Big fat report on fats
Here are my notes from reading up on fats and oils for cooking, following lots of discussion at our nutrition talk in the gym yesterday. Industrially produced polyunsaturated fats (“PUFAs”) have been all the rage for cooking in recent decades because they are “vegetable oils” that don’t contain cholesterol. Examples: corn oil, vegetable oil, canola oil, Crisco. Paleo-diet researchers point out that these are undesirable because they contain too much omega-6 fat...
Read MoreResource for the Upcoming Paleo Challenge: Primarily Paleo
Our next Paleo Challenge is around the corner and we want you to have all of the resources you need at your disposal. I mentioned in the nutrition discussion at the gym today, I highly encourage everyone to have a SMART goal for the 6 week challenge. SMART stands for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time Anchored. I am hoping that by having a specific goal in mind it will help guide your decision making, especially when being tempted or confronted with non Paleo foods. A few...
Read MorePotluck and Paleo Body Challenge kick-off Saturday
Our next Paleo Body Challenge starts January 29! Come to the potluck and nutrition talk on Saturday, January 21, and learn the details. We will explain a bit about why the Paleo diet is so good for you and give you lots of ideas and resources for what to eat (including meal planning). We’ll start setting up the potluck at 11:45 and give the talk around 12:15 or so. Bring your favorite Paleo-friendly dish or beverage. To participate in the Paleo Body Challenge, the rules in a nutshell...
Read MoreExcellent new links
A question for the last few days of the Whole30: Is there any food you eliminated that you expected to miss, but found that you actually don’t miss all that much? For me, it’s wine! I miss it on the weekend nights, but during the week, I’ve been just as happy drinking a big mug of tea while I read on the sofa after dinner. I want to highlight Stephanie’s new website (click here). Stephanie has developed a simple method, called Primarily Paleo, to help you bring the Paleo...
Read MorePaleo on Vacation
“I can’t do the paleo challenge or Whole30 because I’m going to Hawaii in the middle of it!” is something we’ve heard more than once. Sound familiar? Read about this vacation-packing and long plane travel day, Maui-bound with two children. It takes some planning, but so does every vacation. As Stephanie says, planning is more important than cooking. Maui Day #1
Read MoreMore recipe sites!
Paleo books seem to be proliferating–paleo recipe websites even more so. Here are three I hadn’t seen until I heard Chris Kresser mention them on his podcast (this week he answers listener questions about digestion). HealthBent is a recipe site with an index and an FAQ. I love the visual style of this site as well as the recipes. This pulled-pork recipe appeals to me! These writers seem to support the big Paleo picture and to be a bit lenient on some of the details, for example they...
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