Commonly known as the Caveman Diet is the Paleo diet!
Stop and think about our menu and common food choices of today. Has it changed much through each generation? What about our "staples" of today?
Chances are a quick look at them from the viewpoint of our great grand-parents would be enough to shock them silly when we look at the nutritional value, the ingredients, the preservatives and also the additives in the absolute majority of today's food! But it doesn't end there! That's just the view of a few generations back! What about looking at the changes in our nutrition and food choices from further back... in fact, way, way back to the simple hunter gatherer days of our ancestors?
In a return to a menu containing far less processed and …show more content…
This relates specifically to our consumption of dairy products, many grains and also legumes. Our bodies and systems simply have not had the required time for our genes and physiology to adapt to eating these kinds of foods and as a result, today's society is rife with digestive and other dietary problems caused by consuming these types of foods. Just one common condition, lactose intolerance, has never been higher and I am sure you probably know several people with this troublesome condition.
But what exactly is the Paleo diet and its associated lifestyle?
At its most basic explanation, this diet is focused primarily on the eating habits of a typical caveman! Specifically, this means plenty of healthy fresh fruit and vegetables as well as lots of lean meats and proteins.
A major part of this diet however is what you are not allowed or supposed to eat and that means pretty much staying away from all processed and refined foods. A common message among those following the Paleo diet is that if it comes in a box, don't eat it! It sounds quite simple doesn't …show more content…
In fact, sugar is pretty much off limits entirely! Sugar while sweet and tasty, is perhaps one of the biggest causes of obesity, diabetes and other major heart and health problems simply because of its abuse in modern nutrition. Once there may have been a time where sugar was used within reasonable guidelines however today, sugar is rampant and is often in scary levels in our foods. You would also be amazed at some of the levels of added sugar in some of our foods that you would not even think had sugar or its associated by-products within it. Sugar products to avoid also include syrups and other
Stop and think about our menu and common food choices of today. Has it changed much through each generation? What about our "staples" of today?
Chances are a quick look at them from the viewpoint of our great grand-parents would be enough to shock them silly when we look at the nutritional value, the ingredients, the preservatives and also the additives in the absolute majority of today's food! But it doesn't end there! That's just the view of a few generations back! What about looking at the changes in our nutrition and food choices from further back... in fact, way, way back to the simple hunter gatherer days of our ancestors?
In a return to a menu containing far less processed and …show more content…
This relates specifically to our consumption of dairy products, many grains and also legumes. Our bodies and systems simply have not had the required time for our genes and physiology to adapt to eating these kinds of foods and as a result, today's society is rife with digestive and other dietary problems caused by consuming these types of foods. Just one common condition, lactose intolerance, has never been higher and I am sure you probably know several people with this troublesome condition.
But what exactly is the Paleo diet and its associated lifestyle?
At its most basic explanation, this diet is focused primarily on the eating habits of a typical caveman! Specifically, this means plenty of healthy fresh fruit and vegetables as well as lots of lean meats and proteins.
A major part of this diet however is what you are not allowed or supposed to eat and that means pretty much staying away from all processed and refined foods. A common message among those following the Paleo diet is that if it comes in a box, don't eat it! It sounds quite simple doesn't …show more content…
In fact, sugar is pretty much off limits entirely! Sugar while sweet and tasty, is perhaps one of the biggest causes of obesity, diabetes and other major heart and health problems simply because of its abuse in modern nutrition. Once there may have been a time where sugar was used within reasonable guidelines however today, sugar is rampant and is often in scary levels in our foods. You would also be amazed at some of the levels of added sugar in some of our foods that you would not even think had sugar or its associated by-products within it. Sugar products to avoid also include syrups and other