The Paleo Solution
 

Has anyone read this book? It was written by Robb Wolf, and I know several guys in 3/20th that were doing the diet (Paleo) in Afghanistan while I was there and they had nothing but good things to say about it.


Thanks in advance

Yes and I also agree it is great. I gave the book to my dad for Christmas. He is 67 and has been battling diabetes for years. Since Christmas he has dropped from 245 to 222 and his blood sugar has stabilized and he is off all of his medication.

Check out the website here: http://robbwolf.com/

I recommend reading the quick start guides. If you want to get the book go for it for the in-depth science behind it all. Pretty interesting.

Caveman Diet?
 

Is this related to the Caveman Diet?

Yes. Caveman/Paleo/Primal. Sometimes used interchangeably (though I think 'caveman' may not be the preferred nomenclature among it's proponents.)

I've followed Mark Sisson's Primal Blueprint and like it. I sometimes stray, as I find it hard not to eat bread or tortillas occasionally, but I always come back to it.

I haven't read Robb Wolf's book, but I understand Primal Blueprint is more accessible. Primal Blueprint is also more than just nutrition.

I listen to the podcasts from Robb Wolf.

Much of the paleo diet is avoiding dairy, legumes and grains. I tend to follow the Weston A. Price diet which is similar except major differences are:

• Raw unpasturized dairy is ok
• grains and legumes that have been soaked/sprouted are ok.

Aside from that, it is very similar. Both are not afraid of saturated fats and though paleo/weston a price differ, compared to everything else, they are 95% in alignment.

After listening the podcasts from Robb, I found he is not the zealot that I thought he was. In episode #69, he did not disagree with the doctor promoting raw mik and he himself eats out a few times a week and may have beans with Mexican.

Loren Cordain was whom Robb studied under at CSU. Loren was on another podcast and recomended striving for 18 out of 21 meals/week paleo. I guess my point is two of the best known voices in the paleo movement are not unreasonable.

I have been doing the Weston A Price/Paleo now for 1.5 months and love it.

Also check out westonaprice.org.

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My wife talked me into trying the "Gorilla Diet" for about 6 weeks.

I did lose weight, but I attribute that to the fact that it's such a hassle to snatch an ape from our zoo, they take a long time to dress out, and the meat tastes like bananas.

Robb has strayed away from Loren Cordain's overly strict Paleo principles (which I think is a good thing) mostly because of Cordain's refusal to look at the saturated fat issue. One thing to keep in mind is that 99% of the things that Mark Sisson/Robb Wolf/Cordain base their diets on is derived from observational studies, which look at correlations of diet and lack of disease based on observation or historical accounts of hunter gatherers. Correlation shouldn't be misconstrued with causation, so some may view these studies with a fair amount of skepticism. Weston A. Price (WAP) did similar investigations (he was a dentist, originally looking at why hunter gatherers didn't have the same dental issues as "civilized" westerners), only he expanded and looked at groups like the Maasai (who consume large quantities of raw dairy) and some other groups that consumed sprouted grains. Personally, I like the WAP approach, mostly because cheese and milk are damn good.

If you really want to get into the scientific parts of the diet, check out Mat Lalonde, he is an organic chemist who has been looking at why the "paleo" diet actually works using more rigorous analytical methods. Robb Wolf has him on one of his podcasts, or you can get an 8 hour lecture that Mat did @ Crossfit Academy of Lions (http://academyoflions.com/events/mat-lalonde-ph-d/)

Unfortunately, I see Paleo going the route of many Crossfitters- just another "thing" that makes them better than everyone else. That's my $0.02, YMMV.

99% of people that I know who do crossfit training follow this diet. I've heard much about the benefits of both. Maybe I'll give them a try simultaneously.

I lost 80 pounds a couple of years ago. It's all about calories in. You can eat anything you want just don't eat a lot of it. Now I just make sure I get enough vitamins and minerals.

As my doctor said," You would be surprised at how little a human body can get by on."

Dozer told me it tastes like chicken...........:rolleyes:;):eek:

Big Teddy :munchin

Primal Blueprint
 

This is very similar to Mark Sisson's "Primal Blueprint". I've been doing it for several months now and feel better than I have in a long time. Mark's website is www.marksdailyapple.com.

Very interesting stuff.

Thank you all for the replys and info on this subject, I'm really looking into this way of life.

De Vany
 

If interested in the physiological mechanisms involved and the evolutionary rationale behind the diet, please see the essay attached to this post.

Hammock