The Paleo Diet Moves From The Gym To The Doctor's Office

I was going to try to go with the paleo diet but I found that I simply could not afford it. Meat is expensive and I have a family to feed. So I eat as healthy as I can afford to and limit my portion sizes.

So what do you eat that is cheaper? Quick and easy pre-packaged food? Eating paleo/primal is more than just weight loss. It is for health.

65% of your calories are supposed to come from meat (according to a paleo site), that is a LOT of meat to buy for a family!

A diet that limits meat but is high in nuts and beans is cheaper and not "quick and easy pre packaged foods". Meat in itself doesn't offer anything nutrition wise that you can't get elsewhere, and probably cheaper.

Incorrect, it is HIGH FAT, MODERATE protein, low or moderate carbs (depending on activity levels)

I was going to try to go with the paleo diet but I found that I simply could not afford it. Meat is expensive and I have a family to feed. So I eat as healthy as I can afford to and limit my portion sizes.

That is funny. We cut our grocery bill by at least 60% when we converted to Paleo.

Curious as to how you did that, as grains and legumes are some of the cheapest things to buy esp when bought in bulk

Well I no longer shop in the grocery stores now. Farmers markets, CSA membership and Coop for produce, eggs and raw dairy. And I am growing some of my own veggies.

Local farmer for meats. (averages $2.00 / lb and we get steaks, roasts which gets ground up for burger, free range chicken and different cuts of heritage certified pork).

For the record, I wasn't eating grains and legumes prior to Paleo as I was on Atkins then, but purchasing food from regular grocery stores then.

Hoe does one find these farmers that sell meat that cheap? Grass fed or not, don't think I've seen beef that cheap, seen chicken for $1.99/lb

Check out http://www.eatwild.com/products/newjersey.html

thx will check out

Yikes the one closest to me has higher prices then the local whole foods

I was going to try to go with the paleo diet but I found that I simply could not afford it. Meat is expensive and I have a family to feed. So I eat as healthy as I can afford to and limit my portion sizes.

So what do you eat that is cheaper? Quick and easy pre-packaged food? Eating paleo/primal is more than just weight loss. It is for health.

65% of your calories are supposed to come from meat (according to a paleo site), that is a LOT of meat to buy for a family!

A diet that limits meat but is high in nuts and beans is cheaper and not "quick and easy pre packaged foods". Meat in itself doesn't offer anything nutrition wise that you can't get elsewhere, and probably cheaper.

Incorrect, it is HIGH FAT, MODERATE protein, low or moderate carbs (depending on activity levels)

Guess it depends on which sect of the cult you adhere to.

Lentils are rich sources of protein, folic acid, dietary fiber, vitamin C, B vitamins, essential amino acids and trace minerals. A 100 g serving of lentils contains 60 g carbohydrates, 31 g dietary fiber, 1 g fat, 26 g protein, 0.87 mg thiamine, 479 μg of folate and 7.5 mg iron. Among the winter growing legumes, lentils have the highest concentration of antioxidants.

My bad, when I say "beans" I mean 90% lentils. But even just beans... there is nothing wrong with a high fat, high carb diet.

I only recently discovered how awesome lentils are- but they're one of my new favorite foods. They're also $1.19 for 9 servings and easy to cook- you can prepare them pretty much exactly like rice.

Doctors prescribe HCG, so I'm not going to be sold on anything just because a doctor prescribes it. However, Paleo sounds actually healthy as opposed to the HCG starvation diets. Paleo isn't for me, but interesting article anyway.

Eating enough calories worth of bugs would be healthier than the HCG diet.

Actually, bugs are really good for you...

Good point. Many cultures still eat bugs.
The real question is, are bugs paleo? :laugh:

Doctors prescribe HCG, so I'm not going to be sold on anything just because a doctor prescribes it. However, Paleo sounds actually healthy as opposed to the HCG starvation diets. Paleo isn't for me, but interesting article anyway.

Eating enough calories worth of bugs would be healthier than the HCG diet.

Actually, bugs are really good for you...

Good point. Many cultures still eat bugs.
The real question is, are bugs paleo? :laugh:

Hells yeah! Bugs are freakin Jurassic (more hardcore than those Paleo-wussies).

Doctors prescribe HCG, so I'm not going to be sold on anything just because a doctor prescribes it. However, Paleo sounds actually healthy as opposed to the HCG starvation diets. Paleo isn't for me, but interesting article anyway.

Eating enough calories worth of bugs would be healthier than the HCG diet.

Actually, bugs are really good for you...

Even better covered with chocolate (yes, I've had chocolate covered ants). And grasshopper tacos were good too. Too bad paleo people didn't do chocolate. Or tacos.