Fourth day into our week on Health and Diet, and I'm (ironically) awake at the small hours, burning the candle from both ends.
Today we finally touch on the Paleo Diet - the one that we've brought up on numerous occasions.
Why I mention it so much is because this seems to be the current 'diet fad' that is sweeping gyms, Zamba classes and Crossfit arenas across the globe.
What is the Paleolitic Diet?
The name says it all. It's a diet based on minimal processed foods (especially carbohydrates) and a focus on what was obtainable by hunter-gatherers of the ancient eras.
We're talking whole foods, meats, nuts & seeds, fats and little to no intervention by human process.
One is to avoid dairy, processed carbohydrates, processed sugars and pretty much anything that common sense tells you isn't whole-foods or that wasn't obtainable by a caveman.
I, personally, am a huge fan of this diet. It promotes basic eating patterns, is completely compatible with modern nutritional scholarship, and most importantly, dissuades everyone from going anywhere near processed food.
Dr. Loren Cordain is usually accredited with having brought this diet into the mainstream with her 2002 essay titled The Nutritional Characteristics of a Contemporary Diet Based Upon Paleolithic Food Groups in The Journal of the American Nutraceutical Association.
It can be found here, pp 15-25
I've posted links to Robb Wolf's blog page on several occasions, and he's one of the biggest advocates of the Paleo Diet.
However, enough talk.
Today's Quota is quite simply a link to the Wikipedia page for the Paleolithic Diet.
It summarises everything beautifully, and those that don't feel the page is sufficient, a quick Google search will return ample information.
READ IT HERE
Today we finally touch on the Paleo Diet - the one that we've brought up on numerous occasions.
Why I mention it so much is because this seems to be the current 'diet fad' that is sweeping gyms, Zamba classes and Crossfit arenas across the globe.
What is the Paleolitic Diet?The name says it all. It's a diet based on minimal processed foods (especially carbohydrates) and a focus on what was obtainable by hunter-gatherers of the ancient eras.
We're talking whole foods, meats, nuts & seeds, fats and little to no intervention by human process.
One is to avoid dairy, processed carbohydrates, processed sugars and pretty much anything that common sense tells you isn't whole-foods or that wasn't obtainable by a caveman.
I, personally, am a huge fan of this diet. It promotes basic eating patterns, is completely compatible with modern nutritional scholarship, and most importantly, dissuades everyone from going anywhere near processed food.
Dr. Loren Cordain is usually accredited with having brought this diet into the mainstream with her 2002 essay titled The Nutritional Characteristics of a Contemporary Diet Based Upon Paleolithic Food Groups in The Journal of the American Nutraceutical Association.
It can be found here, pp 15-25
I've posted links to Robb Wolf's blog page on several occasions, and he's one of the biggest advocates of the Paleo Diet.
However, enough talk.
Today's Quota is quite simply a link to the Wikipedia page for the Paleolithic Diet.
It summarises everything beautifully, and those that don't feel the page is sufficient, a quick Google search will return ample information.
READ IT HERE
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