Anyone Tried the Paleo Diet?

[KevInDaBassment]

Considering going on the Paleo diet in the near future. A co-worker of mine had pretty good results when he did it for 5 months, he has relaxed a bit on it, but said he might hop back in after a while.

I have to restrict my intake of dairy anyhow since I'm lactose intolerant, but I'm mainly hopping into this for digestive health and probably to try and bolster myself with better nutrients as I get back into regular exercise again. Anybody try this or any other "no-dairy" diets that they've had good results with?



- VT

 

[Darth Handsome]

The less your body takes in food that has been touched by man, the better off it will be. That's it in a nutshell.

 

[fraublugher]

Guns n roses ruined Clint Eastwood's - Dead Pool - .

 

[fhm555]

My little sister is a PA and massive health nut. Loves to do 100 mile bike rides, that kind of thing. She's been doing the Paleo lifestyle for a number of years and recommends it to everyone. She's so healthy it's sickening.

 

[Tat2dHeart]

I'm not entirely Paleo since my stomach surgery in April, but pretty close. Feeling tons better than before and less intestinal upsets overall. Plus - I've lost 28 lbs along the way. Can't complain about that.

 

[Mike N]

My son did the paleo diet for a while. I could dig the caveman aspect to eating pretty much nothing but meat but I do like my pasta and wouldn't go without it for very long.

 

[vin*tone]

Yeah the no pasta thing hurts. I did it for nearly a year and shed a few unneeded kgs.

 

[DeathFromBelow]

The less your body takes in food that has been touched by man, the better off it will be. That's it in a nutshell.

So you wouldn't buy meat from the farm I work at, right?

 

[T-Bird]

Hi.

I've been accused of lookin' like a cave-man or the missing link.

Does that count?

Regards
Sam

 

[PWRL]

I never set out to intentionally do that particular diet, but what I do is very close, and it seems to work for me. I avoid processed sugars, white flour, bread, and definitely soy and processed food. I have been losing weight because of it, and I don't feel badly, either. I have a lot more energy. I do sneak the cheese in there, though, otherwise I'd go cuckoo for cocoa puffs. Also, I cut out almost all alcohol, although I do sample some of my friend's home brews every great once in a while.
I went for a while only eating tuna, steamed broccoli and cauliflower, and nuts. I had a lot of energy and lost a lot of weight, but I had to stabilize my diet after I saw some pictures of myself with other people and realized that I actually looked blue.

Anyway, I generally only eat foods that would have been available to people before the invention of industrial food.

 

[DeathFromBelow]

I'll eat pretty much anything, as long as it's dead. Sounds pretty "paleo" to me.

 

[nukes_da_bass]

I spend most of my time on the neolithic diet.

 

[jetgraphics]

Paleo is okay.

If you want to stay in the gluten club, you might consider the radical "Caveman" mode of ground fresh wheat berries in a mill, and making the freshest whole wheat bread you ever imagined.
http://www.thewondermill.com/
Google "wheat berries" for more info
(Walmart carries wheat berries, fwiw)

Grind only what you need. No worries about the wheat germ spoiling.

 

[bass_case]

My old man lived to 94 on the Walmart diet - frozen dinners, sausage, biscuits etc. washed down with sweet tea and coffee. Only fruit I ever saw him eat came out of a can.

I am disappointed that I can only spread his ashes at a toxic waste dump.

 

[edpal]

The less your body takes in food that has been touched by man, the better off it will be. That's it in a nutshell.

Fear not Darth - I don't handle it since meating you.

But seriously - it's a great idea. Our bodies are made to eat very unrefined products with no problem. I've eaten a very close to Paleo diet for decades. Pasta is rare, white rice never crosses our threshold unless it's in someone's gut The wife and I buy a 1/2 gallon of milk and 3 weeks later throw half away. Buy good/strong tasting cheeses and eat less.

I screw up the benefits of Paleo by drinking beer.

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

Yeah, I went out and clubed me a mastodon this morning, roasted that sucker over the fire wife #1 made. I feel really good now.

 

[Darth Handsome]

Yeah, I went out and clubed me a mastodon this morning, roasted that sucker over the fire wife #1 made. I feel really good now.

Get outta here, Tenderfoot. Everyone knows cowboys didn't even have mastodons.

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

Get outta here, Tenderfoot. Everyone knows cowboys didn't even have mastodons.

Really? Now I wonder what that thing was. Looked a lot like a mastodon. Smelled even worse.

 

[Darth Handsome]

Really? Now I wonder what that thing was. Looked a lot like a mastodon. Smelled even worse.

There's a "Dave's Mom" joke in there somewhere, but I have no idea where it is.

 

[edpal]

^Hippy cowgirls love them some Mastodon.