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Tuesday 18 September 2012

Which Food Is Allowed On Your Paleo Diet Shopping List?

By Mel Bussing


Do you know the kinds of food you need to place on your caveman diet shopping list? The great thing about eating a Paleo diet is that you will have much more freedom than you do with some other diets. Luckily, there's a simple question that you can ask to help work out what you can or can not consume. Would a caveman eat this? Simply keep saying that in your mind and you will be on the right track

Our digestive system was built to flourish on specific types of meals. Our forefathers did not have sugar, processed foods, and sodas. Rather, they ate what they were supposed to, they ate from their environment. Cavemen would hunt for their own meat, collect their own seeds, and pick their own vegetables. They didn't need ranch sauce on their greens and they didn't have parmesan cheese on their burgers. And yet, they were exceptionally wholesome and very strong. It was a very primitive way of life with their day revolving around survival and caring for their kin. All of these matters take a large amount of strength and energy.

When you are creating your Paleo diet grocery list, you need to be sure that you feature the foods that are likely to help you to have a similarly considerable level of energy that the cavemen had. And one of the best ways to do that is to add a lot of lean meats to your list. Lean meats possess lots of protein and protein is responsible for fast weight loss and making you feel full for a greater time period. So you have to add beef, poultry, turkey, and extra lean burgers to your grocery list. If your meat contains visible fat, get rid of it. Yet another good tip when it comes to meat is to seek organically grown or grass fed meat. After all, if the animals have been eating processed foods, then that meat may not be able to give you the protein that you are looking for.

Nuts and seeds are also a very important part of your Paleo diet plan. They are quick to prep and have the characteristics that help you to feel full. Many times we find ourselves on empty stomach and stuck in gridlock or at the office without our healthy food. But if you keep a pack of mixed nuts and seeds with you, you will be able to conveniently adhere to your healthy and balanced paleo meal plan all day long.

Lastly, you would like to add fresh fruits and vegetables to your Paleo diet grocery list. When considering fruits and vegetables, it is often a good idea to try to buy organic, that way you know that you will be taking in food free of chemicals.

Last but not least, you want to include some drinks to your grocery list. You need to most definitely eliminate sticky soft drinks. Health-wise, you might want to continue having the odd sugar-free soft drink now and then and tea and coffee drinks may be had black and in the absence of sugars or sweetener. This aspect of the diet plan is one which you may find many differing opinions on, so do what is right for you.

Creating a Paleo diet grocery list may well seem intimidating at first, but it doesn't have to be. Just try to remember to examine your meal choices and ask yourself if a caveman would have eaten that food. Also, always remember to place several drinks on your shopping list, just make sure to look at what those drinks contain before you purchase them.




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