dimanche 12 mai 2013

Eliminate False Foods On The Paleo Diet

By Andrew Simpson


In the time when our ancestors had to hunt down a wooly mammoth to get our food, there were no homo sapiens who had double chins or a spare tire about their gut. Living in a time when you had to find your own food in the wild meant a healthier diet for all. You can take advantage of the practices of the past with the Paleo Diet.

The majority of calories that the average American takes in come from corn in one fashion or another. A hamburger from a fast food restaurant is about eighty percent corn based. Since corn is a grain and not a vegetable, anything from corn syrup in a soft drink to corn-fed beef is simply perpetuating the unhealthy effects of the sugar within the grain.

So many of the meal choices you see at a supermarket or a restaurant are packed with these processed foods that make your tummy swell and your waistline expand. Processed foods like cheese, for instance, are nearly pure fat to begin with, but with the preservatives they are jammed full of more artificial sugars.

What's in a name? The Paleo Diet is based on the food available in the Paleolithic era, a time when humans ranged far and wide in order to gather edible plants and hunt animals in order to get their next meal. These food options work to eliminate fat stored up in the body by creating better metabolic efficiency.

Many of the foods we eat today may as well have been specifically designed to make us fat. Hydrogenated oils are almost impossible to digest in the human metabolism and turn instantly to fat once they are eaten. High fructose corn syrup, likewise, is effectively pure sugar and will be stored as body fat unless immediately burned off.

Nearly every food option you look at has one of these processed nightmares. Soda, for instance, is effectively a can or bottle full of pure sugar. Artificial foods like peanut butter have so much oil that they can disrupt the entire process of metabolizing a meal. Preservatives used in foods tend to be more sugar or salt on top of the food itself.

The major limitations on the Paleo Diet are the foods that are manufactured in laboratories rather than on farms. Since mankind did not domesticate any animals in the Stone Age, dairy products are off the menu, though you can use substitutions like coconut milk for many of your favorite treats. The oils and syrups that plague modern meals are eliminated.

What is in the paleo diet? Simply put, everything: everything that you could have eaten if you lived in the time of the Ice age. If you enjoy eating ham with pineapple, worry not, for your ancestors could have caught themselves a wild boar and then used a pineapple to garnish the feast. If you love seafood soups with cilantro and mushrooms, knock yourself out with the shrimps and mussels of our choosing.

How can you lose weight on the Paleo Diet? Simply put, all you need to do is follow it. Most of the fat on a person's body comes from the hydrogenated oils and syrups of everyday meals. Cut those out, and watch your waistline fade away.

Eliminating the oils and sugars of modern diets goes a long way towards burning off fat. Once your body is no longer taking in these artificial ingredients, your metabolism no longer stores nutrition in fat cells but will burn it up as it goes. The increased rate of metabolism, in turn, requires your existing body fat to power homeostasis.

The end result is more fat burned away from your stomach, thighs, arms, and waist. It is not a matter of counting calories, simply a matter of letting your body process the nutrition it needs on a daily basis.

If you have struggled with losing weight, do not think about cutting calories. Instead, think about cutting artificial food choices so that you are left with the meals our forefathers ate and enjoyed. Only good ingredients going in means that your body will burn up the fat stored from a lifetime of sodas and pizzas, leaving you trim and in good shape.




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