Thursday, April 19, 2012

Working out is only half the battle!

What even is this?


Kristan Clever
Thats right! It's time to talk about nutrition, or as some would call it dieting. There are many diets out there that all can hold true. The food pyramid, created in 1992 for example is an example of a diet. Even though we are all familiar with it, it won't make you look like Christian Bale or Kristan Clever (Crossfit Champion). It also won't be a necessarily healthy diet, as it can include things such as high fructose corn syrup! Now, as much as I'd love to take everyone through a bunch of random diets, that all can have you looking like Arnold; let's just go for a proven one.
The Paleo or Paleolithic diet, is modeled after what a caveman would eat. Although the concepts was from thousands of years, it was popularized in the 1970's. Walter Voegtlin is the man that came up with the idea that evolution takes millions of years, and our bodies have not evolved into what our food has. Depending on what you want out of the diet, it adapts to your needs. With that being said, it would take 100 pages to describe this diet in its fullest.
What a Paleo meal, could look like! 
A short version is lean meats, and lots of vegetables. Fruit in moderation, healthy fats in, and certain carbohydrates. The Foodee Project is a site made by a fellow Paleo-er here in Arizona, that is only paleo meals. That is the perfect website to see what you would be getting into. As you might have guessed I am on of the people you chooses to do the paleo diet, or as we refer to it a lifestyle.

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