First of all, what is the Paleo diet?
The word ”Paleo”
refers to Paleolithic time period which dates back to 700000 years B.C. By this
time the human race started to use fire and tools. This time period ended up
when the agriculture was born and people started to grow grain and to use dairy
products. Until the invention of agriculture, the people were depending on what
they found in the forests. For example people lived with meat, fish and birds
together with berries and other nature’s treats. Human’s genetics have stayed
the same from this time period thus the Paleo diet is the Native diet for
human. We are basically programmed for the Paleo diet.
In Paleo
diet you are choosing locally produced food such as seasonal veggies and wild
meat and avoiding the opposite. The avoidable ingredients include industrially
processed and non-natural items. The food can be cooked in many ways such as
boiling and frying or it can be eaten raw. The Paleo diet rests on generous
amounts of proteins and fat. It contains less carbohydrates than the normal
diet because it doesn’t contain sugar-rich content nor does it include grain
such as bread or pizza. Modern human is getting far too much carbohydrates with
the current fast food –style diet than it did with the Paleo diet. It also contains
more nutrients than the diets depending on processed foods. Paleo has lots of
nutrients because it doesn’t involve the industrial processing which mostly
removes the nutrients. The more nutrients you get, the healthier you’ll be in
general.
One of the
most well-known diet scientists, the Founder of the Paleo movement Dr. Loren
Cordain has stated that five scientifically proven recent studies have pointed
out the Paleo diet to be far superior compared to Mediterranean diet or to
typical western diet in terms of losing weight and prevention of diabetes and
heart diseases.
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One of the
major reasons for taking up the Paleo is weight control and loss. As Paleo diet
plan contains natural, non-processed ingredients only, there is no sugar or
grains to ruin you. Of course human has always gotten carbohydrates but the
amounts have been noticeably smaller. It’s good to acknowledge the fact that
human is nondependent on carbohydrates. When carbohydrates are unavailable, the
human body generates its own sugars from fat. What distinguishes the Paleo diet
from generic low-carb diets is that the Paleo diet doesn’t mainly focus on
reducing carbohydrates but to prefer unprocessed and natural food.
What to expect?
First of
all it is a change of diet, it is not a magic diet. With a magic diets there is
always the waiting behind all of it as you don’t really like the diet and how
it makes you feel. It is not psychologically rational to make up tough goals
for yourself and to punish yourself for not making them. With the Paleo diet the
change can be permanent as there are no hard goals to stretch to. No-one
expects you to
count calories or grieve about the bread you ate. You just need
to decide that you won’t buy any bread or sugar while on the grocery store. You
will quickly get used to that and you won’t miss them as you realize that they
weren’t really good for you.
How to?
The change
of diet can be done in many ways. For some the sudden change is the way to go,
while others prefer a slow change where you implement the Paleo diet in small
increments. I personally prefer the sudden change when you fully change to
Paleo from day one. By doing this, you will notice more clearly the effects that
the Paleo brings to your health and wellbeing. When you see how it works, you
will be able to modify it to suit your own needs. “See how you look, feel and
perform” is the phrase that sums it up. When I did the change to Paleo, the
changes in my wellbeing and how I felt about myself were drastic. There was no
doubt that it was the Paleo diet that made me feel better and more energetic. For
me the hardest part was to find the suitable recipes and foods to complete the
richest possible Paleo diet. There aren’t really that many good recipes and
guides online but I managed to find one cookbook that had everything correct.
It totally matched the whole idea of Paleo diet while still keeping the food
enjoyable. It even came with an 8 week meal plan which was I mean really
diversified. It transformed my idea of Paleo diet being boring in to it being the
best diet known to man. Check it out, it even has a 60-days no questions asked
money back warranty if you somehow don’t like Paleo. Nevertheless I think that you
have no need for that as the book is the ultimate tool to use when discovering
the world of Paleo.
