WHAT TO EAT AND WHY<\/strong><\/p>\n Do your best to stick to whole, unprocessed foods: meat, eggs, seafood, non-starchy vegetables \u2014 and some (but not a ton of) fruit, nuts and seeds. I try to avoid eating things with sugar, grains (yes, whole grains, too), legumes (and not just because of their fart-inducing properties), and polyunsaturated fats. In short, I eat anything that can be hunted or gathered, and try to avoid stuff that\u2019s processed, cultivated, or sealed in colorful plastic packaging.<\/p>\n My favorite description of the Paleo approach<\/strong><\/p>\n I eat \u201creal\u201d food \u2014 fresh, natural food like meat, vegetables and fruit. I choose foods that are nutrient dense, with lots of naturally-occurring vitamins and minerals, over foods that have more calories but less nutrition. And food quality is important \u2014 I\u2019m careful about where my meat comes from, and buy produce locally and organically as often as possible.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n It\u2019s not a low calorie \u201cdiet\u201d \u2014 I eat as much as I need to maintain strength, energy and a healthy weight. In fact, my diet is probably much higher in fat than you\u2019d imagine. Fat isn\u2019t the enemy \u2014 it\u2019s a great energy source when it comes from high quality foods like avocado, coconut and nuts. And I\u2019m not trying to do a \u201clow carb\u201d thing, but since I\u2019m eating vegetables and fruits instead of bread, cereal and pasta, it just happens to work out that way.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Eating like this is good for maintaining a healthy metabolism, and reducing inflammation within the body. It\u2019s been doing great things for my energy levels, body composition and performance in the gym. It also helps to minimize my risk for a whole host of lifestyle diseases and conditions, like diabetes, heart attack and stroke.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n Sound good?\u00a0 Want to give it a try?\u00a0 The best way to do that is to have a Paleo cookbook that also gives you a meal planning guide.<\/p>\n No bread, cereal or pasta? Give me one good reason why you\u2019re doing this to yourself.<\/strong><\/p>\n Humans are poorly adapted to eating the majority of modern (or \u201cNeolithic\u201d) foods like grains, sugar, processed vegetable and seed oils, and other bad stuff. A strong case can be made that the \u201cdiseases of civilization\u201d \u2014 including metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, etc. \u2014 are due to the consumption of foods that only became widely available ten to fifteen thousand years ago, with the rise of agriculture.<\/p>\n John Durant summarized the premise of Paleo eating brilliantly:<\/p>\n Nearly all conventional health authorities recommend that you move from an Industrial Diet<\/strong> (processed foods, soda, Pop Tarts) to a traditional Farmer\u2019s Diet<\/strong> (whole grains, dairy, organic). It\u2019s a good first step. I\u2019m simply recommending that we go one step further back in time, to a<\/strong> Hunter-Gatherer Diet.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n And that\u2019s it! Really, that\u2019s it. It needs to be no more complicated than that. Remove processed foods. Remove farmer foods. DONE.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Paleo eaters avoid dairy?\u00a0 If so, why?<\/strong><\/p>\n Dairy can present a host of health problems. But some dairy products seem to present less of a problem due to their source (A2 dairy, grassfed butter), fermentation (yogurt, kefir, cheese), or the elimination of milk solids (ghee). To paraphrase Kurt Harris, just \u2019cause dairy\u2019s Neolithic or technically un-Paleo doesn\u2019t mean that every dairy product is an agent of disease.<\/p>\n Within these guidelines, however, there\u2019s a lot of room for individual differences. When people ask me whether dairy products are healthy, I always say \u201cit depends\u201d. I give the same answer when I\u2019m asked about nightshades, caffeine, alcohol and carbohydrate intake.<\/p>\n Fitbomb.com<\/p>\n Click the Go button and get your new healthy lifestyle started\u2026..or at least try the diet.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Thank you for reading!<\/p>\n Please be sure to Like, Share, and Comment below.\u00a0 I would really appreciate it and would love to see your opinions.<\/p>\n Nikki Shellenbarger<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Inspired Entrepreneur<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Paleo Diet As in Paleolithic You may have heard of it as the Caveman Diet WHAT TO EAT AND WHY Do your best to stick to whole, unprocessed foods: meat, eggs, seafood, non-starchy vegetables \u2014 and some (but not a ton of) fruit, nuts and seeds. 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