New Year’s Resolution #3: Eat like a Neanderthal
Tis the season for New Year’s resolutions, and a common one to make the Top 10 list is losing weight. By now, you’ve probably become familiar with diets like the South Beach Diet, Nutrisystem, and Atkins…but what about the Paleo Diet?
The Paleolithic Diet (a.k.a. Paleo, Caveman, Primal, NeanderThin) has made a resurgence since the ’70s1, especially with the growth of CrossFit, a high-intensity conditioning program that has spread rapidly since its ‘internet birth’ in 2001.2 Why the correlation? Because it’s often the recommended diet of CrossFit affiliations.
So what does it mean to eat like a Neanderthal?
IN are the Paleolithic Era foods that we ate prior to agriculture and animal husbandry (meat, fish, shellfish, eggs, tree nuts, vegetables, roots, fruit, berries, mushrooms, etc.). OUT are Neolithic Era foods that result from agriculture or animal husbandry (grains, dairy, beans/legumes, potatoes, sugar and fake foods).” 3
To be more specific:
- Meat: preferably pasture-raised and grass-fed…NO processed meats like hot dogs, bacon, lunch meats, etc.
- Only certain oils are allowed (i.e. flaxseed, canola, walnut, olive, and avocado)4
- NO alcohol
- NO legumes includes peanuts and all forms of soy
- NO grains includes gluten-free products (NO processed foods)
- NO caffeine5
For those of us who think this is may be too extreme for everyday living, there is a 30-Day cleanse alternative, which promises to:
…change the way you think about food, it will change your tastes, it will change your habits and your cravings. It could, quite possibly, change the emotional relationship you have with food, and with your body.” 6
Read on:
(image above from BeFoundAlive.com)
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleolithic_diet#History ↩
- http://www.crossfitinfo.com/history-of-crossfit/ ↩
- http://paleodiet.com/definition.htm ↩
- http://www.thepaleodiet.com/nutritional_tools/fatsoils.shtml ↩
- http://www.livingpaleo.com/guest/paleo-diet-and-organic-eating-with-antonio.html ↩
- http://whole9life.com/2010/12/whole30-2011/ ↩
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