Question:
What are the best sources of protein in the paleo diet?
Kodi
2013-08-27 19:51:55 UTC
Ive been doing crossfit for nearly seven months now, and ive had awesome results. But now, I want to step it up a notch. Ive been on the paleo diet for two weeks now, but in order to gain strength i need lift lift more and heavier. So, my question is what source of food is the most important when it comes to building muscle? And what is most important when it comes to maintaining muscle? Please keep in mind that i am indeed on the paleo diet, thanks.
Four answers:
Skeptic
2013-08-27 23:02:21 UTC
Humanoid ancestors have been evolving for two million years. Humans migrated to Northern latitudes and became dependent upon animal based foods within the last 50,000 years. From an evolution perspective, humans have been eating meat for a blink of an eye. Humans have been consuming milk and dairy for even less time. Human digestive systems have not evolved significantly over a period of 50,000 years and is better adapted to plant based foods. This is supported by the science supporting a Whole Food, Plant Based (WFPB) diet. Think about how easy it is to find a bird's nest. It would be a rare treat and important if you lacked calories and protein. Our primitive ancestors did not have large eggs fried in oil every morning, and they definitely did not have refined sugars, excess salt and convenience foods. In fact, they lacked calories, protein, and other nutrients. If you wanted to eat like a caveman, you might have to skip one or more days of eating. Cavemen had no choice but to eat meat to survive long winters in Northern latitudes. They lived long enough to procreate, but they had short life expectancy. Eating too much animal based protein has proven to be detrimental to health and life expectancy.



To build muscle, consume dark leafy greens, legumes, and whole grains. Think about how muscular our nearest animal relative is. The great apes grow enormous muscles by eating almost nothing except leafy greens. Sadly, our ad men promote whey protein and other dairy products as muscle builders. The fact is, the excess protein is washed out of your system quickly doing some damage to your kidneys.



For additional information, find the web sites of T. Colin Campbell, Neal Barnard, or Caldwell Esselstyn, Jr.
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2016-02-15 08:52:26 UTC
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The truth is that the Paleo Diet will never be considered a fad because it’s just simply the way that humans evolved to eat over approximately 2 million years. And eating in a similar fashion to our ancestors has been proven time and time again to offer amazing health benefits, including prevention of most diseases of civilization such as cancer, heart disease, alzheimers, and other chronic conditions that are mostly caused by poor diet and lifestyle. One of the biggest misunderstandings about the Paleo Diet is that it’s a meat-eating diet, or a super low-carb diet. This is not true
Nola
2015-08-21 22:34:13 UTC
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?
2014-07-04 19:24:56 UTC
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