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I hi and welcome to a special paleo edition of insta vision i'm glenn reynolds Nell Stephenson is my guest today she's a competitive runner she's the author of paleo esta and she's co-author of the Paleo diet cookbook and she also writes the Paleo East a blog and website and she also is here fresh from just completing the iron man in Hawaii which is more impressive anything I've ever done so thanks for joining us thanks for having me you look remarkably fresh thanks I've had a couple of days to catch up on a little bit of sleep and rest that's great so when we talk about a paleo diet what does that really involve a lot of people seem to confuse paleo dieting with low carb dieting right the Paleo diet is a very easy anti-inflammatory way of eating based on how our Paleolithic ancestors ate but implemented with foods that we can easily get in modern day times that there is no mass to go on or anything no I mean if you can have access to that sure but it's not part of it not a prerequisite so so what what would a typical paleo meal look like any meal including breakfast and snacks is made of about two thirds of the plate full of vegetables fresh local organic seasonal the more variety the better roughly a palm-sized amount of protein and a dollop of healthy fat like avocado olive oil or coconut oil and that's all three meals so three meals and snacks and snack yep exactly so if you can remove the idea that the meals are different from one another as far as breakfast foods lunch foods dinner foods and snacks it's just food and use that template for every time you eat your golden know what Matt our producer here was asked you about post-workout eating and you were saying that the best thing to do is to fast before a morning workout and then eat protein about 30 minutes after is that right depending on the type of workout but a lot of us in our society are dealing with weight issues and working out on a fast and stomach is a great way to help the body become more efficient as using fat as its fuel compared to having a big sugary breakfast and then going to do a workout so what's the biggest misconception about paleo dieting that you hear out there there's a lot of misconceptions I think one of the newer misconceptions that we have a lot of different permutations of the Paleo diet popping up out of the woodwork and people are doing things like taking foods from the standard American diet and replacing them with paleo ish foods so you might see things like paleo banana bread using coconut flour almond butter that types of things which is okay for a special treat once in a while but the problem is when you're doing that for all of your meals you're just really eating something that's slightly less less bad for you than the standard American diet and it's still not getting to the point of eating a diet rich in healthy vegetables with some fruit wild proteins and natural facts a lot of people I know who say they're on paleo diets also seem to eat a lot of cheese now is cheese paleo no and I'm glad you brought that up because that's another really big misconception there are different approaches to people have their own take in fact there's a local gentleman mark sisson who his approach is called primal and he adds dairy to his approach which is different from adding dairy to paleo and saying that that's dairy that's like following a vegan diet and saying you can eat fish but still saying it's vegan it's a different approach but no there is no dairy on the Paleo diet I don't think cavemen were milking cows very much were they exactly I mean there's one argument that says if a cave men were to hunt a pregnant beast and they probably would have eaten the milk that was in that beast okay maybe but it probably wouldn't have been something that they would do very often I think that's probably what about beer wine and liquor or their their paleo versions of those I know Steven green will be very interested in that yeah there are not paleo versions of them but again we're living in modern day times there are occasions when you're gonna be out celebrating and what you want to do in those times is first of all make sure your diet that day is even more alkyl than possible focus even more on the vegetables and the healthy fats and wild proteins may be cut down your your fruits that day just to balance out the sugar you'll be getting with a drink and when you do have a drink that on this special occasion you want to go with either a glass of red wine or a neat spirit like a vodka that is not made from grain so the potato-based vodkas or a neat gin or a neat tequila the thing is to not go with a beer because there's gluten in that and it's made from grain even the gluten-free beers are still made from grains and you also don't want to go with a fluffy drink like a my tire pina colada just because it's so sugary and so that's about his non palios you could get a lie with I think so I thought came in made beer uh you know I really don't know I i would have to doubt that though because there was no grains around the time that they were here so what interesting question I I gotta actually call i was interviewed by somebody from the Atlantic Monthly about this recently for a story he's doing but he claims that special degree of enthusiasm for paleo dieting among libertarian types and I I was like I know a lot of libertarians yeah they were dieting but then I know a lot of libertarians do you think that's true you think has any basis for that or can you tell i really don't know i haven't done any research into that specific area but i would i would see how it could be a feasible premise only because I know that it's I find with my clients that you have to be open-minded to a degree to try paleo because it might seem on the outside that it's an a radical thing to do but it's actually really common sense when you think about it so if you think about somebody who is may be interested in an alternative way of approaching things that that might make sense is there a paleo exercise philosophy to go along with a paleo diet there are different exercise philosophies some people say that the crossfit workouts are meant to emulate what cavemen did as far as short very intense bouts of activity other people say they might have done long bouts of activity in terms of walking for our distances I know they didn't do iron man so people have asked about that how are you doing iron man when your Paleo that's not paleo you know in my take with clients on what type of exercise to do because I get asked that quite a bit what's the best type of exercise to do when the answer is the one that you will enjoy therefore you will do it when I have a client say I hate the gym I just joined the gym I always say why did you know if you hate the gym you we have very limited amount of time in our day so why would we want to choose something that we know we don't enjoy it should be like play like the way you see children on a playground screaming and laughing that's how it should feel when you're exercising so whatever it is that you enjoy that should be your mode of exercise well you teach paleo cooking dinner right yes can you be a foodie and still be paleo can caveman food be fancy absolutely and that's one of the things I really try to implement the classes I teach our I do private in home but I also teach classes at the Normandy is up in Santa Monica and that's one of the things that I want to teach people is yes one way to approach paleo is to eat everything raw or eight very simple things like boiled chicken and steamed veggies and there's nothing wrong with that however it's not very interesting and food is so much more than just fuel if it weren't more than fuel I doubt anybody would have a problem with weight it would just be a pill we took or something like that but that's one of the things I like to teach people and I entertain quite a bit and when if I take the word paleo out of the equation and typical dinner party and I have a starter salad which is arugula and strawberries and red onion and avocado and then I serve sauteed kale with a piece of wild salmon and avocado and I finish it off with some fresh berries nobody ever says you know what is this food it's and they don't say oh it's palios this is just food all the colors of the rainbow all the flavors the sweet the savory it's balanced and you leave feeling satisfied not stuffed like you need to be rolled out to your car yeah you've just described actually a fairly typical dinner at my house yes exactly we don't really call ourselves paleo and my wife is too much of a carb Queen to ever really go too far away for that but but yeah that's a typical that's actually a very typical dinner that we have yeah and you brought up the card point earlier it is the Paleo diet is a lower carb diet than what the my plate recommendations are however it's actually very balanced forty percent of the diet is actually coming from carbohydrates mostly in the form of fresh vegetables along with some fruit and the other sixty percent is equally divided between wild proteins and fats so it's actually very balanced not high carb low carb high fat low fat it's just balanced I know there's a lot of confusion between those things now if people want to adopt more of a paleo lifestyle is it something you sort of need to go all in on or can you kind of move into it gradually you can do either and I find with clients it's more of a personality thing sometimes clients will say I am ready of a hundred percent immediately starting right now other people feel I'm kind of nervous about going making such a huge change all at once and I think either approaches fine as long as you get to the point where you're doing it for a month you might say okay I'm gonna do it slowly first I'm going to give up gluten and next week I'll do gluten and dairy and then you get to the point and the reason I say doing it one month is because if you don't really give it a full try at one hundred percent for at least a month you're really not going to be able to see all the potential that you can get for me I went paleo because I found out i had a latent allergy to gluten so and many people have a hidden allergy from mild to severe to gluten and if you're somebody who has this and you don't realize it even if you decrease your gluten and you're eating bread three times a week where you used to have it every day that's enough to keep your body and flamed enough to keep your gut upset so you're not really reaping all the benefits and then it's not only a disservice to yourself but also to everybody else because if you do that and then go around and say paleo didn't work somebody else who might really benefit from true paleo will never try it but you never really tried Paley on the first place so if you try it try it try it exactly yes well where if people are some new imperio besides your book in your website anything out where should they look go are there paleo groups in different communities yes I actually have a paleo in la meetup we meet about every other month usually just changing locations usually around the west side or Santa Monica but certainly visit my website email me I have a host of different download plans that I sell as well as custom counseling services well thanks so much for taking the dog thanks for having me I appreciate being guest thank you keep and that was Nell Stevenson she runs the Paleo East a blog and she's author of paleo esta and co-author of the Paleo diet cookbook find out more and try it yourself you might like it and thanks for trying us today we'll be back next week and in the meantime have thought of the internet thanks .
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The Paleoista Nell Stephenson sits with Glenn Reynolds to discuss the paleo diet. The paleo diet mimics the diet of cavemen. Did troglodytes eat and exercise better than modern man? Hear the answer as Stephenson gives you her secrets for a better, healthier lifestyle.
the main principles of the Paleo or caveman diet created by Loren Cordain focus on returning to the foods of our hunting-and-gathering ancestors meat seafood eggs veggies nuts seeds and fruits the supposed benefits of the Paleo diet come from the elimination of processed foods in favor of whole foods because whole foods are free of added sugars preservatives and other chemicals supporters also believe this diet will keep you full longer making it easier to resist snacking or overeating and many people believe because you're eliminating trans fats salt high glycemic index carbohydrates or find sugar and grains you'll not only lose weight you'll also be less likely to develop health problems like heart disease and diabetes so what are the downsides to the Paleo diet it relies heavily on meat boosting your saturated fat intake and while supporters say by eliminating processed foods you protect your heart we do know that a diet loaded with artery-clogging saturated fat from red meat can also lead to inflammation heart disease and an increased cancer risk the Paleo diet also eliminates all dairy legumes and whole grains which are loaded with important nutrients like vitamins minerals plant-based protein and fiber and these foods also help stabilize blood sugar if you're going to go paleo remember that the cavemen only live for about 35 years and sometimes have to resort to cannibalism to avoid malnutrition also keep in mind that with science we've learned a thing or two about healthy eating in the last 50,000 years so think carefully about the nutritional balance of your diet before totally eliminating whole categories of foods .
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The Paleo Diet requires you eat anything that a caveman would eat back when they were alive-- that means a lot of meat, fish, vegetables, fruit and nuts. Adv...
