The Paleo Diet: for and against
this comment got me thinking a little.
· Well to start with breast fed babies poo a slurry of breastmilk. It only starts thickening once they start eating solids. Our guts and colons are long... much longer compared to a strict carnivore. Let's look at a cat which is a strict carnivore. They have pure carnivore teeth designed for ripping flesh. We don't. Most of our teeth are designed for grinding. A cat's stomach is high in acid to break down meat. Our guts aren't, which indicates that we were designed to be carrion eaters. Whilst we don't eat rotting flesh now (homo habilis was unlikely to have been a hunter but a scavanger) we cook meat to speed up the rotting process. A cat's intestines are short designed to process and expel the meat as easily as possible. Ours are longer which indicates we are supposed to be eating primarily vegetarian foods. So if the bowel/colon cancer is a red herring WHY is it that when you have a colonoscopy they ask you to stop eating meat for weeks before the procedure? Because red meat STICKS to the sides of your colon and they can't differentiate it from blood. You need FIBRE to process the meat in your guts."
I liked this statement:
"Sometimes nutrition seems like a war zone with different tribes slugging it out over what’s the best way to eat"
So true...and this really comes down to money and just someones idea that they have made public....at the end of the day eat a balanced diet, that includes foods from all food groups...
I do stand by my - eat as much meat, fish etc as you can though...I think this should be the base of any good diet....
that's the sensible approach but wow, when I read "foods from all food groups" I immediately thought of my favourite varieties of cacao ... rofl
cos chocolate makes everything better ... even meat
I saw on my kitchen rules where they made that mexican style mince with chocolate...would be keen to try!
I don't see the point in restricting any food group unless you are intolerant.
And I agree with Joel, eat lots of meat!
chocchillimango: I sort of thought from you're blog posts that it was pretty close to paleo. Just the vibe I got
I don't see the point in restricting any food group unless you are intolerant.
And I agree with Joel, eat lots of meat!
chocchillimango: I sort of thought from you're blog posts that it was pretty close to paleo. Just the vibe I got
The basic cornerstone of the paleo ethos is avoidance of all grains, alot of weight training people include dairy and some of the paleo "no no's" such as potato's, however its the removal of grains from the diet that many people get such rejuvination from.
The idea is that even in people who aren't intolerant, some degree of inflamation occurs in the gut and intestine from the grains (wheat mainly), as the purpose of a seed is to pass through the digestion intact for transport and growth of the plant species.
Its thought that removing this from the diet, inflamation decreases and the whole digestion system works better > in turn greater energy, less feeling like a bloated donut etc.
oh I definitely do not follow a paleo diet ... although I seem to have a lot of paleo followers LOL
I include some stuff that just happens to be paleo friendly by accident rather than design...probably because I accommodate food intolerances and I have one too. I limit grains due to fructan intolerance but still have oats and I wouldn't be Italian if I didn't have some polenta from time to time...
As with any diet you need to try it out for a period of time and make small changes till is suits you.
You do not need to try out a diet to know if it's stupid or not. Any diet that randomly cuts out whole food groups for no reason is bro science and you don't have to try it to know its stupid.
ONe thing i have also noticed is that many people claim to be using a paleo diet, but the interesting thing when i speak to them is they all have a slightly different view of what the paleo diet is, ie higher carbs, no carbs, only carbs from green veggies and limited fruits, high healthy fats, lower fats etc etc.
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