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Whole chicken bones Onion Carrots 1 tsp ACV 2 tbsp fish sauce Couple slices of fresh ginger 8 c water
Cook 2 hours on soup setting.
The tastiest, and easiest ever!
Kudos to the instant pot and modern essentials and co instant pot steamer basket
There are 2 kinds of carbs:
- Carbs you can digest (Sugar, starch etc) = Net Carbs
- Carbs you cannot digest (Fiber)
(Most) Vegetables contain mainly Fiber, and you shouldn't count Fiber if you're limiting carbs. Look for tables with net carbs if you're counting.
Ok, the difference between fruit and other carbohydrates (wheat, etc.) is what is known as the Glycemic Index. The Glycemic index of a food determines to what degree that consumption raises a persons blood sugar. The higher the glycemic index, the higher/faster your blood sugar raises after eating something.
High blood sugar is bad and high blood sugar will lead to heart disease as well as weight gain. So in essence, you want to AVOID all food with a high glycemic index.
Now, the reason fruit carbs are ok, and wheat carbs are bad, is because most fruit has a low glycemic index, whereas nearly all wheat products have a high glycemic index. Certain breads even have a higher glycemic index than even straight table sugar!
Fat Head is a good introduction documentary that talks about problems with the modern nutrition system, and has a VERY good explanation on Glycemic index at the end. [WARNING: The person doing the documentary comes across as very smug and sarcastic, but if you sit through the whole movie, you will find a lot of very good information.]
Not rootyb, but soy has a naturally occurring phytoestrogen that can act as an endocrine disruptor in mammals. (See here for science!)
EDIT: I should also mention several things. A) Former vegetarian soy junkie here; B) Even organic soy has these naturally occurring phytoestrogens so that won't really help you; C) Dairy is generally considered un-paleo anyway so why not ditch the white liquids altogether.
Scientific method is difficult to apply when dealing with animals, though. Plus, it's ingrained pretty heavily that science is never wrong (I guess, as long as it's called science).
In Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman, he tells of this researcher that was studying rats. The researcher spent a lot of time trying to isolate all of the environmental variables that might affect his research. He ended up eventually figuring out that the rats could feel him walking to the room, so their behaviors would change (Or it was something like that, something very simple to overlook). He did a paper on this part of his research specifically, and was completely ignored.
The human-based research is flawed in two areas - how do you force feed people stuff and much research is fundamentally flawed in the first place. It's not terribly difficult to find human-based food research that has giant holes in it. Much like the link posted earlier in the week about how most Intermittent Fasting research is done with men and few women.
Get a new doctor.
Fatty liver disease is caused by drinking a lot or eating a diet high in refined sugar (aka non-alcoholic fatty liver disease). Do some research on the causes of NA fatty liver disease and you’ll find that having a diet high in fat is not the root cause. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/nonalcoholic-fatty-liver-disease/symptoms-causes/syc-20354567
That article points to the same indicators for diabetes, which are elevated triglycerides, obesity, and insulin resistance as causes for NA fatty liver disease.
You would do well to research the keto diet, since that diet has a very high success rate in reversing the effects of insulin resistance and in some people helps reduce triglycerides. It’s also really easy to follow for most people. /r/keto is where to start.
Dietary fat does not equal liver fat, just like dietary cholesterol does not impact blood cholesterol.
TL;DR, get a new doctor, your current doctor is misinformed. Unless you’re an alcoholic, in which case ignore this.
Taco salad!
- Green pepper (or red)
- 1 clove garlic
- Mushrooms
- 1 onion
Chop and fry those suckers, any way you want. Set aside when done.
- 1-2 lbs ground beef (how much of a man are you!)
- 1 head romaine lettuce
- 1 recipe for taco seasoning
Fry up the beef. Keep the fat in if you want. If not, drain and add about a 1/2 cup water and then as much seasoning as you want (usually about 2 tbsp). Fry until the water or fat is dissolved. Add the vegetables and mix together.
Tear apart some leaves, put into a bowl. Plop on a heaping pile of beef and veg. Top with cheese, hot sauce, jalapenos or nothing.
Depending on how much you made, this meal will go a long way. Good luck!
Head over to Cronometer and try calculating your food intake for a day or two. You may be eating a lot fewer calories than you think you are. Also try drinking more water. Do you exercise a lot? You may just be going through "carb flu" as your body adjusts from eating a ton of carbs to a more moderate amount.
Try logging your food intake on cronometer.com for a few days. It'll give you many details about your nutrient and vitamins intake--perhaps you're deficient in something?
For improving skin: fats in general seems to help me, particularly coconut oil and omega 3s in fish.
I'm sure there are other sites out there like this, but it's what I use!
Eggs are absolutely a meat in any way that matters, I just read down, Betaine HCL will absolutely help you as it is in reality stomach acid. I'd also recommend an overall digestive enzyme with meals to start the healing process. If you've been low for a while and not eating stuff because of it other stuff will be outta whack as well.
Take a look at this video, she did it geared towards bloating but everything in it it a move towards stomach and digestive healing.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hlfhST9guwU
This is the digestive enzyme I use, it's geared towards people with gluten sensitivities but has all the enzymes you need to break down anything.
Amazon! Instant Pot Compatible Stainless Steel Steamer Basket Accessory- Fits Instapot 6qt, 8qt and other Pressure Cookers- for Vegetables, Eggs, Pasta, Stock, Broth & More- by Modern Essentials & Co https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0792RSPZY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_uMygBb4W5094P
Anti-GMO activists are just advertising in your subreddit. They probably feel that you will sympathetic to their cause and (in this case) not debunk their claim by going and looking at the stock.
Use your coffee maker for hard boiled eggs!
A few of those with some nuts and a piece of fruit or a Larabar should do you quite nicely for breakfast. =)
First off, I'm not Paleo.
She writes about the Gorilla. Gorillas are not our closest relative. Chimps are our closest relatives and they eat meat and hunt. If Neanderthals (our "cousin") were alive they would also eat meat.
Going back to human ancestry, all "Homo" genus species ate meat and were Hunter and Gatherers. Meat eating has been around for millions of years. Meat eating made us human. Also, humans were scavenging meat for a long time.
She is right in some cases. No one really in the world are hunter and gatherers. There are still a few people in the world that do this. But, from what I get from the Paleo diet is to eat the same quantities and have similar portion size to the Paleolithic people. I doubt that people on the Paleo diet are eating their meals with 60% meat. There is a site from Paleoindians, Olsen Chubbuck. These people ate about 10-20lbs of meat a day. They also stored their meat.
Also, hunter and gatherers were mobile people. They were not sedentary. They followed the animals that they hunter, or they ate meat that they found from other carnivorous animals. Their life was rough. It was hard. When they hunted they went up against megafauna. Even today if we went up against a buffalo, it would be tough. As well, everyone in the West depends on agriculture. The meat that people eat are domesticated animals and from farms. People that do hunt, do not hunt like Paleolithic people; they don't use stone tools and simple spears.
Agriculture gave us everything that we are experiencing right now; the food, the clothing,
http://berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/99legacy/6-14-1999a.html
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1095643303000485
> All the same, they had (and still have) the highest hip-fracture rate in > the world because they consume so much animal protein from fish (19).
Lots of studies show that high protein intake improves bone density. Here's one.
Go here and follow the recipe. It will cost a lot less, and you will have learned a skill that will keep you fed on cheap cuts of beef for the rest of your life.
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/taco-seasoning-i/ I know you said that you don't want to risk a failure, but I keep this ready in my pantry because it works perfectly on tacos, I haven't tried making fajitas with it though. Good luck cooking for your family.
I hate to always be 'that guy'... But these are sugar bombs. Each ball has an estimated 18 grams of sugar, and 22 grams of carbs. By comparison, 2 large Reese's peanut butter cups has 21 grams of sugar and 24 total carbs. The advantage of the Reese's is that there are only two of them in a package. Whereas there are 12 of these "Energy Bites", totaling 214 grams of sugar and 267 total carbs.
But you were totally gonna share these, right? There was no way you were just gonna plow through all 12... so it's no big deal. Right?
Plug the info into a recipe calculator and see for yourself.
I think it should probably still be considered a treat, not a substitute for water. (This coming from someone who LOVES it as well.)
I can't find it right now, but last month I ran into a study of the effects of carbonated water on teeth, and it suggested that there was indeed a slight impact in terms of enamel erosion. Not nearly as bad as soda, but still something to be mindful of. I seem to recall it had to do with carbonation raising the acidity of the water slightly. Ergh, I wish I could find it again - because it addressed this directly instead of all the many studies on soda.
Here's a link to G Scholar, in case you want to hunt it down more: http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=carbonated+water+teeth&btnG=Search&hl=en&as_sdt=1%2C47
tl;dr: Plain water is always better, but hurrah for carbonated water as a treat. And of course, it beats soda by a mile.
Hitting the gym everyday with weightlifting + cardio + sports during the week seems intense (I like 2-3 days a week of resistance and 1-2 of aerobics with at least 2 days off.) With most people fluctuating several lbs over the course of a single day, two thirds of a pound seems like it's within the margin of measurement error, maybe give it more time -- 2 weeks isn't much time if you're eating at a healthy 200kcal deficit or so.
This scale looks pretty cool: http://www.fitbit.com/aria
I love over-easy eggs on top of mashed sweet potatoes! Also, if you're looking to up your protein, it's pretty delicious to serve yolky eggs on top of picadillo.
Liquid aminos or coconut aminos are the typical sub for soy sauce. Bragg Liquid Aminos, All Purpose Seasoning, 6 Ounce https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0001VKKOO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_JSWX5Q8JYEAWNQP1A9ER?psc=1
A lot of recommendations you see in recipes are based on the temperature of what you are cooking. If the oil is going to break down, then all bets on nutritional value are off.
Cheap olive oil only goes to 320°F/160°C, Butter and Coconut Oil is only good to 350°F/177°C, Very high quality EVOO can go as high as 405°F/206°C, Ghee (varies based on purity) 375-485°F/190-250°C, Avocado 520°F/271°C. I use a lot of avocado oil (~$20 for 34 ounces as Amazon) for basic cooking, so I just don't have to think about it, and butter, macadamia or olive oil when I am after the flavor of either specifically (I usually get one or more of each type in a week, mixing it up).
Edit: clarity
This subject was the topic of her masters thesis, so it came from the studies and medical research she dove into as part of that. She didn't provide a list of those sources for the interview, but I'm sure she has them thoroughly documented in her book, The Alzheimer's Antidote, here: https://www.amazon.com/Alzheimers-Antidote-Low-Carb-High-Fat-Cognitive/dp/1603587098?crid=2HKANGI17SH97&keywords=the+alzheimer%27s+antidote&qid=1537286596&sprefix=the+alzheim%2Caps%2C225&sr=8-1&ref=sr_1_1
Rouladen. This recipe is close to what I do, but I've never added the water and stock at the end. Often I just use yellow mustard. The "secret" is letting it cook for a good long time so they outsides get crispy caramelized from the onions. http://allrecipes.com/recipe/german-rouladen/
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Can_you_put_bananas_in_the_refrigerator
http://www.wikihow.com/Stop-Bananas-from-Going-Black-in-the-Fridge
It affects the peel but not the flesh. A banana will keep in the fridge.
Goodwill or a local community thrift shop. Donate your old clothes so fatties in need will get them. Buy a few new for you items to save money until you hit your goal weight.
Lunch today was Butter Chicken poured on steamed broccoli, topped with chopped cashews and mint, Bratwurst on the side. Delicious!
I used this recipe: Slow Cooker Butter Chicken
I put my own spin on it by adding mushrooms and bamboo shoots.
Bon appetite!
Oh yeah.. I'm not gonna act like I haven't felt that way. haha
Try sweet potato fries & kale chips I forgot to mention those.. should help you out big time.
Actually, the beauty of the English language is that words can mean lots of things. It's an uncommon word that has only one definition in a dictionary.
For example, exercise: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/_/dict.aspx?word=exercise
You'll note definition #3: "Activity that requires physical or mental exertion, especially when performed to develop or maintain fitness"
To clarify, "especially" is not the same as "exclusively".
The Paleo Solution: The Original Human Diet https://www.amazon.com/dp/0982565844/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_HlbKub1RY2NX3 - gives you the "why" so the "how" comes naturally.
Practical Paleo: A Customized Approach to Health and a Whole-Foods Lifestyle https://www.amazon.com/dp/1936608758/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_LmbKub0PJBYV7 - If you're not already a wizard in the kitchen, this book helps make your food taste less shitty with good wholesome ingredients.
Good luck!
The only solution I have found is to make your own stock and turn it into glace. How to Make Beef Stock is a pretty good resource. Step 19 is the one to pay attention to. When the stock is reduced to a thick syrup I pour it into quart freezer bags, lay them on a grill, and freeze them. The grill leaves indentations in the bag that make it easy to break off as much as you need at one time. Don't be afraid to try it out. The end product is worth the effort.
If you have a jailbroken iphone, you can install fl.ux on it. Here's the guide from the official site: link.
They also have links so you can easily ask Apple to ease the restrictions on what applications can do so fl.ux can see an official, non-jailbroken release.
May 2012 issue of Costco magazine says: >"It is difficult for Costco to source all of the organic beef needed for the Kirkland Signature ground beef program exclusively from U.S. suppliers, so organic beef is also procured from Canada and Australia. All three countries have proven to be a great source of organic beef for this program, says Bob. The Australian cattle raised for the program are 100 percent organic grass-fed. Approximately half of the U.S. and Canadian animals are grass-fed; the other half is finished on organic grains such as barley, flax, wheat and corn."
Maybe not completely 98%, sorry :(
They do sell 100% grassfed online, it's just a more expensive:
There's really no way of saying how many calories you should be eating. It's different for everyone. I'd recommend getting a Fitbit to track calories burned, and using the Fitbit food log to track calories eaten. Though using any food log like cronometer.com or myfitnesspal.com would be a step in the right direction.
I've been trying to compile a list of recipes I find around here. Of course, like a tool, I completely forgot to add any credit to any one's recipes in the document.
Hope it helps :)
Edit: Link works better now.
Cage-free labels are questionable and often dont mean anything. I have not looked at the other links but often the cage-free label is used on many industrially farmed eggs.
http://www.fooducate.com/blog/2010/10/19/confusing-egg-labels/
In some cases you can find humanely raised in California or maybe in the Northeast but often you are stuck really wondering if it is worth the extra payment. Often times I err on the side of fiscal responsibility and personal health and end up buying eggland for the omega 3 count.
Anytime! When you're first starting out on paleo, it's really easy to undereat, because paleo foods tends to be so much less calorically dense. Compare a bagel, for example, to a couple cups of greens; the bagel packs a ton more calories, and doesn't fill you up nearly as much as eating the greens would.
It can also be helpful to occasionally track your food intake on Cron-o-meter. Great for seeing roughly what your caloric and nutrient breakdown is each day.
This fish recipe sounds really good to me, except I wouldn't use tilapia, perhaps cod (more omega-3's): https://spoonacular.com/Spicy-tilapia-with-coconut-cream-478293 and of course coconut oil instead of the vegetable oil. If you were thinking rather something sweet then I've been wanting to try this Paleo take on a Cherry Garcia milkshake: https://spoonacular.com/Cherry-Garcia-Paleo-Milkshake-with-DIY-Paleo-Magic-Hardshell-Chocoalte-576636
I just spent like 20 minutes googling for this post on metafilter that describes the experience of a guy who has what you have and what he did about it.
Before you go and try eating apples, I have a suggestion on how to try this all out without endangering yourself. Get two large bandaids. On one, put a bunch of smashed apple. On the other put a bunch of smashed apple with skin. Then carefully apply the bandaid on the inside of your forearms. Remember which one is which. Wait an hour, if no horrible reactions, wait overnight. Remove bandaids. See if either side is red and angry looking. If you have a reaction, I'd stay away. If you have a reaction only on the no skin side, then it's up to you on whether to try a bit or not. If you choose to try, I wouldn't go for an apple fest, just a bite and see how things feel.
I'm not sure if paleo would help with OAS but you wouldn't be the only one here so if nothing else, you're in good company.
I use these grains On Amazon. They are great and come with good instructions.
1TBSP Active Organic Milk Kefir Grains & Ebook: "Milk Kefir Unleashed" By Thomas Egbert https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007GGRJTG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_mkN5ybS6XM402
This is a nice call back to something I read in a book 12 years ago, when I first tried the paleo lifestyle. Loren Cordain co-wrote The Paleo Diet for Athletes, and in the book he talks about his travels to societies without too much of a modern footprint, and really talked about how amazing their dental hygiene is. It is a great read and I wish I had been able to stick to paleo back then, but it was extremely difficult while stationed out to sea with the Navy. Not sure if this video takes anything from Dr. Cordain’s research, but it seems that 12 years later, the knowledge link is still there.
On the urges, I find that the urges are reflective of habits--and you have to treat them as such. There's a trigger, which can be anything, people, time of day, something, that corresponds to a reward; find that trigger, change the behavior, and then associate a new behavior with the reward. tl;sr: The Power of Habit.
As for the gum, if you look at the nutrition on various gums, there's some sugars/other weird stuff. If you're trying to lose weight, I would think that gum would hurt a bit, especially the sweetened stuff--I think of it like berries and nuts--if you're worried about weight loss, do them sparingly, and try to find the best gums that fit with paleo guidelines that you can.
Hope that helps.
As someone who had a similar bedtime ritual (pour scotch, read in bed, repeat until tired), I was able to break the cycle simply by substituting another drink for alcohol. In my case, tea worked perfectly as a replacement beverage. It was more about the habit of sipping something while I was reading.
Check out "The Power of Habit" for a good read on the subject.
This is one of my go-to lunches. To get them a little crispier, I pop them in a 400 degree oven for a few minutes after I shred them. I serve that with some salad greens and a simple oil and vinegar dressing.
Sometimes I do curries. Last week, I cooked up a bunch of patties with ground beef and pork seasoned like sausages. I roast up whole chickens or chicken legs and cut that up to put on salads.
If you miss lasagna, you can make moussaka. It's quite similar but uses eggplant instead of noodles.
I throw into a food processor: a can of chickpeas, some of the liquid, olive oil, lemon juice, 2-3 cloves of garlic, a big spoonful of tahini paste, and sumac. I keep tasting and adjusting till I'm satisfied with it. It's based on this recipe: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/real-hummus/ I dip carrot and celery sticks in it, it's probably good with cucumber slices as well!
Fathead movie is free on Hulu
However, I wouldn't use most of the movie as an example because the way he presents it is a bit silly and might not influence your uncle. The lipid hypothesis segment is good though.
Check out Fat Head (providing you're in a country where Hulu works). It's basically an endorsement of paleo without ever mentioning paleo and also destroying Supersize Me in the process.
Nothing makes me smile like Morgan Spurlock getting owned.
EDIT: You also might find Sugar: The Bitter Truth interesting. The first half anyhow, after that you kinda need to be a med student to understand what he's talking about.
What is your diet like now in comparison to paleo? I've had issues with acid reflux/GERD that has to do with me eating something that irritates and inflames my GI tract. This is purely personal experience, so take it with a grain of salt. Maybe going paleo will cut out what's irritating you, maybe it won't -- it depends on your body and how it reacts to different things.
Anecdotes aside, since the pain/burning sensation happens when your stomach is empty, you might have peptic ulcers. Maybe try to keep a food diary and take note of medications you're taking to see if you can pinpoint what's causing you issues, if possible (pretty much narrowing down your own elimination diet). If it is damage to your stomach it'll take about a week or longer without problem foods/meds to heal (there's also potential for a H. Pylori infection).
I would caution against the use of acid boosting supplements like HCl or vinegar. They could just exacerbate things by further damaging your GI lining if you do have ulcers.
The buffalo burgers were a pound ground beef with about a quarter diced onion, a tsp cumin, a tsp paprika, and some salt and pepper.
Guacamole was made with about 1.5 ripe avocados, a quarter diced red onion, juice of a small lime, and some fresh diced tomato.
Edit: fixed yam link
I have always wanted to do this. There are versions of the water-bottle garden that hang in a window or whatever, too. It's a neat, space-saving idea if slightly more labor-intensive than buying some planters.
Mint and basil are pretty easy, but if you plant mint make sure it has a container all to itself. It will choke out anything in a planter with it. Chamomile likes a lot of light but it's a cinch to take care of. I saved half my yield for gifties in the winter, too :)
steak has omega 3's (very good for your health), beans don't...
-cholesterol isn't bad for your health (i can point to many studies http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0306987787900375)
-these Eskimos consumer primarily meat... have low incidence of heart disease.
-our intestines are not as long as our vegetarian cousins (the apes), we have an intestine length which is the length of other omnivores... we are not built to eat only vegetables... we have lost our ability to digest much plant material such as cellulose, which most herbivores can digest.
-saturated fats are not bad for you
-your body needs to ingest fats, like the essential fatty acids, which our bodies cannot produce
-beans have anti nutrients such as phytates (as someone mentioned earlier)
-too much fiber interferes with the ability of enzymes (such as lipases, proteastes, carbohydrases)
-phytates interfere with iron uptake (something that vegetarians are very low in)
-beans have a lack of vitamin b12.. which is deficient in many vegetarians
>First you say health isn't a reason to avoid gluten, then you say gluten is unhealthy.
Eh?
Of course the assumption of the paleo diet is that it is healthier than the modern diet, because we are adapted to eat that diet and we are not adapted to eat the modern diet.
As I've said before, given the numerous risks involved with eating gluten, I don't see why anyone would eat it.
The research out there doesn't only say that some people should quit gluten. Current research says that many people who are affected by gluten are still eating gluten. I am erring on the side of those people discovering what is killing them. You are erring on the side of not feeling guilty about cheating on a paleo diet.
Increased Prevalence and Mortality in Undiagnosed Celiac Disease Gastroenterology Volume 137, Issue 1, July 2009, Pages 88–93
Morbidity and Mortality Among Older Individuals With Undiagnosed Celiac Disease Gastroenterology Volume 139, Issue 3, September 2010, Pages 763–769
Your persistence in defending gluten seems unjustifiably strong.
I take it you won't have a room with a kitchenette. (If you can swing that, you're golden.)
Most gluten free pastas are made with quinoa. Quinoa, while free of gluten still has a really high glycemic index, which you are trying to avoid. A better alternative is spaghetti squash. This is a decent recipe minus the feta (unless you are lax on dairy): http://allrecipes.com/recipe/spaghetti-squash-i/
The idea is to retain nutrients which might otherwise be destroyed during the cooking process. I highly recommend it... this is a great snack, and pretty easy to make. You have to wait for the dehydrator, but you could also use an oven if you want.
If you felt the need to nibble some noodly appendage, you can always steam up some spaghetti squash. Low carb & paleo friendly, and you can still be a Pastafarian.
The FSM works in mysterious ways, his wonders to perform.
I made a paleo apple crisp (i know, not an appetizer, but still worth taking), which, tbh, was FULL of honey, which made it all sorts of tasty but TBH i didn't end up eating much of it because of the sugar.
If you are thinking along the lines of a quiche, then i'm guessing you eat dairy/cheese in your diet; i make this: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/hot-pizza-dip/detail.aspx all the time for gatherings, although my personal secret is to mix the cream cheese with 1/2c to 1 c of sour cream -it's not 100% paleo (before the paleo police chime in!) but it's better than pigs in a blanket, right? I usually double the recipe and depending on the crowd make them in 2 separate pie plates and make one meat-a-licious and one veg-friendly, and then people can choose to dip with whatever they want; you can make paleo garlic bread or crackers for yourself, or just throw a glopful on your plate and eat with a spoon. This recipe KILLS, btw, people WILL ask for it (all. the. time.) so be prepared to be hounded for it :)
There's also buffalo chicken dip - http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/buffalo-chicken-dip/detail.aspx (again, paleo police will cry "Cream cheese is not paleo!" but that's up to you); another good party standbye; or you could make a paleo chili, or just a huge plate of veggies.
Great question tho, i'm curious to see what others have to over, since I could use a few good ideas to spice up my repertoire!
Hmm. The protein, maybe? Another reply to this thread suggested it may be the walnuts I am actually reacting to (http://www.ehow.com/list_6116314_signs-symptoms-walnut-allergy.html) so I may try them again independently and see what happens. It was tasty too, i hope it's the walnuts :P
[Seitan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheat_gluten_(food) is a food made from wheat gluten. It contains a little bit of carbohydrate, but it's mostly protein.
Steak Saltimbocca - There are a lot of different recipes out there, but this one is closest to paleo that I could find (just don't trim the fat off the steak). This is assuming she's ok with dairy, too.
If you do this one right, it's really damn good, and she'll be impressed.
edit: You could also add a side of sliced tomatoes and mozzerella for something simple and very italian to go with it.
great instructable on pressure cooking beef stock here
the weston price foundation people have something against pressure cooking, but i find it to be indispensable.
Looks like a little over 1000... give or take based on a lot of variables
edit...
I put in 1.15kg and it shot up to over 2000
This isn't much help at all.
Just eat and stop when you are full. You don't need to eat the whole thing in one sitting.
Yummmm! That picture is making me hungryy. Ever heard of using portobello mushroom caps as buns? It's on my to-do. WARNING: link may cause mouth to water :p http://pinterest.com/pin/92746073547765842/
I found this tonight: http://www.costco.com/Antibiotic-Free%2c-Four%E2%80%931.5-lb-Individual-Bison-Pot-Roast-by-High-Plains-Bison.product.100084634.html These are 6 lbs for $130, grass-fed, no antibiotics/hormones, and it's bison (better than cow, since it's like game meat, true Paleo).
i use mine constantly. posted a few recipes (pot roast, boeuf en daube, korean pork belly) to this thread
imho, by far the best tool for making bone broth. (otoh, sally fallon, of the weston a price foundation, did write something up against the use of pc's, iirc)
if you're looking to buy one, costco has a great deal: Fagor Rapida 5-piece Pressure Cooker Set
It's the Paleo subreddit, not the Paleo Diet subreddit. Paleo is a lifestyle.
You probably shouldn't eat the Primal Professional, but you can eat the Paleo Brands rewards that are being offered to our backers! http://www.indiegogo.com/the-Primal-Professional-barefoot-dress-shoe
> I feel as though I'm ALWAYS hungry lol.
Eat more fat. Seriously. If you feel like you need snacks and late night meals, then you aren't getting enough food/fat at mealtimes.
Also, slow cookers can be fantastic for cutting down on cooking time, with the added bonus of giving you tons of leftovers.
Edit: You mentioned you're both crossfitters - are you eating enough? No, really. Try heading over to Cronometer and putting in a day's worth of food. Depending on how much/often you crossfit, you both probably need at least 2500 calories/day, if not more. On paleo, it's easy to undereat because veggies are both more filling and less nutrient-dense than cheap carb sources like pasta/bread.
Some thoughts:
It may help to look at paleo as a way to get healthy, instead of looking at it as a weight-loss diet.
You're probably not eating enough - it sounds like you do a ton of exercise. Head over to Cronometer and try inputting your food intake for a day or two, and see how many calories you're eating.
I know you just started paleo, remember that a sudden diet change combined with lots of exercise combined with undereating can stress out your body and cause any weight loss to stall.
Your breakfast right now is basically sugar. Try getting some protein in there, and making it a bigger meal. Egg and sausage muffins would probably work well. You'd basically cook some ground beef/pork(with spices), and in the meantime, scramble a dozen eggs. When the meat is done, drain some of the fat and let the meat cool a bit. When it's cool enough, mix with the scrambled eggs and fill a dozen muffin cups, then bake at 350 until they're done. You can then eat these throughout the week as breakfast. It's pretty fast to make, can be done ahead of time, and you can also change the mix - add some chopped spinach or kale, for example.
Are you getting enough healthy fat in your diet? It sounds like you're low-carb/low-fat right now. Try adding some avocados, cooking your sweet potatoes in lard, etc.
I know it's a lot to take in, but make sure you're sleeping well also.
If you're looking to cut out trash food, you can't go wrong with paleo. Do make sure you eat enough. When you're switching to a paleo diet, it's very easy to undereat because you're not filling up on bread, pasta, and carbs all day long. Cronometer can be very helpful, you can input your daily food intake and see how many calories you're getting.
You said you joined a gym - make sure you don't overdo the exercise. It's easy to stress out your body with a combination of sudden diet change and too much exercise all at the same time. A great way to start on the exercise is to start walking more, and do some heavy lifting a few times a week. No need to go crazy and do tons of cardio like jogging or exercise bikes.
You have https://cronometer.com online and "my fitness pal" as an app.
I don't use them often, and I m sure there plenty other out there. It's nice though to check in the beginning for your micro nutrients. Macro counting is quite irrelevant. Just make sure you have your ~1g/kg protein, enough carb to stay out of keto and that's it.
You can do both. I would describe my diet as ketogenic paleo. Essentially I eat a moderate amount of protein and then use leafy vegetables as a vehicle for fat. I use the app cronometer to track macro and micro nutrients and I can assure you that this way of eating is extremely nutrient dense.
It's also working wonderfully well for me as a Pro mountain biker.
You can find out more, included a complete log of everything I ate in the past month in this article I wrote last week.
I don't think there is really any drink worse for you then a margarita. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calories/homemade-margarita-frozen-or-rocks-with-salt-12611707 250 calories per 8 ounces. Wow, that could add up very quickly.
I think he may be using coconut milk like this. It's not advertised as "low fat" or anything, it's just the way they produce it.
Perhaps you are thinking of canned coconut milk or coconut cream instead?
Apparently soaking liver in milk is a good way to remove some of that liver taste. Lets hope you're not jewish, though, because that is definitely not kosher.
I would avoid eating canned tuna every day. The mercury can build up in your body.
Just a note on PPIs. They do a shitty number on the parietal cells of your stomach lining which can prevent you from accessing the B12 in your food (no matter how much animal protein you get, the B12 won't work if there is no "intrinsic factor" being produced by your parietal cells to add a very necessary molecule to the B12 in your food in order to make it bioavailable).
If I were you, I'd buy a bottle of methylcobalamin B12 (already has that molecule attached" and see what it feels like to have 2000 mcg of that a day. If you find yourself getting a feeling of extraordinary well-being, that means you are finally accessing B12 you haven't been able to do for a hile and that you're deficient. Best if you get a blood test and find out how low you are. Ask for your test results, the stated normal range on the lab tests is WAY too low, like 200 or 220. By that time you already have nerve damage. It should be around 550 like it is in Japan.
Edit: More B12 info with references
Ideally, your blood level of B12 should be between 800-1100 mcg.
https://www.mturk.com/mturk/welcome
It's a database center where employers or surveyors can delegate work to individuals all ove for marginal pay, rather than contract out the work to a few people.
I use it as a chance to make a little beer money...or more.
I agree with others that buying whole beans is the way to go. Store the beans in the fridge (slows oxidization) and use a french press or aero press. I personally only use the aero press now -- it's a total game changer and zero bitterness unlike the french press.
you can get it just about anywhere - walmart, target, amazon.
Amazon Basics has a great affordable set - you may think they are cheap judging by the price but I can assure you they are not.
I love this cookbook for exactly this reason. I wasn't concerned with cheap ingredients, but having a SHORT list of ingredients (which this cookbook does) was so helpful. I got it from the library and used it so much, I wound up buying it.
I'm just getting into the audible scene.
My first intro book was to grab "Getting Things Done - David Allen" it was rated 4.7/5 and trending in the Productivity section. Apparently it's a new edition of an old book. The first few chapters were interesting -- the premise here is to make some next-action lists based around things you can accomplish now relative to various circumstances, demands, and priorities. Then, it was several more hours of listening to this guy talk about this idea over and over again.
I added the suggestions listed on these comments to my Wish List, then I've also got The Cholesterol Myth, Salt: A World History, Primal Endurance, Daily Rituals, Tao of Senaca, Out of Your Mind (Alan Watts), Fat Chance, 1:59 The Sub-Two-Hour Marathon Is Within Reach, Beyond Training: Mastering Endurance, Health, & Life, The Hormone Reset Diet, The Wahls Protocol, Keto Clarity, Ending Aging: The Rejuvenation Breakthroughs That Could Reverse Human Aging, How to Create A Mind, Perfect Health Diet, Primal Blueprint, Crush it!, AskGaryVee, Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!, The Wild Diet, The Bulletproof Diet.
I'm leaning towards picking up Maffetone's book or Greenfields book... or maybe the bulletproof guy's. If you haven't listened much to Alan Watts, I'd put that at the top of your list.
>The use of he as a pronoun for nouns embracing both genders is a simple, practical convention rooted in the beginnings of the English language. (William Strunk, Jr., and E.B. White, The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition, 2000, p. 60)
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>Use the pronoun his when an indefinite antecedent may be male or female: [Example] A reporter attempts to protect his sources. (Norm Goldstein, The Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual, 2000 edition, p. 114)
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The correct usage in this case would be "his"; however, the politically correct usage would be "one's".
I am unsure about the specific brand you linked but the Viva Labs brand claims to have 92 milligrams per 2.5 tablespoons.
I take daily probiotics, I did some research and found these to be the best: http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B000CMKC5Y?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00
I also sometimes drink Kefir about 1-3 times a week mixed with coconut milk. Probiotics are amazing, try it!
I read it when I was a competitive cross country runner. It's a good read and has a lot of valuable information about how many carbs you need as an endurance athlete, meal timing and meal planning.
"Gulp," while casual, is fun reading. Definitely read the Blazer book- not as casual, and more bleeding-edge. It must be noted Blazer is not some flake, and he presents some fascinating data concerning the value of H. pylori.
If you want to hit the hard stuff, The fecal Bacteria certainly qualifies.
From there, it starts to get a little weird. I would recommend:
"Hookworm Disease - Its Distribution Biology, Epidemiology, Pathology, Diagnosis, Treatment and Control" by Asa C. Chandler, 1929.
Refrigeration in America (if you can find a copy).
A couple of others whose titles escape me just right now. Those last two are tangential, but interesting.
You should consider getting a Veggeti. Makes the process of making great zoodles much quicker AND eliminates almost all waste. Best $15 I've ever spent for a kitchen tool.
Great tips already here, so just commenting to say glasslock containers rock, and you might find this guide useful.
I think it should. I started on this diet because I have MS. I could barely stay awake for half a day and now I feel almost normal again. I have to do a bit more of a hardcore version but yeah...it really helped me a lot.
If you follow it properly it just gives your body the perfect fuel that it needs to function.
If you want something really in depth to read and understand how it all works I'd recommend this book: http://www.amazon.com/The-Wahls-Protocol-Progressive-Principles/dp/1583335218
It really breaks down how the diet works and why it's so effective. I found it really useful.
it's a pretty small investment, but it does what it's supposed to do really well. I make pasta out of zucchini, squash, carrots, turnips. pretty much any cylindrical vegetable.
A couple of quick ways to do it if you have the space or ability...
If you can pick up a Rotisserie oven in a thrift shop, eBay or yard sale, those things are fantastic. It is the one and only thing I ever bought from an infomercial, and we still use it almost weekly 15 years later. Mine is large enough to hold two whole chickens, and will roast them in approx 2 hours. One can be done in 90 minutes.
The drawback of it is space. It is a pretty large appliance and takes up a lot of room. If space is at a premium in your place, then the next option is:
A beer can chicken rack. The nice thing about this item is, its dirt cheap, and can be used to cook a chicken in a standard oven or on a grill. I've used beer, wine, water, stock, you name it in the can. The chicken cooks very similar to the Rotisserie. You can pick one up at Wal-Mart, Target, just about anywhere.
We prefer using the Rotisserie for most of our cooking. You don't have to monitor the chicken as often with that. But it is hard to argue with the simplicity of the rack.
We'll use the breasts as part of a main entree for dinner, and shred the legs (if our kids haven't devoured them already) and back for chicken salad, soup, or chili. The dollar goes a lot farther cooking whole chickens, and the flavor is much better.
Edit: Forgot to mention that either method yields a tendy, juicy meat that is melt in your mouth good when served immediately. Stored in the fridge for leftovers, it doesn't turn into a dry husk of useless meat, either.
You need a SCOBY to make kombucha. You can buy one from reputable sources online. Check out the book fermented. It will tell you everything you need to know. http://www.amazon.com/Fermented-Season-Approach-Paleo-Probiotic/dp/1936608243
If the people you polled were asian americans, 9 out of 10 of them on average would be lactose intolerant.
>An investigation into dietary habits of more than 100,000 people found those who drank more milk were no less likely to break a bone. Among women, higher milk consumption was actually linked to an increased risk of hip fractures. People who drank more than three glasses of milk were more likely to die over the course of the study. The effect was most pronounced among women, who were nearly twice as likely to die, with heart disease the condition with the strongest links to higher milk consumption.
Some milks might be worse than others: http://www.amazon.com/Devil-Milk-Illness-Health-Politics/dp/1603581022
There's nothing particularly super-nutritious about milk that you wouldn't find in your basic meat and veggies. There's no such thing as a milk deficiency.
I was going to moan that it's only "free" if you're in the US but it just takes a bit of local searching. UK link here
Thank you - good timing too
Green and blacks 85% ingredients are: Organic Cocoa Mass, Organic Cocoa Butter, Organic Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Organic Raw Cane Sugar, Organic Vanilla Extract, Fair-trade ingredient, Organic Dark Chocolate: minimum Cocoa Solids 85 Percent - you can get in most shops in the UK or here
Edit: Lindt as well - Ingredients in 90% bar Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Low Fat Cocoa Powder, Sugar, Vanilla again can get in most shops or here
Here's the coconut aminos on amazon. I guess it depends on where you live and what your options are, but amazon is pretty pricey for this stuff. I get it at my local grocery store for $6.99 and I think it's 7.99 at our Whole Foods. Still not cheap, but damn worth it. It's freaking delicious.
It was a while ago I used it and I'm not sure exactly what functionality you are looking for but I used:
Tracks food intake and how you feel, then automatically suggests sensitivities.
Avocado wrapped in Nori seaweed strips- make at work * Make your own Kale Krunchies http://allrecipes.com/recipe/baked-kale-chips/ ( add nutritional yeast and ground cashews) and eat all week * Tri Tip sliced thin and wrapped in anything leafy eat all week * Sadly I end up doing a lot of IT Intermittent Fasting when I wake up late . For these days I bring peppermint, ginger or magnesium to put in water to get me through to dinner