Paleo Diet, way of life

I'm not on a diet but I've had to go gluten free and it's tough, so many things contain gluten. Been 3 weeks and I'm starting to feel so much better.

mantis wrote: »

Health Nuts,
What do you think of the Paleo Way of eating? I think it makes a good point on many things but omitting all Grains I'm not so sure of.

It has it's good and bad points. You can google them so I won't go into detail. The whole basis is to eat as our ancestors did. Question is, is your gut the same today as a human tens of thousands of years ago ? 2nd question....how long was their life expectancy then as compared to today ? Pretty short I would think, granted we have modern medicine though.

To me, the benefit is Paleo stresses quality over quantity, and that's a good thing. The grains....eh, doesn't hurt to limit them but I wouldn't cut them out completely because your going to crave them even more, but whole grains will put on some weight if not kept in check. What do they feed cows to fatten them up quick ? Grains ? Do what works for you, cut back on the things you know aren't so hot for your health. Cutting them out completely means one day your going to fall off the wagon and pig out on them.

1976doc wrote: »

People still do this diet???

There's a reason diets don't work....long term anyway. A real diet plan isn't a diet plan at all, but a lifestyle change that brings lasting health long term as well as short.

Eating quality foods, some exercise.....and you won't have to worry about going out with the guys every now and then for a bacon cheeseburger. Trying to completely eliminate your bad habits always fails. Moderation is key with those bad habits though.

Don't deny yourself anything, that way you won't crave things you previously thought you couldn't have that you love. Just cut down on it is all, and increase the good stuff you eat, and the quality. If your older, or even middle aged, your going to want to incorporate 2 things in my view that will pay off big time down the road.

1- gut health....eat stuff that is going to fill your gut with good bacteria. Take a pre/pro biotic if your into supplements. The list of foods is endless that will accomplish this, google is your friend.

2- keep your arteries clean as possible. Many different ways to do this, but colorful fruits and veggies work wonders. Good fats like in Avocado's, as well as other foods also play a role. Artichokes...clean arteries like a roto-rooter. Take a CQ10 and fish oil to keep those blood vessels pliable because as we age they stiffen up and shrink.

That doesn't mean you have to chow down veggies and fruits like some new wave hippie doing yoga out in the middle of the Oregon forest. If you have a simple blender, that's all you need. What I do is, buy organic fruits, cut them up and bag them, throw in the freezer. Each bag, and it varies, contains watermelon, blueberry's, or raspberry, blackberry, strawberry, banana, pineapple. I defrost a bag the day before, throw it in a blender, I might add some Avocado to it, an apple or orange, maybe some kiwi. Then you have to add some liquid in the blender obviously so make it something good like coconut water, just plain water if you want it more liquefied, fresh OJ, Pomegranate juice. Bingo....your done and you have a glass full of most everything you'll need. The fiber in it will fill you up too so you don't have hunger pains and you'll have energy out the wazoo. Throw the blender jar in the fridge, drink 2-3 cups of that a day.

I'm not a big veggie guy either. I mean I eat them but they are not something I go out of my way for. So I just buy organic veggie juice.....and no, a V8 doesn't fall into that category. Veggies soaked in butter, fried, dipped in ranch dressing, your losing any gains. Steamed is best, raw even better but who likes raw broccoli ? I may bake it with something else so it takes on those flavors and becomes easier to want to eat it.

Watch the sodium too on anything in a can, box, bag. You'd be surprised....microwave products are horrible too for sodium.
Sugar too, I try and keep my refined sugars down below 30 grams a day. You'd be shocked at how much sugar is in stuff, even stuff you think shouldn't even be in a product. Just for reference, a teaspoon of sugar is 4 grams, so if you like some sugar in your morning coffee, have at it. One Reeses peanutbutter cup though has 27 grams, and who eats just one of those ?

I don't count calories or count grams of sugar and salt, after awhile you just know. That maple syrup on your pancakes....has about 50 grams of sugar. I'll still eat it, but in my mind I know that's it for sugary stuff that day.

Msabot1 wrote: »

Portion control is the secret to any diet guys..no matter what the ingredients...

Indeed it is, but portion control doesn't mean good health either unless your swallowing some things that are actually good and nourishing for you.

Amen brother, ya just gotta keep the old machine fine tuned to process the garbage we do eat and not store it. Let it pass thru the system as quick as possible and get it out. Garbage that sits in your gut only fosters more garbage and health issues.

Think of your body as a car, maybe more men could relate that way. You can polish up the outside, wax it, paint it, but if the engine is crap, the whole car is crap. Change the oil, put in new fluids, filters, spark plugs, adjust the timing, clean the carb occasionally, your car runs forever....almost. lol Your body is no different and it doesn't have to be rocket science either.

treitz3 wrote: »

....just need to figure out how to keep the car from backfiring after eating fiber.

Tom

Why ? A f a r t held in travels up the spine, enters the brain....and you get crappy thoughts.

mhardy6647 wrote: »

You wouldn't want to see my car

Why??? Did you shart?

txcoastal1 wrote: »

mhardy6647 wrote: »

You wouldn't want to see my car

Why??? Did you shart?

At my age I can't trust a f@rt!

LOL that's hilarious, I sure hope that car doesn't have front brakes

The most important "trick" to weight loss and weight control, I believe, is changing your point of view from thinking about what you won't eat, to laying out pretty exactly what you will eat each day.

If you have a plan for each day that gives you a predetermined caloric intake and a good mix of foods you need to stay healthy and if you stick to that plan, you will achieve your dietary goals.

If you focus primarily on what you are not going to eat or drink, it is far too easy to exceed what you hope to take out of your diet either by eating more of everything else or by "falling off the wagon" and binging out on foods you were supposed to give up.

This "plan your daily food intake" approach is the approach with which I took off about 85 pounds 48 years ago and have kept most of it off for the intervening years.

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2017/02/22/prescription-food/

Nice to see some doctors getting on board with what some have known for like forever.

I forget which Greek Philosopher it was that said, "Food is medicine and medicine is food" or something along those lines. He said it around 400 B.C. though. Here we are almost 2500 years later are we are re-discovering this concept ? Bad food, bad choices are the reason for medicine. If we all had good food available to us, we wouldn't need as much modern medicine. Hmmm....chew on that for a minute and tell me poor food and Pharmaceuticals don't make great bedfellows.

On a side note, saw this today....

https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/crazy-reason-no-one-living-214500543.html

Interesting diet, Yams, sweet potatoes, which are exceptionally good for you, Taro, which I grow in my pond, fish and veggies, coconuts. Notice what's missing ? Red meat....which speaking for myself there is no way I can completely give up red meat. Smelling a good Rib eye on the grill is just too damn good. I have cut down on it though.

The Taro, as I said I grow in my pond. The root ball is eaten and treated just like a potato with a sweeter taste to it. Loaded with all sorts of vitamins and minerals I never knew about. Might have to try it out. Obviously, given this groups location, absence of pesticides and chemicals and quality of the fresh fish....no wonder.