Jun 18, 2011 2:36 PM GMT
van_can saidIt's just another fad diet.Not the way I do it. I've got it "modified" (aka 'some' processed foods). It's fully sustainable, and fits well with a social lifestyle where you're going out to eat/drink once or twice a week. Basically do Paleo as often as possible, and you don't need to worry about the "cheat" meals when you eat them.
van_can saidIt's just another fad diet.
van_can saidIt's just another fad diet.
Lostboy said
I love and hate the paleo diet. It is fucking difficult to do. Really. Absolute pain in the ass. But it does help me. So I mostly hate it, but I still follow it
Lonelywalker saidit's nice but at the same time, people live dramatically longer today than they did before
n2briefs2 saidvan_can saidIt's just another fad diet.
I would have to disagree with you. I was introduced to this eating lifestyle from my crossfit community. It has educate me how to eating smartly, completely changed my eating lifestyle. Paleo is not a diet. It reminds us to eat fresh food and not all the processed crap that we get in abundance around us.
I only exercise 100% strict Paleo no more than 3 times a year -- 2 months period(longest) per cycle, and no cheat days. The rest of the time I am mostly eating 80% Paleo. I do enjoy my grains and legumes
Any diet that allows me to eat unlimited amount of bacon is my kind of diet
Any diet that don't require me to count calories/portions is my kind of diet
Paleo is the answer.
If you completely cut out "THE UGLY" and try to limit "THE BAD", then your body and mind will thank you for it.
Cheers
wildtype87 saidvan_can saidIt's just another fad diet.
I agree that it's a fad diet...especially the way it's marketed and presented. Honestly, the caveman pitch is kind of misleading and corny as hell.
However, when most people use the term "fad diet", they insinuate that a) it doesn't work, b) it's unsustainable, or c) it's unhealthy (or all of the above). In my experience (and the same goes for many other people), I've had nothing but positive results doing a modified version of the Paleo diet.
"The Paleo Diet" as it's marketed and presented nowadays is probably a fad, but the general underlying principles of this way of eating have been around for over a century (read: a time when obesity wasn't a rampant problem):
1. Eat real, whole food. - Jack Lalane was championing this back in the 50s...and look how long he lived.
2. Reduce sugar and starch to control your weight. - See William Banting's Letter on Corpulence, published back in the 1860s. "Banting" was the low-carb fad of the time.
3. Get enough sleep every night. - No brainer
Lostboy saidpaleo is making the claim that the human body has not caught up with agricultural revolution and though we can survive on grains etc, we do not thrive on them as they attack the digestive system.
paulflexes saidYou forgot to mention it's cheap. Seriously if I only ate meats and vegetables, I'd be spending less than $50/week on groceries.van_can saidIt's just another fad diet.Not the way I do it. I've got it "modified" (aka 'some' processed foods). It's fully sustainable, and fits well with a social lifestyle where you're going out to eat/drink once or twice a week. Basically do Paleo as often as possible, and you don't need to worry about the "cheat" meals when you eat them.
PS. The Chicken Linguine Alfredo a couple days ago was fucking delicious...especially with the honey liquor shots.
van_can said<
By fad diet I meant :
"Fad diet usually refer to idiosyncratic diets and eating patterns that promote short-term weight loss, usually with no concern for long-term weight maintenance, and enjoy temporary popularity"
The one thing i have noticed with all the diet plans available out there is that each one takes a bit from the science we know at the moment and creates some miracle, universal diet around that.
pocketnico saidHeh, the only thing no one is living a true Paleo lifestyle except hunter-gatherers and several nomadic tribes in some remote places in the world. .
Greenhopper saidvan_can said<
By fad diet I meant :
"Fad diet usually refer to idiosyncratic diets and eating patterns that promote short-term weight loss, usually with no concern for long-term weight maintenance, and enjoy temporary popularity"
The one thing i have noticed with all the diet plans available out there is that each one takes a bit from the science we know at the moment and creates some miracle, universal diet around that.
Well, I believe the paleolithic diet is STILL eaten in some areas to this day, namely in Africa and the Amazon by tribes still not having lived the agricultural revolution.. I think its less science than just a different habit....
cturtle saidMy pediatrician (a while back obviously) told me that drinking apple juice is like eating 200 apples. If you drink juice you could get fat and if you eat 200 apples you could still get fat. The point of my story is to not over indulge, and that certain foods could help you hit that 200 apple mark faster.