Saturday, June 30, 2012

Seven Day Scarsdale Diet Meal Plan

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The Scarsdale diet meal plan was developed by a medical doctor and based on the premise that low carbohydrates, low fat diet paired with certain food combinations can result in optimal weight loss. The Scarsdale Diet Meal Plan yields results that other diets without the food combinations cannot.

Seven Day Scarsdale Diet Meal Plan

The following is a basic outline of the Scarsdale meal plan. The Scarsdale meal plan can be used in conjunction with recipes (that utilize the given foods) to crate a healthy weight loss plan for you to follow.

The Scarsdale diet meal plan is based on a seven day schedule. Once you complete the seven days, you simply start over from the beginning.

When "Beverage of Choice" is listed you may choose from coffee, tea, water, seltzer water (flavored is okay), club soda, diet soda, or a non calorie drink. Do not add any sugar, milk, cream or honey to the beverages. You should only add non calorie sweeteners such as aspartame, saccharin, splenda, or truvia.

Day One:

Breakfast:

½ grapefruit

One slice protein toast

Beverage of choice

Lunch:

Cold cuts (these should be made with meat and no fillers) with tomatoes

Beverage of choice

Dinner:

Broiled fish or shellfish

One slice protein toast

Green salad

½ grapefruit

Day Two:

Breakfast:

½ grapefruit

One slice protein toast

Beverage of choice

Lunch:

Fruit salad

Beverage of choice

Dinner:

Lean broiled hamburger

Tomatoes, celery, cucumbers

Brussel Sprouts

Beverage of Choice

Day Three:

Breakfast:

½ grapefruit

One slice protein toast

Beverage of choice

Lunch:

Tuna Salad made with lemon and vinegar, drain any oil form tuna if canned.

½ grapefruit

One slice protein toast

Beverage of Choice

Dinner:

Broiled pork

Green salad

Beverage of choice

Day Four:

Breakfast:

½ grapefruit

One slice protein toast

Beverage of choice

Lunch:

Two eggs, cooked any way you like without oil

Cottage cheese

String beans or tomatoes

One slice of protein bread

Beverage of choice

Dinner

Broiled, roasted or barbecued chicken with skin removed

Green Beans, spinach or green peppers

Beverage of choice

Day Five:

Breakfast:

½ grapefruit

One slice protein toast

Beverage of choice

Lunch:

Low fat cheese

Spinach

One slice protein toast

Beverage of choice

Dinner:

Broiled fish or shellfish

One slice protein toast

Green salad

Day Six:

Breakfast:

½ grapefruit

One slice protein toast

Beverage of choice

Lunch:

Fruit salad

Beverage of choice

Dinner:

Broiled or roast Turkey or chicken, with skin removed

Tomato and lettuce salad

½ grapefruit

Beverage of choice

Day Seven:

Breakfast:

½ grapefruit

One slice protein toast

Beverage of choice

Lunch:

Chicken or turkey, served hot or cold with the skin removed

Tomatoes

Carrots

Cooked cabbage

Broccoli or cauliflower

Beverage of choice

You may add any herbs and seasonings (such as salt and pepper or oregano and basil) to any of the items on the Scarsdale diet meal plan. On the Scarsdale diet meal plan you can have moderate quantities of mustard, sugar free ketchup, vinegar and lemon dressing, cocktail sauce or horseradish (not horseradish sauce though).

For best results you should follow the Scarsdale diet meal plan strictly. Remember it is the combination of foods that help you lose weight as well.

For the second week of the Scarsdale diet meal plan you repeat the week one Scarsdale diet meal plan.


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Friday, June 29, 2012

Quick and Easy Raw Food Recipes, With 5 Ingredients Or Less!

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Are you looking for easy raw food recipes? Well here are a few really quick and easy raw food recipes with 5 ingredients or less for the raw food beginner.

Quick and Easy Raw Food Recipes, With 5 Ingredients Or Less!

The raw food diet is a type of diet where people eat the majority of their foods in their natural whole state without cooking them. Many people are adopting this lifestyle to eat a natural whole foods diet and to get the benefits of all the nutrients available in fresh raw fruits and vegetables.

Most raw food recipes available on the web or in recipe books are complicated, time consuming, and require a lot of fancy kitchen equipment. This unfortunately turns a lot of people off to the diet because they think it is too hard and time consuming to fit into their busy lifestyle. In this article I'm going to offer a few easy recipes that don't require any fancy equipment or exotic ingredients.

*Most people already have a blender so some of these recipes require a blender.

Easy Green Smoothie Recipe

2 bananas 4 kale leaves chopped with stems removed 1/2 of an apple 1 cup water

Blend in a blender until smooth. This nutritious green smoothie can be eaten for breakfast or as a mid afternoon snack. By blending the kale you are making all the nutrients in the kale leaves such as A,K,C, Iron and calcium easy for your body to absorb and digest. The sweetness from the bananas makes the kale leaves palatable, you'll be surprised by how good it tastes! Serves 2.

Easy Cucumber Salad

2 cucumbers chopped 2 ripe tomatoes chopped 1 red bell pepper chopped 1 bunch cilantro chopped 1 avocado chopped pinch sea salt

Mix all ingredients in a bowl and enjoy as a simple and delicious side salad. The juices of the tomato and bell pepper will marinate with the cilantro to dress the cucumbers. The flesh of a cucumber is a very good source of vitamins A, C, and folic acid. The hard skin is rich in fiber and a variety of minerals including magnesium, silica, molybdenum, and potassium. Serves 4.

Easy Avocado Salad Dressing

1/2 an avocado 1 cup orange juice 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 tablespoon chives pinch cayenne pepper pinch salt

Blend all ingredients except for the chives in the blender until smooth and then mix in the chives. If you don't have a blender mash the avocado and then whisk the ingredients in a bowl until smooth. Avocados provide nearly 20 essential nutrients, including fiber, potassium, Vitamin E, B-vitamins and folic acid. Serves 2-4.

Easy Mango Pudding

2 mangoes peeled and diced 1 teaspoon honey 1/2 cup raspberries 1/4 cup water

Blend all ingredients except for the raspberries in the blender. Put the mango pudding in a bowl and then garnish with the raspberries or layer the mango pudding with the raspberries in little dessert dishes to make a healthy parfait. Serves 2.

I hope you enjoyed these recipes and are encouraged to try making them at home. For more free easy raw food recipes please check out the resources below:


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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Supplementing The Paleo Diet: How To Apply Supplements Effectively To The Paleo Diet

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How to supplement your paleo diet without going overboard or applying too much thought...

Supplementing The Paleo Diet: How To Apply Supplements Effectively To The Paleo Diet

The paleo diet is fantastic, and while paleo meals contain many different food groups which themselves contain excellent nutritional properties, sometimes you'll need to cover your bases. Some areas of nutrition require a bit of bolstering, and let's be serious; sometimes it isn't possible to give your body everything it needs every single day.

I will attempt to break this post up into sections which are easy to understand, internalise and action. I'll provide pro's and con's to each option I recommend so that you can make your own mind up on which option is best for you.

  • Multivitamins: What multivitamins are required vs what multivitamins are desired
  • Essential fatty acids: When to take them and which ones to take
  • Other supplements: Green tea extract, protein shakes and weight loss substances

MULTIVITAMINS
Multivitamins are widely considered as being essential to any diet. Most people do take vitamins as part of a "good practice" philosophy and that's OK. In fact, taking vitamins as a supplement to your paleo meals is favourable. However, should taking multivitamins be a requirement? Perhaps not... I'll explain why:

  • You should be eating enough daily to get all the nutrients your body needs, If you haven't got this right, perhaps you need a cookbook which could provide you with some recipes you can use as a base to fall back on. Ensuring you get enough good protein, fat and calories every day can be difficult, and having a paleo centric cook book on hand can take the guess work out of meal making.
  • It's not that you require multivitamins, it's just that its favourable. It's a good practice, and by that I mean that you should take vitamins as a supplement because its a good move on your part. You are covering your bases, and while it may appear at first that I'm advocating a "bandaid for a bullet hole" idea the real point is to blanket as much of your nutrition as possible and so the desired multivitamins should be as high quality as possible.
  • Drink a lot of water. Because of the increased load multivitamin supplements can take on your organs, namely the kidneys and liver, you should drink more water so that you can expel waste more effectively. Basically, the blanket approach to nutrient supplementation that is multivitamins will allow your body to not use a portion of those very nutrients. These "waste" nutrients need to be expelled in the form of sweat and urine.

I would advise taking multivitamins which are fairly comprehensive, but are of exceptional quality. Buy at the top of your budget, and when in doubt, stick to one of the top brands of multivitamins.

ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS

While there is some controversy around which fatty acids are good or bad for you, the general consensus is that they are in fact beneficial. Personally, I've noticed decreases in resting heart rate, as well as improvements in sleep, eyesight and the condition of my skin. The EFA's (Essential Fatty Acids) I take are pretty high in dosage, about 1000mg, and while others are of competing dosage amounts, I've found that the better the brand, the better the performance. EFA's are one of the best diet supplements you can choose to include in your paleo meals, as most people lack the required levels of fatty acids in their diets, even when they are trying hard to cover their bases.

  • Try and take the EFA's at different times of the day. I've noticed that if I take them before I go to sleep I generally sleep better, and in the morning my eyes are rested and feel relaxed. This is especially good to do if you work with computers during the day and get home only to find you are looking at more screens.
  • Eat a meal with your EFA's. Essential fatty acids are often derived from fish oils, and thus have some pretty heavy odur and taste if ingested on an empty stomach. I like to have mine with my morning breakfast, but you can have them whenever you like, as long as it is with a meal.

OTHER SUPPLEMENTS:

  • Green tea extract: Green tea extract contains epigallocatechin gallate or EGCG, which has been shown to help your body kill fat cells, as well as prevent them returning. EGCG also promotes the body to store carbohydrates in top level muscle, which not only will help with muscle mass development, but also in muscle endurance. Make sure you take a decaffeinated supplement to avoid bouncing off the walls. Timothy Ferriss has a great section on the benefits of green tea supplements and EGCG in his book, "The Four Hour Body".
  • Protein shakes: Protein shakes are an easy way of getting a relatively large amount of protein into your body. While the protein in most protein shakes is derived from milk in the form of whey protein, I still recommend using shakes a way of getting your protein for the day on top of what you get from your paleo meals. The convenience of having a protein shake available to eat is enough of a reason to make sure you always have some. I keep mine on top of my fridge!
  • Meal replacement shakes: Meal replacement shakes are a great way to cater for the amount of meals you aim to eat everyday. However, some, or most of them are high in carbohydrates. If you are just drinking meal replacement shakes to replace one of your paleo meals, you are approaching their purpose in perhaps the wrong way. I would recommend that you keep a meal replacement shake on hand to be used as part of your paleo diet supplements, and as part of your entire paleo food eating list.

SUMMARY

While the pull of using supplements as part of your diet is an easy route to go down, you should always try and eat real food for nutrients. If you are doing lots of physical exercise then you might in fact need to supplement your paleo diet. It will be difficult to get all the protein you need to support effective muscle growth without a protein supplement. In fact, for active people I'd recommend using supplements to ensure good muscle development.

Multivitamins should be part of your diet even if you get a lot of vitamins and minerals from all your food. I'd recommend you use multivitamins as a blanket approach to getting all your nutrients. If you are going to choose one thing to add to your paleo diet, I'd say that multivitamins are one the best dietary supplement you can get and they are in the realm of being essential.

  • Get a great protein shake and add it to your daily eating routine, a good protein shake is one the best dietary supplements you can.
  • Multivitamins and essential fatty acids should be added to all your paleo meals, and you should try and maintain a steady "take them everyday" schedule to ensure your body has ample vitamin and minimal reserves to stave of infection and illness.
  • Try and work out exactly what you need from your paleo diet supplements and only aim to get what you actually, really need. Excess is just that, excess, and your kidneys and liver will take a hit if you are always overloading them with excessive, concentrated nutrients.


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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Some Paleo Diet Meal Examples

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Paleo diet meal examples include combinations of different recommended foods. These foods include fish, meat, poultry, vegetables, mushrooms, nuts and fruits. Small amounts of natural oils, dried fruits and honey are also permitted. These different ingredients are combined together to produce well balanced meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Some Paleo Diet Meal Examples

There are a few ingredients which should never be present in meals while on this diet. These include refined sugars, grains, potatoes, legumes, and dairy. Dark meats and those with additives and nitrites should be avoided such as bacon, lunch meats, sausage and hot dogs. Oils from cottonseed, peanuts, soybeans, rice bran and wheat germ should also not be consumed.

A sample breakfast includes an ounce of combined almonds, walnuts and hazelnuts. Another option is eating an ounce of unsweetened carob, coconut oil and pecan meal. A third possibility consists of a salad, an egg, and an apple. A good salad dressing is made with key wholesome ingredients. Combine one tablespoon of honey, a third a cup lemon juice, pepper, one teaspoon tarragon and two thirds cup olive oil. This recipe is enough to use for several salads.

Appropriate snacks include an ounce of raw nuts or of unsweetened dry coconut. Dried plums, pears, dates or figs are also allowed. Almonds, shredded coconut, almond extract and pitted dates are combined in a blender and dehydrated to make macaroons. Other calorie free snack ideas are herbal tea such as licorice or burdock.

Lunches consist of a large salad with lettuce, celery, and avocado. Additional vegetables worth adding are carrot, tomato, radish, and cucumber. Around four ounces of meat in the form of pork, lamb, chicken or turkey is sliced on top. Meats can marinate in lime, lemon and orange juice mixed with olive oil, garlic, pepper, bay leaves and cilantro. Afterwards, it is broiled, grilled or barbequed, depending on personal preference. Another choice for meat would be sardines in olive oil.

Dinners can be a salad or a cooked vegetable dish. Vegetables such a as zucchini, cauliflower, onion, broccoli tossed with olive oil and herbs work well. Pair vegetables with another 4 oz serving of meat. Pork, beef, lamb, chicken, rabbit, chicken, turkey and salmon are possibilities. Cod may be poached with tomatoes, olive oil, calamata olives, lime juice, chopped zucchini and parsley.

Dessert consists of berries, an apple, a pear, or a few plums. Any of these may be slightly sweetened with the addition of a bit of honey. Nuts are also an acceptable choice. A more inventive dessert is created using homemade applesauce blended with apple juice, honey, and lemon juice. Freeze the mixture and then scoop out and serve in bowls. Variations of this use blueberries, strawberries, peaches, kiwi or raspberries instead as the main fruit.

Paleo meal plans contain a lot of vegetables, fruits, and meat. Additives are avoided and all ingredients are fresh, dried, or naturally preserved. Breakfast usually consist of nuts, fruits or salad. Lunches are also often salads with an accompanying source of meat. Dinner combines vegetables with meat and finishes with a dessert of different fruits or nuts.


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Sunday, June 24, 2012

Paleo Diet Meal Plan: Your Road Map to Health

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Paleo Diet: Not a Typical Diet

Paleo Diet Meal Plan: Your Road Map to Health

The first thing most people think about when they hear the word "diet" is tasteless, boring, foods that leave you starving. And with most diets this is the case. You pretty much are limited to carrot sticks and half of a dried out chicken breast to stay below your calorie count.

Well with the Paleo Diet, there is no starving or calorie counting involved. All you need to do is eat the foods that our body was so lovingly designed to eat. The food that has been provided for us by mother nature such as game meat, self-fish, vegetables, wild fruits, nuts and healthy fats. No funny shakes, or weird supplements, just real, good old fashion eating.

Some of the benefits of the Paleo Diet are:

-Effortless weight loss
-Increased Energy
-Deeper, more restful sleep
-Smoother, healthier looking skin

Plans Equal Success

We all have goals in different areas of our lives, whether it be moving up in your career, improving family relationships or losing 25lbs. But, just having a goal alone doesn't mean a thing. You need to take action in your life to achieve your goal. Something like applying for new jobs, calling your sibling, or taking a yoga class. But, before you can take action toward your goal you want to achieve, you need to have a road map or plan for how you intend on getting there.

The Paleo Diet Meal Plan

So, if your goal is to eat healthier, having a meal plan that works for you is essential. The Paleo Diet Meal Plan is an easy-to-follow, 2-month plan that includes delicious recipes for breakfast, lunch, snack and dinner. That is 4 recipes per day, for 56 days, all planned out for you. The meals including things like:

-Apple and cinnamon omelet
-Citrus beef salad stir fry
-Raw veggie avocado salad
-Meat loaf creamy coleslaw
-Almond banana cinnamon smoothie

As you can see, these meals are for from boring or tasteless. In fact, they were created to stimulate your taste buds and get you excited about exploring new healthy food choices.

Implement the Paleo Diet Meal Plan

Because you no longer have to expend energy worrying about what the right foods are, or what to cook, you can immediately take action toward your goal of eating healthier; your road map is already provided for you. You just need buy the foods that meal plan recipes call for, prepare the meals on your meal plan, and most importantly enjoy.

Remember, plans equal success!


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Saturday, June 23, 2012

Eating Foods From Paleo Food Lists for the Best Results

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Early humans, the so-called cavemen, did not have the luxury of being able to drive down to the store whenever food was needed; these people obtained all their nourishment from hunting animals and gathering the wild fruits and vegetables around them. It has been found that these people were robust and healthy, mostly because of the natural diet they ate. The Paleo diet mirrors the diet followed by our ancestors, and eating those types of nourishment found on Paleo food lists can help you to feel healthier while providing optimum nutrition.

Eating Foods From Paleo Food Lists for the Best Results

Our diets have become saturated with foods that cavemen would never touch - spam, fatty chicken and turkey skin, sandwich meats, and processed meats like pepperoni and sausage. These foods simply contain too much unhealthy fat to be included in the Paleo diet, not to mention the foul assortment of preservative compounds and chemicals with which they are infused. Processed foods have been changed so much from their original form, and contain so many additives and so much salt and sugar that they can not only clog our arteries, but also make us fat.

The plow was completely unknown to cavemen, and instead they lived by following herds of animals and gathering the fruits, nuts, and vegetables that appeared in season. Grains were basically unknown to these people, and are therefore not included on Paleo food lists. All of us modern people have grown accustomed to eating bread, noodles, muffins, cakes and cookies - but these foods simply did not exist 20,000 years ago, and the people then were strong and healthy. It is also unlikely that many of them were overweight. Besides these processed carbohydrates, it is important not to eat food such as corn on the cob, rice, or wild rice if this diet is to be followed successfully.

Our ancestors were much more sensitive to the seasons and what foods would be available at certain times of year than we are. The nesting season in the spring provided the cavemen with a bounty of eggs, and eggs are an allowed food on the Paleo diet that will help you enjoy the type of breakfast you are accustomed to. The gazelles, deer, elk, and other hoofed mammals that the cavemen hunted provided lean, quality meat that had been fed on grasses and herbs rather than being fattened up on grains in the unnatural environment of the feedlot. Look for the leanest cuts of meat at the store, or cut excess fat away before cooking. Hamburgers that are advertised as extra lean and are specifically described as having less than 7% fat are suitable for such meals.

Fresh fruits and vegetables formed a large part of the caveman diet and they should also form a core part of your diet. While fruits are usually enjoyed raw, your vegetables should also be eaten this way, too, you will get more nutrition and more fiber from them. The exception is if you cook them up as part of a recipe, to accompany and flavor meat and to give more variety to your daily menu.

Partly because of the increased fiber and also because of the lean meat you will be eating, which takes a long while to digest, you will find that the diet described on Paleo food lists will leave you feeling full for a longer period after you eat. The quality of the food will slow down your digestion, and as you will be avoiding grain based carbohydrates, you will not get a 'sugar rush' that burns up what you have eaten too quickly. You will find yourself eating when you are hungry, rather than according to a schedule.


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Friday, June 22, 2012

Paleo Diet Meal Planner for Vibrant Energy and Weight Loss!

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The Paleo Diet Meal Planner

Paleo Diet Meal Planner for Vibrant Energy and Weight Loss!

And so you have decided the Paleo Plan is now your new food regime. A new way of eating, living and meal planning. The Paleo diet meal planner is not as foreboding or complicated as you may initially assume in fact it is not that much different from the good wholesome meals your grandparents would have prepared. This of course is not implying your grandparents lived in the 'caveman era' but merely that the food available was organic, natural and a whole lot healthier. Paleo meals will set you on the path of a new way of eating, shopping and cooking.

In order that your transition to the Paleo plan goes smoothly here are some ideas and tips to creating your Paleo diet meal planner. The following are the basic requirements for a successful Paleo meal plan. Where possible, and do not be lazy in this regard, shop around and source suppliers but try to buy organic, natural, free range or wild products:

Paleo meal planner allowed foods:

  1. Protein from lean beef, lamb, pork, game, skinned poultry, eggs and seafoods (full range);
  2. Fruit - all varieties particularly plenty of berries (very good anti-oxidants)
  3. Vegetables - all varieties. Root vegetables however are generally a no-no however the young leaves of carrots, beet etc are allowed and further than that I suggest you use your discretion here. However if your main aim is to shed extra weight then perhaps you should leave the root vegetables out.
  4. Most nuts and seeds.
  5. Fats and oils such as avocado oil, olive oil and nut oils - unprocessed oils.

Paleo meal planner excluded foods:

  1. All grain and grain products ie breads, pastry, pasta, crackers etc.
  2. All dairy and dairy products ie milk, yoghurt, cheeses, butter etc.

Your initial impression maybe one of concern that excluding grain and dairy a problem will arise with regard to variety. Rest assured that this is not so. The Paleo diet plan includes an incredible variety of foods. This is the ideal opportunity to be creative and use your foodie imagination. Family and friends will be in awe of the wonderful flavoursome and wholesome meals you are able to serve with the Paleo Diet meal planner foods.

There is no reason to fear having to find recipes and making meals for breakfast, lunch, supper, dessert, snacks, celebratory meals and barbecues. You will never have reason to feel deprived, excluded or cheated. The purpose of the Paleo diet plan is to introduce a lifestyle of correct eating to best ensure general wellbeing, increased vitality and consistent weight loss.

The Paleo Diet Meal Plan is the beginning of the rest of your healthy, slim and energetic new life!


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Thursday, June 21, 2012

What To Put On Your Paleo Diet Food Lists

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The popular Paleo diet follows the same basic diet principles of our ancestors in the Stone Age; focusing on the main food groups that were available to them. These were meat, fresh fruit, vegetables, nuts and seeds. They did not have the foods that we commonly consume today; so these should naturally be avoided as well. Following this diet will not only lead to weight loss, but it will also increase your energy levels and help you to reduce the risk of heart disease and diabetes.

What To Put On Your Paleo Diet Food Lists

In order to follow the Paleo diet, one should avoid certain foods. These include dairy products, grains and processed foods. These items were not available in the ancient times so we should not be consuming them either. Although meat will form the basis of your diet, you should try to avoid the fatty ones such as chicken wings, pork sausages, pepperoni, bacon and deli products.

When it comes to wheat and grain products, avoid them altogether. This includes barley, rice and oats. Even foods that are labelled to be wheat free should be avoided completely. In general, you should make a rule to avoid any grain product; this might mean that you would have to say goodbye to pizza, pasta, corn chips, rice cakes and puddings. This is essential to the success of the Paleo diet.

It might seem that there are a lot of foods to avoid on the Paleo diet; but there are many healthy and delicious recipes that you can create with the basic Paleo food lists. Fruit and vegetables make up a large part of this diet and you can add them to any meal; you can even use them for healthy snacks in-between your meals. Meat products will also be present in most of your meals; so try to add a bit of variety to them. Although our ancestors did have access to eggs, you should try and limit your intake t no more than 5 of 6 per week. You can also use eggs in various recipes; one of the more popular ones is an omelette. You can prepare one using three eggs and fresh veggies like onions, tomatoes and mushrooms. This is a perfect breakfast meal and it's very tasty as well! When you choose other meat products, make sure that they are from lean sources; preferably from grass or pasture fed animals.

Another benefit of the Paleo diet is that your digestive process will eventually stabilize; resulting in fewer cravings and helping you to feel fuller for longer. Your body will let you know when you are really hungry, so eat only when you need to. Your metabolism will also increase over time, resulting in natural weight loss. You can increase this by adding a decent exercise program to your daily routine as well.

Not only will the Paleo diet naturally improve your health and well-being; but it will also provide your body with all the nutrients, vitamins and minerals it needs. You will also have an increased energy level and live an overall, healthier life.


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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Choices For A Paleo Diet Food List

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Depending on whose opinion you're following, the Paleo diet is loosely defined as eating the same foods available to our pre-historic ancestors. Paleolithic cavemen were hunter-gatherers. They either killed, scavenged or picked whatever meats/seafood's, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds they could find. All diets have food lists of approved and non-approved foods and the Paleo diet is no different. Sticking to the "Paleo" approved list can lead you to excellent health and happiness.

Choices For A Paleo Diet Food List

The single biggest theory to understand is avoiding any and all packaged and processed foods. The caveman didn't have access to them and neither should you. There are some meat products that are also on the no-go list. Meat and meat products with high fat levels should be avoided. Things like chicken wings, deli meats, pork sausage, cold cuts, bacon, lamb chops with lots of fat attached and processed meats like spam. Our ancestors didn't hunt for spam so why do we even consider eating it?

Agriculture as we know has only been around for about the last 10,000 years. Because of this and as strange as it may sound to most of us, modern man should avoid eating grains and cereals. Even the dreaded "gluten-free" grains are to be ignored. Products made from the grains and cereals include many of our so-called staple foods. Food items like pizza, cakes, muffins and cookies, doughnuts, pasta, oatmeal, rice pudding, and tacos are all on the list of foods to avoid.

Until now, we've focused on foods to avoid but now let's talk about all the delicious foods on the good list. Experienced "Paleo" followers have found an incredible amount of delicious ingredients available to make incredible meals. While dairy products like milk and cheese are not included, eggs are an excellent choice. Why not have an omelet for breakfast, lunch or dinner. My personal favorite is made with mushrooms, peppers and diced tomatoes. Fruits and vegetables eaten raw make great between-meal snacks. If you like a dipping sauce with your veggies, that's fine but, stay away from dairy-based dips. It's way healthier without the dairy and you quickly get used to actually tasting the vegetables. When choosing meats go for pasture raised or grain fed animals - they're better for you. If they're not available then at least buy the lean healthier stuff.

Here's one of the greatest benefits of the Paleo diet. Over time (and not long), it will slow down your bodies digestion. This is great, as you start to feel fuller for longer periods of time, meaning you'll eat less. You'll get used to only eating when you're hungry. If you skip the odd meal, it's no big deal. Your new metabolism will let you know when to be hungry.

To your health!


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Sunday, June 17, 2012

1000 Calorie Diet Plan Thats Simple Yet Powerful!

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Ok we are about go over a simple 1000 calorie diet plan that can have you losing weight at a natural steady rate. Its important that you lose weight at a steady rate otherwise you will just gain the weight back in the future.

1000 Calorie Diet Plan Thats Simple Yet Powerful!

Ok lets get started shall we? If you follow this simple little plan you should see some gradual weight loss.

Breakfast:

You want to eat 300 calories here! This will be one of your biggest meals because it raises your metabolism early in the day to aid even more fat burning. I suggest you eat a bowl of Quaker Oatmeal here along with some apple juice and a fruit of your choice. Oatmeal is full of fiber and actually makes you feel full because of its abundance of fiber.

Lunch:

Eat Around 300 calories here also. You shoul choose a lean meat thats around 120-150 calories like a piece of Salmon or lean chicken. Now add some green beans and another fruit. This should set you right at 300 calories. You can even mix things up and get something like a lean cuisine meal which are low in calories.

Mid Afternoon:

So you already have eaten 600 of the 1000 calorie diet plan calories allowed. This meal you want to eat around 200 calories. I suggest a nice decent sized sandwich for this meal because you need some carbs in your diet like bread.

Dinner:

I suggest you keep your dinner around 200-300 calories. Dont worry about how late you eat as long as its not past 9 pm at night. Eating a small meal late can actually help to raise your metabolism before bedtime. But if you eat too long you run into risking weight gain due to your metabolism naturally slowing down at night. But you should eat something in the range of 200-300 calories here such as a low calorie frozen diet meal. You could also eat some pasta here but I do not recommend it because you already got enough of your carbs in with your bread.

Basically dont feel bad if you slip up and eat say a cookie during one meal as long as you keep the calorie intake at 1000-1100 per day. Ihope this 1000 calorie diet plan has helped you see how easy it can be to lose weight. Follow this little program and you will see weight loss within a week. Its really not that hard either, good luck!


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Saturday, June 16, 2012

List of High Protein Foods

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High protein foods are great for packing on extra muscle. To make sure that your diet is filled with muscle-building proteins, it is extremely important to consider which high protein foods you should consume during your daily eating routine. To help you select the best high protein foods for your diet, we've compiled a list of some of the most protein-packed foods that you can find in your average grocery store.

List of High Protein Foods

You will notice that the list covers a broad variety of high protein foods. This was done intentionally so that you can compare food types and have more options to add to your daily meals.

The list:

(all nutrition estimates are based on standard single servings)

Peanut butter (2 tbsp)

Protein- 8 g

Calories- 188

Fat- 16 g

Raw almonds (19 pieces)

Protein- 7 g

Calories- 180

Fat- 14 g

Almond butter (1 tbsp)

Protein- 2 g

Calories- 101

Fat- 9 g

Skinless chicken breast (1 cup)

Protein- 38 g

Calories- 258

Fat- 10.4

Ground beef (90% lean, 3 oz)

Protein- 23 g

Calories- 182

Fat- 9 g

Ground turkey (3 oz)

Protein- 22 g

Calories- 193

Fat- 11 g

Salmon (half fillet)

Protein- 39 g

Calories- 367

Fat- 22 g

Tuna (canned, 1 cup)

Protein- 39 g

Calories- 179

Fat- 1 g

Deli turkey (1 oz)

Protein- 4 g

Calories- 31

Fat- 1 g

Findings:

High protein foods vary substantially in protein, fat, and calorie content per serving. Some of the best high protein foods have high fat counts; however, it is important to consider that not all fats are bad for you, and some can be very beneficial to your diet- even if weight loss is your top priority. Almonds, for example, are rich in omega three fatty acids but low in saturated fats.

In general, if you are looking for an efficient way to increase your protein count but keep your calorie and fat intakes minimal, than fish and lean meats are an effective option. Canned tuna (hold the mayo) tops the list as the most efficient protein source. Skinless chicken breasts, deli turkey, ground turkey, and lean ground beef are also highly efficient high protein foods.


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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Creating Your 1st Perfect Paleo Meal and Diet Plan

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The Paleo meal and diet plan is based from the paleolithic diet, or caveman diet. This diet takes us back to the caveman days, when meals were simple, meat, vegetables, fruits, gathered or hunted. This kind of diet was popularized during the seventies by a well-known gastroenterologist named Walter L. Voegtlin, that suggested that many of the problems people faced at that time with the stomach, or poor health in general was because of the processed foods we were eating. Our diets hadn't really changed since the caveman days, and all we needed was these basic foods to have a healthy lifestyle.

Creating Your 1st Perfect Paleo Meal and Diet Plan

While the paleo meal and diet plan at that time was considered by most nutritionists as a fad, just like some of the other ones that were being offered. However, while most of these diets have come and gone, the paleolithic diet has not only remained, but is sworn by some people. Some of the problems encountered by those on this diet is that in many cases, naturally feed beef, chicken, and pork are hard to come by, as well as many of the organic fruits and vegetables. Because of this, it can be extremely hard to find and set up a meal plan that to live by this diet. Many people have all but given up trying to live this lifestyle, because of how hard it is to find different and nutritious meals three times a day every day.

Because of this and many other problems with the diet itself, dietitians and doctors came up with a great solution. Just like a number of other successful diet plans that use pre planned meals for their clients, you can now find successful paleo meals for those seeking to get in better health from this kind of diet. Dr. Loren Cordain has an official website that not only answers a number of different questions about the diet itself, but has a number of meal plans available to help those that want to stick with this diet and are happy with it. Another website offers more than 370 different and delicious recipes, as well as a 14 day meal planning guide that will help you set up your own meals. This site also has a number of helpful tips and information on where to shop, what kinds of specific foods to look for, as well as a number of money-saving tips.

With the fourteen day meal plan, you can expect a number of well thought out meals, from breakfast through dinner and even snacks and desserts. Here is an example of a typical day. One morning you can have bacon and eggs with fruit. For lunch is sweet potato and zucchini frittata. Dinner includes grilled trout, and butternut squash soup, with pork rinds as a snack. Some of the desserts can include coconut ice cream, poached pears in red wine, and even baked apples. Other snacks can include raw veggies, Macadamia nuts and even beef jerky are offered.

Certainly not all people are going to enjoy this kind of diet and lifestyle. Some people just can't wrap their head around eating a cave man diet. However thousands of people are living this lifestyle every day and are not only enjoying these wonderful meals, but are losing weight, feeling better about themselves, and are living a much healthier life.


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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Planning Your Paleo Meals is Key to a Successful Paleo Diet

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If you have recently learnt about the paleo diet, you'll have come across one the biggest hurdles anyone new to the paleo diet must face: where do I find my paleo recipes and ingredients and how do I plan my paleo meals correctly?

Planning Your Paleo Meals is Key to a Successful Paleo Diet

Most people when starting out on any diet begin with lots of motivation. They manage to stick with it for a couple of days, and all goes very well. After this lovely, motivated feel-good-about-yourself period however, most people will tend drop the diet altogether. Let us take a look at why that is.

The first reaction of most people will be: "This is too hard"! They will have run out of healthy ingredients in the fridge, they'll be invited by a friend to go eat in a restaurant with nothing remotely paleo friendly on the menu, and generally it all goes to pieces. When deciding the follow the paleo diet, it is extremely important that you take some time to plan your new dietary lifestyle. Motivation is what gets us all started, but it is discipline and planning that keep you going.

Let us take a look at what you will need:

- a comprehensive Paleo recipe list

If you can only think of three recipes for dinner, two for breakfast and a salad for lunch, chances are that you will be finding this very dull indeed. Having easy access to an extensive recipe book for all occasions is an absolute must.

- A fridge and even more important: a freezer!

Leading the busy life most of us have, there will always be times when you don't have what you need in the fridge. When you're hungry and tired, you'll grab whatever is left. The way you can fix this is by cooking large portions whenever you do cook! I always try to freeze an additional portion ready for use for when the inevitable moment of the empty fridge comes around.

- A fixed day to go shopping

There are quite a few places where you can buy paleo friendly ingredients, but Unless you're very lucky, you won't find them all in the same shop around the corner. Try to pick a fixed day every week, or every two weeks, where you can make time to go grocery shopping.

Selecting your paleo meals for the week should be fun. Browsing through recipes, planning your grocery list and buying the ingredients you need doesn't have to be tedious. By going about this in an organized manner, you will turn your diet that started by motivation into a daily habit. This is the key to success in the paleo diet.

If afterwards you are invited by a friend, and you find yourself cheating on your diet - you will be able to handle it much better. Having a fridge and a freezer ready for you next day full of healthy goodies will motivate you into sticking with your diet.


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Monday, June 11, 2012

Easy Paleo Recipes Are Not Hard To Find

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Do easy Paleo recipes exist? Yes! The popular Paleo diet based on the way humans ate during the Paleolithic age offers many options for cooking great meals. The food is all natural and abundantly available. The only tricky part is there are some food items not included in the diet that are most likely a staple in many people's diets today. The items not included in the diet include all dairy (milk, yogurt, cheese), grains (rice, pasta, bread) and sugar. There are very good reasons these food items are not included in the diet, but even so, it will be an adjustment to cook without them.

Easy Paleo Recipes Are Not Hard To Find

Alter Existing Recipes

Since dairy, grains and sugar are not allowed on the Paleo diet, a great way to get Easy Paleo Recipes is to alter your existing recipes with Paleo diet approved substitutes. Here are some ideas:

Milk - Coconut Milk
Bread - Flaxseed Focaccia Bread
Flour - Coconut Flour, Almond Flour
Sugar - Honey, Agave, Maple Syrup, Coconut Palm Sugar
Cooking Oil - Flaxseed Oil, Olive Oil

I also suggest get creative with spices, so you won't miss all the oils and added fats you typically cook with.

Where to Find Easy Paleo Recipes

Fortunately, there are a number of excellent Paleo diet cookbooks on the market. The following are available at Amazon.com:

The Paleo Diet Cookbook by Nell Stephenson and Lorrie Cordain - offers 150+ recipes for all meals, plus snacks and beverages

Paleo Comfort Foods by Charles Mayfield - offers homestyle cooking for the Paleo diet with emphasis on a gluten-free kitchen

The Lazy Paleo Enthusiast's Cookbook by Sean Robertson - offers a collection of practical recipes and advice for how to eat healthy without taking up a lot of time

Paleo Menu Ideas

Although the food choices are fairly basic - fruits, vegetables, eggs and meats - there are so many combinations that you should never get bored with your Paleo diet. Just keep experimenting and adding to your recipe repertoire.

Breakfast:
A good breakfast option is always eggs, veggies and fruit. You can also go for a berry smoothie.

Breakfast Ideas:
Scrambled eggs with vegetables
Poached eggs with fruit
Berry parfait
Berry smoothie
Ham and fruit
Fruit salad

Lunch:
Salads are an excellent option for lunch as you can make these at home and take them with you wherever your day takes you. But, you can always mix in meat with your veggies.

Lunch Ideas:
Chicken salad
Tuna salad
Green salad
Turkey burger with lettuce, pickle and onion

Dinner:
This is a great time to feature lean meat and veggies. And there are countless combinations so enjoy getting creative here.

Dinner Ideas:
Chicken and veggies
Fish and veggies
Pork and salad
Shrimp and broccoli stir fry
Turkey chili

Dessert:
Fruit makes excellent desserts, but if you need something closer to your traditional dessert you can get creative with the substitutes listed above and create some amazing desserts.

Dessert Ideas:
Fruit roll ups
Almond Macaroons
Bananas with almond butter and coconut

Why Paleo Diet is Good For You

Since the Paleo diet is fat-dairy-preservative-free it is incredibly good for your health. It requires you to get the majority of your calories from seasonal fruits and vegetables, thus your body is fueled by foods loaded with nutrients. All food is non-processed, which is easy for digestion, getting all these nutrients into your body quickly giving you loads of energy.

Being low on harmful oils, fats and excessive carbohydrates, the Paleo diet helps you lose weight and keep it off. This in turn helps keep disease and illnesses at bay including heart problems, blood pressure, cancer, and diabetes.


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Sunday, June 10, 2012

Is the Paleolithic Diet Recommended for Children? Life Experience

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Being raised in a family of mixed European and Cherokee ancestry, my life wasn't much different than any other person's, as far as my childhood is concerned. The only difference I noticed as I became older was the differences in foods I saw other kids eat because of my parents dietary regiment.

Is the Paleolithic Diet Recommended for Children? Life Experience

Even now, the meals we ate seem fairly normal to me. Lean meats including chicken, turkey, lamb, venison, and bison (or cow if bison was unavailable) was eaten quite often, but lots of fish, especially salmon, were common too. I even remember eating a soup made from turtle meat and rattle snake, but that was a one time thing. Eggs were eaten as breakfast items once in a great while, usually scrambled and served with acorn or sunflower flat bread and fruit.

As far as vegetables were concerned, I remember having at least a two pounds of deep-green leafy salads, mostly from watercress, stuffed down my throat each day throughout various meals. Suffice to say, regularity was not a problem in our house. We did eat lots of root vegetables contrary to your site suggests, although we did not eat a lot of potatoes. Sweet potatoes were commonly,served, more often substituted by parsley roots, celery roots, onions, green onions, and carrots. Tomatoes, cucumber, zucchini were grown in the backyard every season along with various squashes that were served on the side as well. I often enjoyed pepitos, or pumpkin seeds, although not year long since the squash season was short. Mushrooms were common, including wild mushrooms we would pick on trips up into the rocky mountains during the early summer. You haven't tasted a real mushroom until you pick them yourself.

Fruits and berries were a daily staple, especially black berries, blue berries, and strawberries. Apples, peaches, and various citrus were common. Melons were a big favorite, although only eaten on occasion. Pretty much anything that was fruit was eaten in our home.

Beans such as black beans and Lima beans were eaten on occasion, but very rarely, and often mixed in a succotash with maize. Other grains were rarely served at home due to several of us having wheat allergies. If we had a grain by itself, it was either wild rice or quinoa, but these were maybe served as a side dish once every few months. As far as breads were concerned, I remember acorns and sunflower seeds being ground up and made into various dishes like flat-breads and sun-nut butter. I later learned acorn bread wasn't a Cherokee dish, but rather a staple of the peoples from the west coast. Although all the recipes my mom followed weren't authentic, neither are carrots, being of European origin.

Dairy was never served in our home. I am not lactose intolerant and neither were my parents and brother, but milk never served a dietary or staple purpose on our home. Oddly enough, none of the women on my mom's side of the family have osteoporosis, even though they rarely, if ever, consume dairy products.

The big difference I noticed when I got older was snack foods. While other kids ate candy bars, or drank soda, I was given home made energy bars made from ground nuts, dried fruit and honey, as well as raw juices. By the time I was twelve, I must have eaten a whole forest of unsalted raw nuts. If wanted a savory snack, jerky was commonly on hand. Dried, unsweetened cranberries often ended up in everything snack related in our home, even if I didn't want them to.

There was a rule in our house that if nature didn't make it, or you didn't make it with your own hands, then you don't eat it. Tea, tea, and more tea was drank by the gallon in our house. The decaffeinated green or white was available, but my parents often sprang for the herbal varieties instead. If we wanted to sweeten our drink, raw honey was the only sweetener available. When I got older, I would save my money and buy what everyone else was eating, and I would have to sneak it into the house since my parents forbade junk food. Much to my surprise, it made me sick to my stomach.

After awhile I got used to my modified junk food diet, all the way through college - that was until a few years ago, when several minor pieces of bad news from my doctor changed my mind. I have been eating the foods my mother prepared at home for going on six years now, and I feel like I did when I was a kid. The big thing is to vary your diet, avoid processed foods and refined sugars, limit your grain intake, eat lots and lots of greens and fruits, and don't be afraid of a little honey now and then.


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Saturday, June 9, 2012

Paleo Diet Plan For Vibrant Health and Weight Loss

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The Paleo Plan is your new regime, the new discipline to guide you along the road to a better lifestyle. Initially this may sound serious and inhibiting but in fact it is not, it is a whole lot of fun. A new way of eating, dieting, shopping and cooking. One could say that the caveman did not have a fitted out kitchen BUT he did have fire and his own way. Fortunately for you you are not expected to cook caveman style but only to follow his plan of eating.

Paleo Diet Plan For Vibrant Health and Weight Loss

The following is the basic diet plan for you to follow, wherever possible organic, free range or wild product should be used:

Allowed Foods:

  1. Protein from lean and fat off beef, lamb, pork, poultry (no skin), eggs, fish, shellfish and game meats;
  2. Fruit of all varieties especially lots of berries (very good anti-oxidants)
  3. Vegetables of all varieties. However there is some controversy over the root vegetables but we recommend you use your discretion here. It is believed that in the paleolithic era the caveman ate the leaves of what we call root vegetables and others believe the root veg was also included in their eating plan.
  4. Nuts and seeds as available.
  5. Fats and oils such as avocado oil, olive oil and nut oils and of course there will be a small portion of animal fat from the meats consumed. Here again there is some controversy as some believe ghee is acceptable and others argue that it is dairy and therefore is not allowed. However there is a little give and take in the plan but do not take advantage of it.

Totally Excluded Foods:

  1. All grain products ie breads, pastry, pasta, crackers any foods containing grains.
  2. All dairy ie milk, yoghurt, cheeses and butter any products containing dairy.

Contrary to your possible initial impression of woe of the Paleo Plan there is an amazing array of foods available to experiment with giving you the ability to create meals that are flavoursome, wholesome and healthy. This plan could just be your opportunity of showing your family and friends your artistic and creative imagination in surprising them with the serving of the most tasty, wholesome and healthy meals. Friends will be impressed, amazed and in awe. For sure they will be asking when the next dinner party is going to be!

This Plan does not restrict your menu in any way. There are endless possibilities in food combinations. There are recipes for breakfast, lunch, supper, dessert, snacks, celebratory meals and even barbecues. Absolutely no reason to feel deprived! The whole idea of the Paleo Plan is to embrace a lifestyle of eating the correct way for the human body to best ensure general well being, increased vitality and certain weight loss. Genetically we are still 99.9% the same as our caveman ancestors who were certainly of a robust disposition.

**Your Paleo Plan is the beginning of the rest of your healthy, slim and energetic new life!!!**


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Friday, June 8, 2012

3 Day Tuna Fish Diet - Menu and Diet Plan

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If you've put on a little weight recently and need to drop off some of the excess, you might like to consider this plan which is a 3 day tuna fish diet and aims to reduce your weight quickly by up to 10 lbs. It is one of the most popular diets to be found online, requiring only foodstuffs readily available in your local supermarket, as well as being simple and easy to prepare.

3 Day Tuna Fish Diet - Menu and Diet Plan

The tuna fish diet has been attributed to a number of sources, including a hospital in Alabama, and is known by a number of names, such as the 3 Day Cardiac Diet and the Alabama Diet. The plan works on the principle of chemical breakdown, so when using it try to avoid substituting other foods.

Keep in mind that the 3 day tuna fish diet is intended to be followed for only 3 days at a time to achieve a quick weight loss and is not meant to be a sustainable food plan for a longer period. After 3 days, return to a healthy plan that offers continuing benefits.

DIET PLAN

Use only salt and pepper as seasonings. Drink plenty of water. Eight cups a day is recommended.

First Day:

Breakfast - A slice of toast with two teaspoons of peanut butter, 1/2 a grapefruit and a cup of black tea or coffee.

Lunch - A slice of toast with two teaspoons of peanut butter, 1/2 cup of tuna and a cup of black tea or coffee.

Dinner - A small apple, one cup of ice cream (low fat), one cup of green beans, one cup of beets, one serving of chicken breast without the skin.

Second Day

Breakfast - A slice of toast, one boiled or poached egg, half a banana, and a cup of black tea or coffee.

Lunch - A cup of black tea or coffee, six saltine crackers, one cup of tuna.

Dinner - One cup of broccoli, 1/2 banana, 1/2 cup of ice cream, 1/2 cup of carrots. 2 hot dogs.

Third Day

Breakfast - A cup of black tea or coffee, five saltine crackers, one apple and a slice of cheddar cheese.

Lunch - A boiled or poached egg and a slice of toast

Dinner - One cup of beets and a cup of cauliflower, one cup of tuna, 1/2 cup of ice cream and 1/2 a cantaloupe.

Do not snack between meals. This is a diet that is restricted in calories (about 1,000) and nutrients so also take a multi vitamin tablet each day. Although the diet plan is easily followed, after three days you may start to feel hungry and you should return to a normal healthy diet. For sustained weight loss, consider a plan that involves a change in eating habits that will provide long term benefits. A very good one involves calorie shifting and balanced nutrients and takes into account your own food preferences so that you will be able to persist with the program over a longer period for lasting benefits.

The 3 day tuna fish diet offers a lot of convenience, is free, and is readily available. However, the restricted calories and nutrients mean that it is not suitable as a program for maintaining good health and sustained weight loss. If you wish to develop a slimmer, more attractive shape that you can retain, consider a weight reduction plan that does not require you to fight hunger pangs and produces fat loss as well as early water loss.


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Thursday, June 7, 2012

Ready For The Paleo Diet? Here Are Some Simple Meal Suggestions

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When you're first starting on the Paleo diet, it might seem difficult to put together a few meals each day due to seemingly limited food choices. The truth is that there are actually a lot of great options available to you with this lifestyle, and if you plan ahead it will be easier not to fall off the wagon particularly in the beginning month or two that you're getting use to the different diet.

Ready For The Paleo Diet? Here Are Some Simple Meal Suggestions

Here are some suggestions for Paleo meals that include breakfast, lunch, and dinner options. It's also important to note that you don't absolutely have to eat three meals each and every day. You can and should feel free to skip meals of fast.

Paleo Breakfast Ideas
Breakfast suggestions include: steak and eggs (a nicely marinated steak would be absolutely delicious!), or a breakfast scramble complete with scrambled eggs mixed in with sautéed vegetables of your choice such as bell peppers, onions, sun dried tomatoes, spinach, or artichoke hearts. You can also have bacon and eggs or a bowl of fruit.

Paleo Lunch and Snack Ideas
For a quick and easy lunch, try a sandwich alternative by wrapping sandwich meat and vegetables in a large leaf of lettuce or cabbage. Another easy solution is a salad. Be sure to include plenty of greens such as lettuce, cabbage, cucumbers, and spinach, and top them with a generous amount of meat so that you can get plenty of protein. Most on-the-shelf salad dressings will not be Paleo Diet friendly, so you can make some of your own with vinegar and olive oil. To make your salad extra delicious, add some toppings such as bacon, olives, almonds, or avocado.

For snacks, it's easy to stick with raw veggies, nuts, and some limited fruit.

Paleo Dinner Ideas
For dinner, you will want to focus on a strong protein-rich meat alongside seasonal vegetables of any kind. Purchase grass-fed or pasture-raised animal meats, and if that doesn't seem possible in your area, the next best thing is ensuring that you're getting the leanest meats. It's important to remember that when you're cooking, you will want to use oils that come from tree nuts and fruits (e.g. extra-virgin olive oil or coconut oil).

Paleo Beverage Ideas
Your best bet is sticking with water -- filtered tap water that comes right out of your faucet. Invest in a filter that mounts on your faucet or simple filtration pitchers. Additional options for beverage include coconut water (a healthier alternative to sports drinks), mineral water and seltzer water (just as long as there is no sugar or other sweeteners in it).

These are just a few ideas to get the wheels turning on ideas of Paleo meals you can enjoy. You may also want to check out some of the Paleo Diet Cookbooks that are available so that you can have recipes ready at your fingertips at all times.


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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

The Truths About Low Carb Cereal

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Low carb cereals are not a myth. They can be conveniently found in many supermarkets across the country as well as online. Unfortunately, these cereals are not quite as popular as I would want, but the options are there. If you are finding it difficult to find somewhere to purchase the cereal, then read the section below on how to make your own using low carb recipes.

The Truths About Low Carb Cereal

You can make these cereals pretty easily. Start off with some of your favorite nuts. Put them into the food processor and blend until they are roughly chopped. Then if you want, you can add a little dried fruits. Dried blueberries and strawberries are best. Then place a serving of the nuts and dried fruits into a bowl and add some coconut milk. As an alternative to coconut milk you can add almond milk instead. Normal milk contains sugar whereas coconut milk and almond milk do not. Soy milk also contains chemicals that are harmful to your body. That's why we do not recommend using soy products on a low carb diet. Some manufacturers have come out with coconut almond milk blends that are both healthy and also really tasty.

If you're not a fan of the processed nuts approach, then you might be happy to hear that there are other options too. You can make a hot cereal simply by using some mashed pumpkin and adding some flax meal and coconut milk. Mix the ingredients well and heat in a pan or microwave. This provides a good alternative cereal for a healthy, grain-free, low in carbs breakfast. I like the soft consistency of the cereal and having something warm in the cold mornings during winter is always a plus. Unfortunately it does take a bit longer to make than normal cereal, which can be eaten dry or with some milk.

You might be wondering why more people don't make healthy, great-tasting cereals. The simple fact is that most cereals that we are used to eating contain grains, which in turn are high in carbohydrates. So, to make a low carb cereal, you have to use a food product that doesn't involve the usual oats and flours most cereals are made of. Generally, we end up turning to nuts. Nuts have a crunchy texture and pretty decent flavor without all the carbs. The downside to this is that eating too many nuts can be detrimental to your weight loss regime. Although nuts are low in carbs, they are also high in calories. They are still healthy and good to eat, but you should remember that they might slow down your weight loss. For example, one cup of almonds or peanuts is around 800 calories. There are also problems related to allergies with nuts, which puts off a lot of people!

All in all, these cereals are the perfect Atkins diet, South Beach Diet, or Paleo breakfast if you can find it or if you can make it. I would suggest searching the web for independent food manufacturers who are dedicated to bringing great products even if they aren't the most lucrative options around! Our health matters! If you can't find cereals to buy, then try one of the recipes I've described above. I think you'll find that spending the time to make them is worth while!


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Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Belly Fat Foods to Avoid

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There are so many methods of eating healthy out there that it can all be so confusing. I look for ways to keep things simple so when I came across one particular method of eating, I became really interested. What I discovered was that it's not about foods that burn fat (which doesn't exist by the way) but foods that keep you fat that should be avoided.

Belly Fat Foods to Avoid

Searching for fat burning foods is pretty much a waste of time. No food can actually burn fat. However, there are foods that do cause weight gain and keep you overweight. These types of food are simple carbohydrates. You can find these types of carbs in processed foods such as:

  • bread
  • cereal
  • cake
  • cookies
  • pies
  • refined sugar and more
The reason why these types of carbs cause weight gain is because when they are not burned, the body stores the excess as fat. I'll be the first to admit avoiding these foods aren't easy because they are everywhere. You may be surprised at how often you eat them. How many times have you had a bagel with cream cheese for breakfast? How about a sandwich for lunch on thick slices of ciabatta bread? These types of carbs easily add up during the day. The method of eating that I mentioned earlier that makes avoiding these "bad" carbs easier is called the paleo diet (paleolithic or caveman diet.)

This way of eating revolves around food in its most natural state. People who follow this diet eat lean meat, a lot of fresh vegetables, fruit, nuts, and more. For the most part, they avoid any processed foods and grains. There is a lot of information out there about the paleo diet so be sure to do your own research. You will find plenty of bloggers who follow this diet and they usually post really good recipes as well. I have read many times that weight loss comes much easier by eating this way. However, I would suggest consulting with your doctor before jumping into any new way of eating.

Besides food that we eat, it's also important to think about what you are drinking at well. Sugar can be found in a lot of beverages particularly coffee drinks and so-called health smoothies. I would recommend cutting out soda all together and beware of fruit juice as well because it also contains sugar. Water, black coffee, and tea are good beverage options.


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Monday, June 4, 2012

Paleo Diet Meal Plan: Tips for a Successful Paleo Diet

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This article assumes that you are already familiar with the Paleo diet and now want to adopt it for yourself. The "Paleo diet" has an obscure sounding name and lots of seemingly bizarre rules: no bread or beans? Despite the list of dos and don'ts, the theory is the easy part, the doing it is the hard part.

Paleo Diet Meal Plan: Tips for a Successful Paleo Diet

Eat only what the earliest humans ate.

It's that simple. What isn't so simple is keeping your commitment. If you're like me, or most humans really, goal setting easy. How many New Year's Resolutions have you made? How many have you fulfilled? So before you jump into the Paleo diet only to abandon it a few days in, set yourself up for success.

Make a Paleo diet meal plan

My least favorite part about adopting a new healthy eating regiment is that invariably the cookbooks will list out recipes which require ingredients I don't have. Since you can't buy 1 tablespoon of paprica, I end up buying a whole bottle... and more than I need of countless other ingredients. Meal plans are tedious, boring, and rigid. "I'll just go with the flow," I tell myself. The problem is that going with the flow requires a mastery which I do not yet posses. I need a Paleo diet meal plan because if I don't have one, I'll end up eating unseasoned chicken breast and apples for every meal of every day. That is not sustainable.

You can make a plan yourself or find one online but you need a plan. A goal without a plan is only a fantasy. Map out what you'll eat for the next 1 - 4 weeks. You don't need an exact meal by meal "I have to eat this Tuesday for lunch" but you should have enough meals to get you through. You should also make sure you have enough breakfasts, enough lunches, enough dinners, and enough snacks. Never underestimate snacking. If you don't plan for snacks, you'll either ditch your Paleo diet meal plan immediately and opt for a non-Paleo snack or you'll be so hungry when meal time comes around that you don't stick to the Paleo diet meal plan. You don't want that. Include a variety of foods in case you're just not in the mood for something and make sure you, at least in the beginning, stick with what you know. If you can't prepare, or don't really like, the food you're eating, you won't stick to your Paleo diet meal plan.

Evolve: if humans did it, so can you.

Start with foods you know and like but don't stay there. Gradually introduce new foods into your Paleo diet meal plan over time. Your first week should be only foods you know and love. Your second week, try to eat something new once per day. After that, try to incorporate something new and unusual into every meal. A key component to the Paleo diet is variety. Hunter-Gatherers didn't have the luxury of a grocery store, or even a Paleo diet meal plan; they ate what was available. You need to intentionally branch out in the beginning because we have been conditioned to only eat certain types of food (cereal, bacon, eggs, and toast for breakfast; a turkey sandwich for lunch, pasta or casserole for dinner).

Ultimately, a written meal plan and specific commitment are crucial for your success in converting to a Paleo diet. Hey, if humans could do it before the invention of indoor plumbing, I think you can handle it too.


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Sunday, June 3, 2012

Gluten Free - Lamb Breakfast

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Finding gluten-free breakfasts foods is a challenge. Often eating gluten-free means eating a different meal to the rest of your family. Here is one all the family will want to eat. This breakfast is a tasty blend of fruit and lamb. You can make it before hand, then heat it in the microwave while you are getting ready in the mornings. Gluten and wheat free it is also suitable for anyone following the Paleo-diet.

Gluten Free - Lamb Breakfast

The recipe is for one serving as often only one person in a family eats gluten-free. You may have to alter the amounts to suit your appetite or when serving to more than one person. Make up a large batch, taking advantage of cheap food offers in your supermarket. Divide into one person servings and freeze. Then when you come to use you can take out as many portions as there are people you need to feed.

Ingredients

Grapes, 10 grams

Onions, raw, 100 grams

Pepper, black, half tsp

Paprika, 1 tsp

Butter, salted, 1 pat half oz

Dried mixed fruit, 25 gram

Roast leg lamb, 100 gram

Millet 100 gram

Water 50 ml

Directions

Put the butter, salt, pepper, and paprika into a frying pan and melt over a slow heat

Peel and thinly slice onions

Add onions to pan and sweat (cook slowly) for about 15 mins

Add millet and water

Bring to boil

You can use millet that has been pre-cooked and left over from another meal, in which case omit the water, add the cooked millet and continue without bringing to boil.

Add dried mixed fruit and slowly cook

Cut 2 slices of roast leg of lamb into thin strips and add to pan (note this is cooked meat)

Cook slowly for a further 10 mins

Serve and eat

Follow this with fresh fruit

This is a very forgiving recipe and you can add just about any fruit or veg to it. Experiment, change the type of meat you use, throw in a few dried apricots or cranberries. Other gluten-free grains can be used, try buckwheat or quinoa. Whatever you do all the family will eat this breakfast.


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Friday, June 1, 2012

List of High Protein Foods

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High protein foods are great for packing on extra muscle. To make sure that your diet is filled with muscle-building proteins, it is extremely important to consider which high protein foods you should consume during your daily eating routine. To help you select the best high protein foods for your diet, we've compiled a list of some of the most protein-packed foods that you can find in your average grocery store.

List of High Protein Foods

You will notice that the list covers a broad variety of high protein foods. This was done intentionally so that you can compare food types and have more options to add to your daily meals.

The list:

(all nutrition estimates are based on standard single servings)

Peanut butter (2 tbsp)

Protein- 8 g

Calories- 188

Fat- 16 g

Raw almonds (19 pieces)

Protein- 7 g

Calories- 180

Fat- 14 g

Almond butter (1 tbsp)

Protein- 2 g

Calories- 101

Fat- 9 g

Skinless chicken breast (1 cup)

Protein- 38 g

Calories- 258

Fat- 10.4

Ground beef (90% lean, 3 oz)

Protein- 23 g

Calories- 182

Fat- 9 g

Ground turkey (3 oz)

Protein- 22 g

Calories- 193

Fat- 11 g

Salmon (half fillet)

Protein- 39 g

Calories- 367

Fat- 22 g

Tuna (canned, 1 cup)

Protein- 39 g

Calories- 179

Fat- 1 g

Deli turkey (1 oz)

Protein- 4 g

Calories- 31

Fat- 1 g

Findings:

High protein foods vary substantially in protein, fat, and calorie content per serving. Some of the best high protein foods have high fat counts; however, it is important to consider that not all fats are bad for you, and some can be very beneficial to your diet- even if weight loss is your top priority. Almonds, for example, are rich in omega three fatty acids but low in saturated fats.

In general, if you are looking for an efficient way to increase your protein count but keep your calorie and fat intakes minimal, than fish and lean meats are an effective option. Canned tuna (hold the mayo) tops the list as the most efficient protein source. Skinless chicken breasts, deli turkey, ground turkey, and lean ground beef are also highly efficient high protein foods.


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