Paleo diet for arborists

[doobin]

Indeed. American beef jerky is about 20% sugar, and disgusting. The South African stuff is simply beef and spices.

[Taupotreeman]

I get my jerky from the local butcher. It's just big hunks of thin, lean beef. Very chewy so keeps you going for ages. Not like that stuff from the supermarket; one chew and it's gone.

 

Almond flour should be available in the super market. It doesn't seem to be one of those odd ball ingredients that you have to go to a specialist shop for.

[felixthelogchopper]

The South african jerky is called Biltong - it's really good stuff, especially with a couple of pints of beer...oops.

 

I used to work with a Saffer who would smuggle me in a load every time he went home.

[Taupotreeman]

Funny thing. Got talking to a farmer at his holiday home today. Started off with him telling me how he had turned his farm into an organic crop. Got telling me how Omega 6, sunflower oils, canola oils etc were bad and that animal fats were good so we got talking. 12 years ago he was bed ridden as near as damn it with bad allergies, bleeding bowlers and all sorts of nasties. He went to the quack who told him to get all caveman on it. He ditched all the margarines, sugar, wheat and processed oils and foods and got back to basics. Never had a problem since he reckons. Grows all his own meat (in fact, I'm tapping him up for a pig), reckons sugar is the work of the devil and can't understand why people are hooked on all the low fat, high sugar rubbish. Ended up talking to him for about an hour. He is not on a diet, in fact, he'd hardly heard of Paleo. Just sticks to organic (but not the "shop" organic which he reckons is rubbish) stuff. He's done a heap of research, especially through Massey University, on various healthy farming methods, including a Totara teat spray which he reckons is a better antibiotic than current vet issued stuff. In testing so far it has an almost 100% kill rate on bugs. Also reckons that roundup is a major cause of issues in humans as it degrades the immune system. Needless to say I could repeat for a page or so all the stuff he was telling me but most interesting it was to say the least.

 

 

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[skyhuck]

Sugar is cheap, good fat is expensive, and we wonder why the food providers have pushed fat as the evil

 

You see all those "low fat" labeled foods that are full of sugar, they must think most people are stupid, oh wait a minuet……………………...

[Steve Bullman]

That's lunch sorted for the rest of the week

 

 

 

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[Reddog]

haha, theres really nothing at all healthy on that entire menu is there! Dreading my trip to the states in April

 

I end up ordering fish when dinning out here in the states at night.

Most of the time fish is served with a vegetable and salad.

 

Lunch is finding something other than Bar/Pub food that was all run through the deep-fryer.

 

Only really starting this Paleo thing solid this week. Got to change some heath numbers for the long haul.

[Steve Bullman]

I end up ordering fish when dinning out here in the states at night.

Most of the time fish is served with a vegetable and salad.

 

Lunch is finding something other than Bar/Pub food that was all run through the deep-fryer.

 

Only really starting this Paleo thing solid this week. Got to change some heath numbers for the long haul.

 

I'm supposed to be going to the states next month....foods going to be an issue. Shouldn't be too hard to find somewhere that just does steak or fish though....or I guess one of those all you can eat buffet places that you seem to have in abundance over there would be a safe bet...I can be picky as I like then!

 

Hows your first week on Paleo going? I felt like crap my first week

[Reddog]

Looking for a few quarts of ice cream!

 

 

Where you headed in the states? Or did I miss a thread some where?

[Steve Bullman]

Florida for a week to do the theme park thing, then driving to pittsburgh for a week to visit the wifes family