Paleo Pitfalls

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http://drhoffman.com/article/paleo-pitfalls/

"use meat liberally in your Paleo Diet, but make sure it’s natural, and balance it with other Paleo fare."

" A corollary to the above, don’t forget to include plenty of vegetables and some fruit in your Paleo menu-planning. The fiber will help fill you up, will nourish your microbiome, and the natural alkalinizing effects of vegetarian foods will offset the acidity caused by excess animal protein. A good idea is to consume your meat, fish, poultry or eggs in big salads; alternatively, you can garnish vegetables like Brussels sprouts or collards with chunks of bacon or ham; try adding leftover chicken to soups; make vegetable stews with ground beef or lamb; create sumptuous veggie omelets or frittata. "

"The big reveal is that if your Paleo animal protein consists of just boneless/skinless chicken breasts, filet mignon, pork chops, and canned tuna fish, well, it’s not really Paleo. Primitive hunter-gathers like Native Americans consumed the WHOLE animal, innards, bones, skin, fat and all."

"A common sticking point with Paleo. We’ve been so successfully propagandized with the low-fat diet party line that it’s hard for some of us to shake our fat phobia. Generous portions of healthy fats are key to compliance with the restricted Paleo regimen. And by healthy fats, I mean not just monounsaturated fats from olive oil and avocados, and Omega 3s from fatty fish, but also plentiful saturated fats from (untrimmed) meats and poultry, coconut oil, macadamia nuts, ghee, chicken and duck fat, and even lard. Yes, it sounds heretical, but new scientific evidence exonerates these once-stigmatized fats. Inclusion of generous amounts of fat in the Paleo diet will firewall you from carb cravings; without them, just protein alone won’t extinguish your sugar and starch dependencies. "

"What’s more, if you add refined carbohydrates to all that rich, fatty food that’s encouraged on Paleo, your weight could balloon! You can’t have it both ways."

"While technically “legal” on most Paleo diet plans, nuts are savory, addictive, convenient, and caloric. Some of my patients who can’t lose weight on Paleo are enticed to over-indulge with nuts and nut butters."

"weight-bearing and endurance exercise, and lots of walking are necessary accouterments to any Paleo Diet plan."