Do you want to lose weight, eliminate food allergens, stabilize your blood sugar and diminish cravings? Then a Primal Diet might be just what the doctor ordered.
Because our genes have changed little since the days of our Paleolithic ancestors, proponents of the Primal/Paleo diet believe this to be the diet that is most suitable to our genetics.
Popularized in recent years by Loren Cordain, PhD (The Paleo Diet), Al Sears, MD, Mark Sisson (Primal Blueprint) and others, eating primal means getting back to a hunter-gatherer diet and avoiding “Neolithic foods” like grains, legumes and dairy, high tech oils (including corn, soybean, canola, vegetable, safflower and sunflower) as well as processed foods, additives, preservatives, antibiotics, yeast, caffeine, alcohol, growth hormones, artificial sweeteners and other adulterants.
With such a long list of “no-no’s”, you might be wondering: What CAN I eat on a primal diet?
A primal diet is based around grass-fed meats, wild fish, pastured poultry, and wild game. Healthy fats are used liberally, including those from coconut oil, olive oil, butter, avocados, nuts and seeds. Above-ground veggies and leafy greens are also enjoyed in abundance, while fruit is eaten in moderation.
As you browse through our Paleo Recipe collection, you might be pleasantly surprised to find that comfort foods like pancakes, crispy chicken, fresh-baked bread, biscuits, waffles, cookies and desserts can also be enjoyed on a primal diet. All it takes is a few simple ingredient substitutions and a little recipe know-how. So dig in!
Here are the specific criteria that make a recipe a Paleo Recipe at Healing Gourmet:
- NO GRAINS
- NO CORN
- NO GLUTEN
- NO DAIRY
- NO LEGUMES
- NO SOY
- NO YEAST
When you submit a recipe that meets these criteria, your healthy creation will appear in Paleo Recipes, helping others enjoy a primal diet.
Along with eating an ancestral diet, to truly live the primal lifestyle it is vital that you engage in native-type exercise (such as high intensity interval training), optimize your vitamin D levels (ideally obtained from sun exposure) and don’t smoke.
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