The Paleo Diet. Learning from our evolution

[Bruunhilde]

The Paleo Diet. Learning from our evolution

Thanks Dete, I started heavy glutamine this AM, in fact, due to something Beatle wrote about it repairing the gut. Thanks for the quinoa advice, potatoes it is. I realize regular potatoes are full of starch, but they're one of the only things I can get down right now, and also, they're the only potato around here sold organically.

[Determinator]

The Paleo Diet. Learning from our evolution

wow, podcast episode #68 is amazing. finally the legendary Matt Lalonde has joined Rob and Andy for an interview. starts off fun and silly, then gets extremely technical. I just find this stuff fascinating.

Robb Wolf | The Paleo Solution book and podcast | Paleolithic nutrition, intermittent fasting, and fitness

[KundaliniGirl]

The Paleo Diet. Learning from our evolution

Humanely Raised Animals - Whole Foods

Just wanted to chime in here. I try to eat as much organic as I can find, grass fed meats, non GMO, etc., which are the ideas being discussed here. I also try to eat the most humanely raised meats I can find, which is usually from Whole Foods.

Just in case it hasn't been mentioned on this thread, Whole Foods now even labels their meats with a 1-5 system (5 being the most humanely raised in that the animal spent its entire life on the same farm). And, they label their fish with a sustainability factor.

Great thread. Thanks for starting it Det. The more people are willing to pay for these kinds of foods, the more mainstream they will become. Better for human animals and nonhuman animals!

KG

[Determinator]

The Paleo Diet. Learning from our evolution

KundaliniGirl, thanks for the tip on the WF numbering system, I was not aware of that. to your health!

[peacenik]

The Paleo Diet. Learning from our evolution

too bad they just sold out to monsanto...

[KundaliniGirl]

The Paleo Diet. Learning from our evolution

P - who sold out to Monsanto?

[Ringing Cedars]

The Paleo Diet. Learning from our evolution

Have been using coconut oil again daily in the last couple of weeks and I have lost about 5 pounds! Thanks for everyone's contribution!

[KundaliniGirl]

The Paleo Diet. Learning from our evolution

RC, I use coconut oil too - excellent stuff. I even bought a real coconut at Whole Foods yesterday. Now, I just have to look up how to crack it open. LOL

[Bruunhilde]

The Paleo Diet. Learning from our evolution

You might want to drill a couple of holes to get the milk out before you break it open. We used to throw them on the cement but we'd lose the milk.

[KundaliniGirl]

The Paleo Diet. Learning from our evolution

B - I found a video on how to open them. Definitely will take the milk out first - wouldn't want to lose that!!

Thanks,
KG

[Determinator]

The Paleo Diet. Learning from our evolution

on the most recent Robb Wolf Paleo podcast they had special guest Chris Kresser on for interview and I'm very impressed by this mans knowledge and quest for medical and dietary truth. Here's Chris's website and link to his own podcasts:

http://thehealthyskeptic.org

[techie]

The Paleo Diet. Learning from our evolution

For you folks on twitter @Paleo_Recipes, @ArtDeVany, & @Paleoapproved are excellent resources for the latest snipets of news and info re: Everything Paleo

[Bruunhilde]

The Paleo Diet. Learning from our evolution

MCT Oil vs CO

I'm betting Dete will have information on this, so thought I'd post my MCT confusion here. This is info from the internet collected as I try to adhere to the diet I'm on which requires MCT not coconut oil.
I like that MCT doesn't solidify. It stays in liquid form so it is good for dressings and smoothies. I do NOT like that I'm adding a refined oil to my diet.

MCT - Medium Chain Triglyceride is derived from coconut oil, but seems to be a product of further refining than coconut oil preferred by some vs coconut oil because it helps more with production of ketones, & to help with demensia. MCT oil has more of the medium chain triglycerides than straight coconut oil. Dr. Larry McCleary writes that MCT oil produces more ketones than coconut oil in the body.

However, because it's less refined, it feels instinctive to assume that coconut oil would have other intrinsic benefits that the pure MCT oil supposedly does not have including immune system benefits.

-MCT products contain the 8 & 10 C chain capric and caprylic acids. Coconut oil is about 65% MCT's, but only 15% is the MCT's found in products marketed as "MCT Oil".
-Averaging statistics found in various places, CO is made up of just under 50% lauric acid (12 carbon) and another 15% capric and caprylic acids (10 & 8 C's) for approximately 65% MCT content. The rest of the saturated fat content is about 20% mystiric, 8% palmitic and 3% stearic acids (12, 14 & 16C's respectively) for a total of about 94-95%. The remaining 5-6% is mostly two P/MUFA's -- oleic and linoleic acids in about a 4-5:1 ratio oleic/linoleic.
Oleic is the Omega-9 MUFA predominant in olive oil, linoleic is the Omega-6 PUFA.

[Determinator]

The Paleo Diet. Learning from our evolution

Bruunhilde, great question. must say I'm not familiar with this derivation of coconut oil. how does it taste? I'm a very taste oriented person so I'm curious.
incidentally I don't aim for a constant state of ketosis. I'm happy to be semi ketogenic (in and out of ketosis) and it's been working very well for both my wife and I. (both still losing body fat and staying lean even with minimal exercise). woo hooo!
I'd bet if you asked Robb this question he'd answer it on his podcast.
Category: Podcasts

the concept of delineating some nutrients from a food (and discarding the rest by default) is very interesting and I was just listening to a Chris Kresser podcast today about various isolates of proteins you commonly find in protein powders. there are some very serious health drawbacks to do this and science is only just now taking this seriously for some reason. for example studies have shown that casein protein is potentially carcinogenic if takes as an isolate. however when taken with the rest of the enzymes and other proteins in the complete whey (as a whole food) then it's perfectly healthy.
seems when we screw with foods trying to improve them through molecular means we end up paying the price.

another interesting discovery is the low-fat and non-fat milk scam. these products are junk food and unhealthy, even contributing to disease and poor health. The human digestive system lacks the enzyme for lactose but nature conveniently provides lactase in whole milk which makes it perfectly digestible. the lactase is destroyed in pasteurizing and processing of the product. full-fat unpasteurized milk, cream and butter conversely is nutrient-dense and a fantastic food source containing the important lactase and many other human-friendly cultures. it blows my mind but people still think that eating fat makes them fat, or that cholesterol causes heart disease. oh well. fighting one myth at a time!

[Bluejay]

The Paleo Diet. Learning from our evolution

What an excellent thread, Det.

I've been paleo for a while now. I'm not entirely strict. I still eat dairy and I'm working on the AL thing. I'm a fan of Mark's Daily, Cordain, the Neanderthin guy, Weston Price, etc.

It suits me. I'm allergic to soy/legumes and the only flour product is coconut.

I look forward to hanging out here with you guys.

Thanks,
Blue