Paleo diet for arborists

[Taupotreeman]

Steve, we were over in the US last year and I was surprised by how much fresh food there was available. Heaps of fast food salads and grilled chicken breast, turkey to feed an army and there's also a lot of food trucks about doign healthy alternatives. I don't think you'll be too bad over there to be honest. Theres a few shops popping up now that are health food super markets. We seemed to come across them where ever we went. The bonus of them is that they do food to go such as casseroles, salads, fish pie, curry, stir fry, hot veges and all sorts of wonderful concoctions but most of it is healthy and organic. You can fill a takeaway box and eat it at the in store cafe if you wish with the added bonus that they sell a lot of really off beat beers and ales. Keep your eye out for them as there seems to be quite a few about. I'll get the wife to tell me the name of them (better memory than me) and you can just google their locations. Failing that; you could just indulge for a few days here and there.

[Steve Bullman]

Its more dining at wifes relatives im concerned about to be honest. I just can't stomach crap food anymore. I caved last week when I was up the town and bought a pasty, chocolate bar and a can of cook. Felt sick for about 2 hours after!

[mistahbenn]

Still comin to ny for some "lads activities?"

[Ross Smith]

" lads activities "

Now that I like

 

 

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[Steve Bullman]

Still comin to ny for some "lads activities?"

 

i'm hoping so!

[Swtoby]

Has anyone watched the bbc horizons fat vs sugar programme? It's seriously changed my views on this diet!

 

Anyone have the same reaction, I was quite shocked by the results!

[mistahbenn]

Yes I watched it. You are welcome to diabetes mate.

[10 Bears]

Unfortunately it was another media stunt (despite the participants being Doctors - one of tropical medicine as I recall, cant remember the other but I did think it wasn't specifically related to the study of human physiology). Their diet strategy wasn't a like for like comparison with Paleo and their experimental approach was seriously flawed from a scientific method perspective.

 

The main concept of eating Paleo is to remove refined sugars and processed food from your diet. Something that in evolutionary terms, humans are simply not adapted to otherwise we would not have the physiological response that we do when we consume carbohydrates.

 

In the summing up, one of the Dr.'s said something akin to - well extreme diets are not the answer. In fact, it was the chap that had consumed the high fat diet who was on the edge of diabetes. The diet plan he had followed ie gorge on fats and consume zero carbs is not Paleo. It is in fact the Atkins Diet, which has been studied several times and has been shown to repeatedly cause a catabolic state in its participants - which is essentially when the body breaks down at a cellular level to feed itself and cause the release of energy - commonly from muscle tissue.

 

Approximately speaking, Paleo folk still eat roughly 100g of unrefined carbs a day, and avoid the worst negative health affecting foods such as Hydrogenated Trans Fats or High Fructose Corn Syrup. These actions alone will give the Paleo eater significant health benefits over their non-paleo/Atkins counterparts. I have been on Paleo for about 5 years now, and received bi-annual blood tests, including glucose and liver function (a 2 year MOT!) as I was keen for my doctor to document what is actually happening in my body as a result of this lifestyle choice. He stated that he has never seen as good results as mine in men of a similar age - so it seems something is going right.

 

Trying to suggest that Paleo and Atkins are somehow similar is like comparing chalk and cheese -they are just not the same. Your thoughts that Paleo will lead to diabetes based on watching that programme, are somewhat misplaced as Paleo was not the subject of the study.

[Taupotreeman]

Can someone briefly explain what the program was about and the outcome please? Not that it's going to entice me back in to eating sugar.

 

Just for the record; NZ Doctors are now describing sugar as the new tobacco and want all sugary foods and drinks banned by 2030.

[mistahbenn]

Unfortunately it was another media stunt (despite the participants being Doctors - one of tropical medicine as I recall, cant remember the other but I did think it wasn't specifically related to the study of human physiology). Their diet strategy wasn't a like for like comparison with Paleo and their experimental approach was seriously flawed from a scientific method perspective.

 

The main concept of eating Paleo is to remove refined sugars and processed food from your diet. Something that in evolutionary terms, humans are simply not adapted to otherwise we would not have the physiological response that we do when we consume carbohydrates.

 

In the summing up, one of the Dr.'s said something akin to - well extreme diets are not the answer. In fact, it was the chap that had consumed the high fat diet who was on the edge of diabetes. The diet plan he had followed ie gorge on fats and consume zero carbs is not Paleo. It is in fact the Atkins Diet, which has been studied several times and has been shown to repeatedly cause a catabolic state in its participants - which is essentially when the body breaks down at a cellular level to feed itself and cause the release of energy - commonly from muscle tissue.

 

Approximately speaking, Paleo folk still eat roughly 100g of unrefined carbs a day, and avoid the worst negative health affecting foods such as Hydrogenated Trans Fats or High Fructose Corn Syrup. These actions alone will give the Paleo eater significant health benefits over their non-paleo/Atkins counterparts. I have been on Paleo for about 5 years now, and received bi-annual blood tests, including glucose and liver function (a 2 year MOT!) as I was keen for my doctor to document what is actually happening in my body as a result of this lifestyle choice. He stated that he has never seen as good results as mine in men of a similar age - so it seems something is going right.

 

Trying to suggest that Paleo and Atkins are somehow similar is like comparing chalk and cheese -they are just not the same. Your thoughts that Paleo will lead to diabetes based on watching that programme, are somewhat misplaced as Paleo was not the subject of the study.

 

Wrong! Ketogenic method - eating high fat medium protein low carb causes ketosis meaning the body breaks down body fat to use as fuel instead on glucose from sugar. Plenty of new stuff on the net proving the theories....

 

This bird is pretty crazy, but she aint burning muscle for fuel. Shes 46!

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmEoSAUvpX0]THE KETOGENIC DIET: how to become a fat burning machine at any age!!!!!!! - YouTube[/ame]