVORES therefore our bowels are not the same shape.
"Dietary fiber — found mainly in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and legumes — is probably best known for its ability to prevent or relieve constipation. But fiber can provide other health benefits as well, such as lowering your risk of diabetes and heart disease" - The Mayo Clinic (emphasis is mine)
If "they" is Mark's Daily Apple, you can save yourself the time it would take to reply.
When you consume very little carbs.....there is no need for fiber.
I find it interesting that someone who seems so concerned about health thinks there really is no need for fiber.
My health is my #1 concern, not the amount of weight I lose.
Don't take my words out of context. I said in the sense the government tries to say we need fiber, NO we do not need near as much as they recommend.
Fiber can be helpful, but it can also be hurtful. If a person has healthy gut flora (bacteria) then fruits and vegetables in abundance are fine. If one DOES NOT have healthy gut flora, then taking in considerable fat and protein is more par for the course along with eating / drinking some fermented foods (kefir, kombucha, saurkraut, kimchi, etc) and possibly also adding in some probiotics is what is needed. In this case, vegetables and fruits should be somewhat limited until a healthy gut for easy digestion is estabilished.0 -
MOAR VEG FOR ME!
thank you!
p.s. you know that you're doing Paleo wrong, don't you? fruit, veg, meat... grain and dairy are what you're supposed to cut out. in any event, eliminating things you love is not a sustainable lifestyle for most people. eliminating fiber is going to lead to a bowel obstruction!
If there is sufficient water and fat consumption there will be no constipation.....fiber is not as necessary as they claim.
And as for doing it wrong.......there is no "wrong way" live the Paleo lifestyle unless you have went back to processed foods.
We are not carnivores, we are OMNIVORES therefore our bowels are not the same shape.
"Dietary fiber — found mainly in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and legumes — is probably best known for its ability to prevent or relieve constipation. But fiber can provide other health benefits as well, such as lowering your risk of diabetes and heart disease" - The Mayo Clinic (emphasis is mine)
If "they" is Mark's Daily Apple, you can save yourself the time it would take to reply.
When you consume very little carbs.....there is no need for fiber.
hrrmmmmm.....many moons ago, when I did the Atkins, I needed a fiber supplement to keep the trains running.0 -
Thanks for all your input-
I wouldn't be cutting out veggies for good just very little till i can get my weight moving then return them to my diet... I am trying to do under 50 carbs a day- Just basically wondering if any other woman seem to find it hard to loose... men seem to do really well on it...0 -
Thank you!0
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When you consume very little carbs.....there is no need for fiber.
I find it interesting that someone who seems so concerned about health thinks there really is no need for fiber.
My health is my #1 concern, not the amount of weight I lose.
Don't take my words out of context. I said in the sense the government tries to say we need fiber, NO we do not need near as much as they recommend. *snip*
No you said, "there is no need for fiber." Nothing was snipped in your original quote.
I recommend some lentils and rice to clear up that fog in your brain. The fiber will get your thoughts moving along, too.
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Thanks for all your input-
I wouldn't be cutting out veggies for good just very little till i can get my weight moving then return them to my diet... I am trying to do under 50 carbs a day- Just basically wondering if any other woman seem to find it hard to loose... men seem to do really well on it...
Don't cut out veggies - eat, eat, eat.....cut down on fruits - if you want fruit stick with low carb/sugar ones like berries....
the thing is if your body does well on a lower carb way of eating - then adding it back in later isn't going to help you - it is best for you to moderate what you are currently eating...
i would stick with between 50-100 carbs a day (I have mine set at 85) and eat plenty of good fats and protiens to satiate you...
If you want my diary is open - got back about a week or 2 - I just finished up a 30 day strict Paleo where I skewed it towards a lower carb way of eating - you can see what I ate on a typical day...and still managed to come in under about 85 carbs a day...and had a loss of a lb a week0 -
Because of the constant paleo threads and the varying views even from "Paleoans"( <---- Is that appropriate?), I'm beginning to think they don't even know what "eating Paleo" means.
I consider myself eating a paleo lifestyle and I am right there with you...I think the problem comes in the fact that some (not all) people are getting their information from random blogs and decide to just give it a try without fully understanding the whole lifestyle and the reasonings (scientific not one persons reasoning) behind eating certain foods and choosing to drop out certain food groups...
You also have a certain subgroup of people who really don't know much more beyond the very basics...or people who try it for a week and say "oh well i tried it and dont' like it " or do it for a few weeks and say "I did it for 3 weeks and didn't do so well and I only "cheated" a few times"
I think some people see Paleo as a "Diet" to loose weight rather than a lifestyle way for eating - for some people they have to cut out certain things out of thier diet and that has led them to a Paleo way of eating...others like myself have tried different ways to loose weight and found that going to this lifestyle works for me personally...
THAT BEING SAID...Paleo is not a diet and some people think it is...even if you are eating a Paleo lifestyle you still have to watch what you eat, you have to watch portion control and you have to watch your macros if you want to loose weight while eating this lifestyle - just like any other lifestyle eating choice.
to me choosing to eat a Paleo lifestyle is no different than say someone choosing to eat a vegetarian lifestyle - it is eating within a sort of set perimeter of food choices - I fully understand when someone says "I could never eat Paleo because I love Pasta too much" - that's great - to me I would say "I could never eat vegatarian cause I love Bacon too much"....It's all what a person chooses...I'm happy to give up Pasta but don't touch my bacon
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I'd say that the current archaeological consensus is that pre-agriculture man would have gotten most of his calories from tubers and very little from meat.0
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I hit a major plateau and my nutritionist recommended dropping my carbs from the recommended 50-100g of carbs to closer to the 50g range to make sure I still had room for lots of vegetables. Maybe try to keep them at 50, but you should probably not go lower.0
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