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Paleo Diet
This table shows the list of foods that are good to
eat and the foods that we have to avoid.
Okay To Eat
|
Avoid
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Fruits
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Dairy
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Vegetables
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Grains
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Lean Meats
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Processed Food & Sugars
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Seafood
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Legumes
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Nuts & Seeds
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Starches
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Healthy Fats
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Alcohol
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Building a
Healthy Paleo Diet
Lean
proteins
It is an important part of any healthy diet and can help you with
your weight-loss efforts. Lean protein provides
you with a sense of satiety (fullness) and can help prevent overeating.
Fruits
and Vegetables
Fruits and vegetables are rich in
antioxidants, vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients that have been shown to decrease
the likelihood of developing a number of degenerative diseases including
cancer, diabetes and neurological decline.
Healthy
fats from nuts, seeds, avocados, olive oil, fish oil and grass-fed meat
According to Lawrence Wilson,
MD. Fats and oils are composed of chains of molecules
called fatty acids that are composed mainly of carbon atoms. They are high energy foods, providing about 9
calories per gram of fat. This is more
than twice the energy content of sugars and starches. This is the reason why some nutrition and
diet authorities think that fats will make you fat. However, it is not so when one knows how to
choose them properly, and when they are needed, as in fast oxidation.
In fact, high-quality fats and
oils are one of the most essential foods to consume every day. They are needed for your brain and nervous
system, for energy production and for making most of the body’s vital
hormones. Children, in particular, absolutely
require plenty of fats and oils, particularly EPA and DHA. These are two omega-3 essential fatty acids
needed for development of the nervous system.
Quality fats and oils are also essential for transporting all vitamins,
minerals and hormones in and out of every one of the body cells.
The right amount and types of
high-quality fats and oils do not drive up one’s insulin level, create insulin
resistance and make one fat, as do sugar and carbohydrates. They also do not rob the body of minerals, as
does eating sugars and many starches as well.
Last but not least, fats and oils make our food taste good.
The idea of avoiding all
high-quality fats because they may make you fat, or that quality fats clog your
arteries, is nonsense, one of the worst nutritional errors of our time. Even the government ‘food pyramid’ is absolutely
wrong when it comes to eating quality fats and oils. Hopefully, this article will answer many
questions about eating fats and oils.
Image courtesy of The Food
Lovers’ Primal Palate -
Health Benefits
The
Paleo Diet is meant to help you lose weight with the simple concept of foods
being either "in" or "out." You choose foods that were
available during the Paleolithic era, such as meat, eggs, fish, roots,
vegetables, berries and mushrooms. You eschew processed foods along with foods
that came along after agriculture and animal husbandry were adopted such as
sugar, added salt, dairy, grains and all processed or fast foods. You drink
water and eliminate all other beverages, except perhaps organic green tea and
coconut water. The basic theory behind the Paleo Diet is that your body is
evolutionarily and genetically and designed to thrive on caveman-era foods. The
diet is purported to have several benefits, though you need to check with a
doctor before trying it. (Source: livestrong)
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