THE BASICS OF PALEO DIET
Paleo diet or caveman diet is a replacement diet for modern processed foods with high concentrations of sugar, fat and other harmful and toxic compounds. Lifestyle induced health conditions such as diabetes, obesity, hypertension and hearty diseases to mention a few are attributed to modern processed foods. Paleo dieting offers a solution to this causality by providing a diet that cuts down all modern processed foods and taking on foods in their most pure form just as our early predecessors and ancestors ate. By hunting and gathering, our ancestors consumed foods in their purest form, enriched by nature with no additive production compounds that go far beyond organic foods as we know them today. The basic composition of Paleo diet in various food categories is as outlined below;
What to eat
• Animal meat and products: Paleo diet advocates for meat originating from natural grass fed animals living in their natural environment. This meat does not contain chemical compounds found in modern meat from reared livestock and is ideal for a high nutritional value.
• Fish and sea food: Paleo diet basically advocates for all fish and sea food originating from their natural environments (Not ponds). This products are rich in natural nutritional value.
• Fresh fruits and vegetables: All natural fresh fruits and vegetables produced in their natural environment without induced elements for growth are well equipped with vital minerals and elements for a healthy living.
• Eggs and healthful oils: Eggs from naturally fed poultry and oils such as olive, macadamia, coconut and avocado are the recommendation for a Paleo diet.
What not to eat
• A Paleo diet does not recommend consumption of legumes (peanuts and beans), refined sugars, processed foods (drinks, processed meat), dairy products (milk), salt, cereal grains (rice, wheat, corn) and all refined vegetable oils.
This Diet promotes healthy living and eradication of lifestyle induced health conditions by eliminating concentrations of sugar, fat and other harmful and toxic compounds that have more than enough calories and no nutritional value to the body. Furthermore, the combination of this diet (naturally produced foods outlined) emphasizes on deriving the healthiest vitamins, minerals, fibers from foods that fills one quicker thus one eats less an ideology that helps curb weight gain.