11-13-2015, 09:41 PM
Hey Fireplaces,
Love reading stories like yours
The way you described your diet is basically the Primal Blueprint diet except he doesn't recommend beans. I still eat them and they don't cause any issues for me. He also advocates keeping a cap on carbs in general but I don't always do that either! Healthy eating can also be wonderful food. Personally, I have never eaten better!
16pawz,
There is a lot of recent research about fats that goes the complete opposite of what we have been taught for years. You might check out marksdailyapple.com for some advice for your husband. Personally, my blood stats went from pre-diabetic/you are going to have a heart attack to gee these are the blood results of someone 20 years younger! I focus on getting a liberal amount saturated fat and minimizing PUFA fat. It seems that excess carbohydrate consumption leads to generalized inflamation which leads to the poor lipid profiles. The truth will come out!
Granddote,
The meat thing is a common misconception about a Primal/Paleo diet. I eat more fresh, unprocessed vegetables than most vegetarians and vegans. Most of us who follow the diet fall into the 1/3 X 2/3 rule. 1/3 of mass eaten is animal in origin and 2/3 is vegetable. This roughly equates to 2/3 of calories coming from animal and 1/3 of calories coming from vegetables.
Most of the premise of this type of diet has its roots in the research done by Weston Price in 1930's and 40's where he went and studied the diets of populations who have kept to their native diets and he found several points in common in the diets of the healthiest people he encountered. Some were mostly vegetarian but NONE (whatsoever) shied away from animal products. Interesting stuff. There is a Weston Price Foundation out there that keeps his research alive and keeps building on it. Very interesting stuff.
Love reading stories like yours
The way you described your diet is basically the Primal Blueprint diet except he doesn't recommend beans. I still eat them and they don't cause any issues for me. He also advocates keeping a cap on carbs in general but I don't always do that either! Healthy eating can also be wonderful food. Personally, I have never eaten better!16pawz,
There is a lot of recent research about fats that goes the complete opposite of what we have been taught for years. You might check out marksdailyapple.com for some advice for your husband. Personally, my blood stats went from pre-diabetic/you are going to have a heart attack to gee these are the blood results of someone 20 years younger! I focus on getting a liberal amount saturated fat and minimizing PUFA fat. It seems that excess carbohydrate consumption leads to generalized inflamation which leads to the poor lipid profiles. The truth will come out!
Granddote,
The meat thing is a common misconception about a Primal/Paleo diet. I eat more fresh, unprocessed vegetables than most vegetarians and vegans. Most of us who follow the diet fall into the 1/3 X 2/3 rule. 1/3 of mass eaten is animal in origin and 2/3 is vegetable. This roughly equates to 2/3 of calories coming from animal and 1/3 of calories coming from vegetables.
Most of the premise of this type of diet has its roots in the research done by Weston Price in 1930's and 40's where he went and studied the diets of populations who have kept to their native diets and he found several points in common in the diets of the healthiest people he encountered. Some were mostly vegetarian but NONE (whatsoever) shied away from animal products. Interesting stuff. There is a Weston Price Foundation out there that keeps his research alive and keeps building on it. Very interesting stuff.