Paleo/Atkins

[bnasmom]

Someone posted that they did Atkins for a while and then Paleo/Atkins. What is that?

[Rory]

You have to kill your own meat with a big club?

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[sungoddess]

You crack me up!!

That was me. I lost well on Atkins and then stalled for months and I switched over to the Paleo diet. I cycled back and forth between the two diets.

Paleo is an excellent way of eating, and if I could, that is what I would stick to all the time, but it is quite strict. Paleo is pure whole natural foods like cavemen supposedly ate. The theory is our body is not equipped to handle the foods we feed it now.

The basics of the Paleolithic Diet are:

Eat none of the following:

· Grains- including bread, pasta, noodles

· Beans- including string beans, kidney beans, lentils, peanuts, snow-peas and peas

· Potatoes

· Dairy products

· Sugar

· Salt

Eat the following (preferably organic, grass fed, no nitrates)

· Meat, chicken and fish

· Eggs

· Fruit

· Vegetables (especially root vegetables, but definitely not including potatoes or sweet potatoes)

· Nuts, eg. walnuts, brazil nuts, macadamia, almond. Do not eat peanuts (a bean) or cashews (a family of their own)

· Berries- strawberries, blueberries, raspberries etc.

Omega 3 fats are critical to good health.

I did do very well on this diet. I lost weight, I felt tons of energy, and was quite healthy. With this diet, there is a huge surge in your vitamin intake, naturally,and there is a huge decrease in your toxin intake.

As you can see from the restrictions, it is not easy to follow. Especially life without cheese and dairy. And for me, eliminating salt is hard. Grains are considered toxic. Lectins are very bad as well as exorphins (found in dairy and wheat), and enzyme blockers ( in grains, beans potatoes).

Paleo is the plan I would LIKE to follow all the time. But life gets in the way.
So I cycled between Paleo and Atkins. That's not an okay thing to do in the Paleo world, but it worked for me.

[jacksmixedtape]

^^I do a modified version of paleo as well. Just try to eat as many whole foods as possible with as little processing as a you can find/afford. I don't eat grains much at all (that's the easy part), but I love my raw cheese and yogurt. Some say cultured and raw dairy is easier to digest and more nutrient rich.

I find I lose better (and feel better!) on paleo because it really limits how many "treats" you can have. Now I consider a palmful of macadamia nuts or some berries a treat! You get more bang for your caloric buck health-wise.

[jezzie]

Paleo/Atkins

I'm thinking that cave men didn't eat modern day staples like .....
DaVincis, Carbquick, Thick n Thin, Dreamfields, 3 min chocolate cake, and cream cheese muffins.

(and probably not even mashed cauliflower, bacon burgers, or McDonalds scrambled eggs. )
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[Rory]

Originally Posted by jezzie

I'm thinking that cave men didn't eat modern day staples like .....
DaVincis, Carbquick, Thick n Thin, Dreamfields, 3 min chocolate cake, and cream cheese muffins.

(and probably not even mashed cauliflower, bacon burgers, or McDonalds scrambled eggs. )
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Sorry Jezzie you are dead wrong and I have PROOF! They found this document hidden in a basement at Cornell University where it has been stashed for years away from the prying eyes of the American public. I think it is a conspiracy by those sly operatives at the Moosewood myself.

[jezzie]