Paleo diet for arborists

[mistahbenn]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PdJFbjWHEU]Paleo Diet & Strength Training Biochemistry | Doug McGuff M.D. | Full Length HD - YouTube[/ame]

 

Well worth listening to Doug McGuff....

[Steve Bullman]

Any updates on the diets guys? Anything you have noticed in general health improvements?

 

One thing I have noticed which I didn't forsee, although its pretty obvious now I think about it, is my improved dental health. I've got pretty bad teeth and have had quite a lot of work done on them...alls good at the moment, but they were quite sensitive, but of gum pain here and there...in fact I did wonder when I started the diet how I was going to get on with certain foods, particularly nuts and seeds. I've actually had no problems at all and everything feels pretty good in that area for the first time in a while. Anyone noticed similar?

[Ross Smith]

Now you have mentioned it Steve

I used to have fairly sensitive teeth but haven't felt any pain since I started paleo

Went for a pub Sunday riast today and really struggled with the spuds

1st potato in a month

Acid reflux has almost disappeared and been off the pills for over a week which is a bloody miracle in my eyes as I've been taking them daily for the last 5/6 years

 

 

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[Steve Bullman]

i caved and had a few biscuits a couple weeks ago that the customer brought out...actually i had 6. within 10 minutes i had indigestion...the first and only time i've had it since starting this diet too. Haven't strayed since

[Ross Smith]

70% cocoa dark chocolate

That's my new chocolate high

Tastes amazing too

Haven't touched nothing else and I love milk chocolate

 

 

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[Steve Bullman]

70% cocoa dark chocolate

That's my new chocolate high

Tastes amazing too

Haven't touched nothing else and I love milk chocolate

 

 

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same here. green and blacks? I used to be able to devour a whole bar of chocolate, with this stuff i just have a couple of rows and im satisfied.....something i thought i was going to struggle with much more was chocolate

[Taupotreeman]

Well, I've been on it for about a week but at about 80/20 (can't give up the milk). I also checked out the 5:2 fast diet and it has many of the same principles if you read deep enough. Anyway, giving up the sugar surprisingly, at least so far, hasn't been a problem. I was amazed how sweet bananas and other fruit tastes when I'm not shovelling my face full of sugar. Wheat, however, has been much more difficult. I'm so used to bread it's been hard but I hadn't had any until Sunday when I caved and had two pieces of vogels bread. Haven't had an alcoholic drink all week and I also managed to find orange juice with no sugar, apart from fruit sugars obviously. I'm not a great fan of Vegas and salads so that's been the hardest part but again, no spuds, only sweet potato or Kumara, which is actually a pretty good substitute and I don't eat half as much of it. I think my biggest gripes will be with rice and pasta as I love both. Any suggestions for replacements?

 

 

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[doobin]

Well, I've been on it for about a week but at about 80/20 (can't give up the milk). I also checked out the 5:2 fast diet and it has many of the same principles if you read deep enough. Anyway, giving up the sugar surprisingly, at least so far, hasn't been a problem. I was amazed how sweet bananas and other fruit tastes when I'm not shovelling my face full of sugar. Wheat, however, has been much more difficult. I'm so used to bread it's been hard but I hadn't had any until Sunday when I caved and had two pieces of vogels bread. Haven't had an alcoholic drink all week and I also managed to find orange juice with no sugar, apart from fruit sugars obviously. I'm not a great fan of Vegas and salads so that's been the hardest part but again, no spuds, only sweet potato or Kumara, which is actually a pretty good substitute and I don't eat half as much of it. I think my biggest gripes will be with rice and pasta as I love both. Any suggestions for replacements?

 

 

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I hate to be a killjoy, but fruit sugar is still sugar. There is an awful lot of it in orange juice, and if you are drinking any normal amount of it (glass or two and a banana on the side) then that is way too much sugar/carbs to allow you to feel the benefits of a low carbohydrate diet (which is in essence what Paleo is). I'd say you're not 80/20 on the diet, more like 50/50. But if you feel better, that's still an improvement over the donuts!

 

This may also be why you are struggling to give up the rice and pasta. Same with the sweet potato- sugar. Carbs are sugar to your body. Your body is craving it and you are relenting, convincing yourself it is healthy because 'it's natural sugar'.

 

You will know you are sugar adjusted when broccolli (which is 1.7% sugar) tastes sweet. Orange juice is the same to your body as CocaCola, it's readily available sugar- Wean yourself off orange juice, says government health tsar - Telegraph

 

My advice if you really want to ditch the wheat, rice and sugar would be to stuff your face with steak, scrambled eggs, mature cheese. Eat as much as you like, don't go hungry. Once your body adjusts to lower carbohydrate intake you will find yourself eating less and less and still being full.

 

Well done on the no alcohol- this alone is half the battle with loosing weight.

[Taupotreeman]

I hate to be a killjoy, but fruit sugar is still sugar. There is an awful lot of it in orange juice, and if you are drinking any normal amount of it (glass or two and a banana on the side) then that is way too much sugar/carbs to allow you to feel the benefits of a low carbohydrate diet (which is in essence what Paleo is). I'd say you're not 80/20 on the diet, more like 50/50. But if you feel better, that's still an improvement over the donuts!

 

This may also be why you are struggling to give up the rice and pasta. Same with the sweet potato- sugar. Carbs are sugar to your body. Your body is craving it and you are relenting, convincing yourself it is healthy because 'it's natural sugar'.

 

You will know you are sugar adjusted when broccolli (which is 1.7% sugar) tastes sweet. Orange juice is the same to your body as CocaCola, it's readily available sugar- Wean yourself off orange juice, says government health tsar - Telegraph

 

My advice if you really want to ditch the wheat, rice and sugar would be to stuff your face with steak, scrambled eggs, mature cheese. Eat as much as you like, don't go hungry. Once your body adjusts to lower carbohydrate intake you will find yourself eating less and less and still being full.

 

Well done on the no alcohol- this alone is half the battle with loosing weight.

 

So far Doobin, I've had one glass of orange on Sunday, no pasta, no rice, no other wheat apart from the two bits of vogels on Sunday. My vege intake has gone through the roof. Tomorrow's lunch is beef jerky with egg and beetroot salad so maybe I gave you the wrong impression in my post. I just said i found it hard to give up the rice and pasta, not that I hadn't. I do limit my fruit. One banana a day max along with a few grapes and cranberries in my morning muesli (coconut, raisins,cranberries,seeds,almonds and hazelnuts). I'm starting to eat eggs like they're going out of fashion and just topped up on grass fed beef with home kill lamb on the way 😀

 

 

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[doobin]

So far Doobin, I've had one glass of orange on Sunday, no pasta, no rice, no other wheat apart from the two bits of vogels on Sunday. My vege intake has gone through the roof. Tomorrow's lunch is beef jerky with egg and beetroot salad so maybe I gave you the wrong impression in my post. I just said i found it hard to give up the rice and pasta, not that I hadn't. I do limit my fruit. One banana a day max along with a few grapes and cranberries in my morning muesli (coconut, raisins,cranberries,seeds,almonds and hazelnuts). I'm starting to eat eggs like they're going out of fashion and just topped up on grass fed beef with home kill lamb on the way 😀

 

 

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That sounds pretty good to me!

 

You could always have yourself a cheat day on Sunday, for your orange juice and bagels. You're still streets ahead of most people stuffing themselves with bread and sugar daily (that used to be me!)