Paleo Nutrition part 2

"We are cavemen with a cell phone" - In his fantastic book "THE PALEO SOLUTION" Robb Wolf www.robbwolf.com discusses the concept that if the 10000 year human evolution time-scale was laid out on a 100metre football field the metres from 99-100 would represent the last century of our exisence. If we further reduce this distance to the last 20cm we would be looking at the last two decades. During this 20cm our diets have changed dramatically and our rates of metabolic disease (Heart-Diabetes-Many Cancers) have increased greatly. GET BACK TO BASICS...... The human body is not designed to run on dried out, processed, smothered, altered foods. Fresh Fruit and Veg should make up 55-60% of every meal, Lean fish, meat, eggs and protein sources should account for 30-40% of our plate and good fats - avocados, nuts, olive oils etc should make up the remaining 10-15%. YOUR HEALTH EXPERIEMENT: DO YOURSELF A FAVOUR AND TRY THE PALEO DIET - drop the wheat and grains for a month, Eat only fresh fruit and vegetables, lean meat, fish and eggs + healthy fats 3-5 times a day for 30 days. Lay off the dairy products (get your calcium from lots of green vegetables and some nuts) and for the hell of it why not cut out the caffiene and all liquids other than water for a month also. Also think about supplementing with a high quality multivitamin and fish oil. You will be excited and surprised at just how good you will look and feel...... A month is a very short time in your long life - If you know you could be eating better.......youve got nothing to lose but MUCH to gain. The Paleo Diet by Dr Loren Cordain www.thepaleodiet.com and The Paleo Solution by Robb Wolf www.robbwolf.com are two excellent books that are a must read for your health and that of your freinds and family.