Paleo Diet:
Paleo is a simple dietary lifestyle that is based on foods being either in or out. In are the Paleolithic Era foods that we ate prior to agriculture and animal husbandry (meat, fish, shellfish, eggs, tree nuts, vegetables, roots, fruit, berries, mushrooms, etc.). Out are Neolithic Era foods that result from agriculture or animal husbandry (grains, dairy, beans/legumes, potatoes, sugar and fake foods). (source)
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But why, you ask??
Fiber
The Paleo Diet advocates eating whole foods and is naturally high in fiber. Dietary fiber is necessary in a healthy diet, according to the experts at the Mayo Clinic. Fiber reduces the chance of constipation, helps to lower cholesterol and also lowers your risk for coronary heart disease and diabetes. Fiber also is a weight-loss aid.
Weight Loss
The low-carbohydrate nature of the diet plan can help you lose weight, notes the Diets in Review website. Low-carb diets outpace conventional low-calorie, low-fat, high-carbohydrate diets, at least during the first six months, says G.D. Foster, lead author for a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The differences between the two diets were not significant at the one year point, Foster found in a controlled trial of both men and women. The low-carb diet was associated with more improvement in some coronary heart disease risk factors, Foster notes.
Allergen Absence
This diet is naturally casein and gluten free, notes Diets in Review. Both gluten and casein allergies have a genetic basis and spark immunological responses, according to the Gluten Free Casein Free website. Both casein and gluten are proteins, with casein coming from dairy and gluten from wheat. Milk and wheat are among the eight foods that account for 90 percent of food allergic reactions, notes The Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network. Peanuts, tree nuts, eggs, fish, shellfish and soy are the others.
Potential Health Benefits
The diet may put you in synch with your genetic requirements and thus boost your health if its theory is correct, says Jack Challem in the Nutrition Reporter article "Paleolithic Nutrition: Your Future is Your Dietary Past." Eating a modern diet, on the other hand, makes you more susceptible to cancer, coronary heart disease, diabetes, and many other modern-day diseases, says Challem, also the author of "Stop Prediabetes Now" and "The Inflammation Syndrome." Agriculture was introduced just 10,000 years ago, with people starting to refine grains and sugar about 1900 with the advent of the Industrial Age. From a genetic perspective that means 100,000 generations survived as hunter-gatherers, 500 generations utilized agriculture, 10 generations have followed the industrial age, and only a couple of generations have been exposed to highly processed and fast food. If nothing else, the diet eliminates foods that are known to increase risk for many of these health conditions. The American Heart Association recommends you eat fewer processed and fast foods that are of little nutritional value, or nutrient poor, including those with hydrogenated oils and trans fats, foods with added sugar and foods with lots of salt.
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Wish me luck, so far so good...I haven't been craving dairy or carbs as much as I thought. Its been a little over a week and I am already feeling healthier and have more energy. Already. I must be doing something right...join me!!
Stay tuned for recipes, and eventually a before and after picture. I'm not brave enough yet to post my before picture...until there is an after picture I am proud of to put up next to it!!
Here are two blogs that i follow and get information from regularly:
Marks Daily Apple
Nerd Fitness
G'day friends, have a lovely Tuesday.
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paleo....i will wait for your results first...i still want to eat dutch apple pie n ice cream
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