I often say in my lectures that we have not become an Obesegenic society because we deficient of Jenny Craig, Atkins or not getting enough Lean Cuisines in–but rather obesity has become such a big problem because we changed the way that we eat and the way we live dramatically from how we were designed to. I encourage my readers rather than go on the latest “fad” diet that they simply try to live like those who settled their city did. We don’t have to go all the way back to the stone ages or debate evolution vs creation but just go back 100 years…HOW did they eat, what did they DO and how close are YOU to that lifsetyle?
We could go back to the caveman ear and what would find would be something much like Paleo Diet!
The Paleo Diet encourages you to eat protein, protein and more protein. A diet just like cavemen ate! Ask Men fitness expert, Shannon Clark, to gives the lowdown

The Premise

The idea behind the Paleo Diet is to take your eating habits back to how our ancestors ate. Back in the hunter-gatherer days, there weren’t Cheetos, deep-dish frozen pizzas or Doritos available.

Instead, humans ate foods that came straight from the ground or straight from the animal.

As a result, they weren’t consuming high levels of saturated fat, sugar, simple carbs, and additives, but instead were enriching their diets with fiber, lean proteins and healthy fats. This combination is what enabled them to keep steady blood-sugar levels, control their hunger and prevent the accumulation of unwanted body fat.

Healthy fats and the few carbohydrates they consumed from fresh fruits and vegetables kept them going throughout the day while the amino acids from lean meat replenished their muscle tissues and helped them add more lean muscle mass.

Contrast this to the diets of today, which bring about rapid blood-sugar spikes that lead to a flood of insulin in the body (which just encourages energy lows and body-fat accumulation).

By shunning the foods that cause this chain of events and focusing on all-natural foods instead, you can really turn the tables around as far as your health and body composition is concerned.

The Foods Allowed

So what do you eat when using the Paleo Diet approach?

For lean protein, your choices are chicken breast, turkey breast, venison, and all-game meat, lean beef, wild fish and seafood, and eggs. Dairy is not to be consumed. Also off-limits are any salt-containing protein sources such as deli meat, bacon, hot dogs, and ham, along with those that are extremely high in saturated fat, such as fatty cuts of roast beef and lamb chops.

In addition to your protein, you want to focus on healthy fats from all nuts except peanuts (which are commonly misunderstood to be a nut when they’re actually a legume), natural almond butter, fatty sources of fish, avocados, flax and flax seeds, as well as olive oil in moderation.

Then, to round out the Paleo diet, rely on as many fresh fruits and vegetables as possible. There are no fruits and vegetables off-limits, but you should stay away from potatoes as well as yams.

Dried fruit, however, should be limited to no more than two ounces per day, especially for those who are trying to lose body fat.

Diet soda along with coffee, tea, and wine are to be consumed in moderation, and one 12-ounce serving of beer or four ounces of spirits are allowed a few times a week. (this is my only big objection to the Paleo diet, NO diet soda!~!!! just junk! Julia)

The Paleo Diet Approach

If you’re giving the Paleo Diet a go and you’re already very active with your workouts, you’ll want to be eating a higher volume of fresh fruits and lean protein right before and after the workout period. Since you will be strictly limiting all grains from the diet, this ensures that you provide the glucose the muscles need to perform the intense session.

Then later on in the day, to really enhance the fat-burning process, keep the diet limited to quality protein and healthy fats in moderation, as well as an abundance of vegetables. By limiting the fruit during this time, you ensure that your body starts using body fat as a fuel source while you maintain very steady energy levels that keep hunger low.
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The biggest differences between what DID and what we DO: lack of nutrients and lack of fiber! We don’t think twice about supplementing our diets daily with vitamins, well we also need the fiber. There is NO better fiber source on Earth than PGX. While the Paleo diet may get you up to where you should be, few are actually going to stick with the diet and do it long term. And even if you do….or food doesnt’ contain the same amount of fiber and nutrients that it used to: bottom line, you need to take PGX to get the fiber your body needs!
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Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/08/03/paleo-diet/#ixzz1U4pr4DVe

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