My gym is having a 'paleo challenge' where we all eat according to the paleo diet for 8 weeks. In a nutshell, you eat meat, veggies, fruit, nuts, and seeds (also known as 'whole foods'). You do not eat sugar/sweeteners, legumes/beans, dairy, or grains/rice (and we are also cutting out alcohol for this 8 weeks).
The main points of paleo:
Humans before agriculture, when we were hunter/gatherers, show little or no signs of disease, cavities, bone weakness, and had low rates of infant death, amongst other signs of healthy living. So many people have tried eating as they used to back in those days, and have found significant changes in their health and performance.
But many people who want to do this for just a short time period are looking just to reset their bodies, to cleanse their systems of foods that spike their insulin, give them unnecessary cravings, cause fatigue, or other problems. Then, after this cleanse, they can introduce different foods back into their diet to see how it affects them. My goal is to follow this strictly for 8 weeks, then at the end of it, slowly introduce back in some forms of dairy and a little alcohol again, start using sweeteners sometimes, but to stay off of grains as much as possible.
But look for yourself if you are interested:
Basic info. on Paleo Diet
whole 30 guidelines and reasons for trying this out for 30 days (or more)
Before/After pics of people who have completed an 8 week challenge at their gym.
Gosh, I wish I could go on, and on about all the info. I have gained about this over the last few weeks, but I cannot at this moment. So check it out, let me know if you have any questions, and I will try to continue to post things often throughout this challenge. Peace.
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