Paleo Diet Review

My girlfriend came and visited me from LA last weekend and totally floored me with her new physique. Being that she is from LA, I made inappropriate assumptions and yelled at her to stop taking those damn diet pills! (Everyone does it out there) With a satisfied smirk she informed me that she has not been partaking in diet pills, but instead, the Paleo Diet. Apparently it’s all the rage in LA.

Needless to say, I am normally skeptical of things that are “all the rage” in LA. However, I have heard positive things about the Paleo Diet before from 2 top rated trainers, and decided to take a closer look.

Here’s the lowdown: The Paleo people lived in a time when life was simple – divorce rate was low, taxes were non-existent, and food was natural. Imagine this… instead of fighting with your man on who’s turn it is to make dinner tonight, you simply keep your mouth shut because your jobs are already set in stone (pun intended). Your man goes out and kills food (consisting of furry creatures), and you stay back and pick food. And the best part is, he ALWAYS has a 6-pack, and you ALWAYS look amazing in your animal skin bikini!

Apparently a bunch of really smart and high paid researchers did studies on this and realized that cavemen in the paleolithic era are naturally lean, have improved athletic performance, have acne free skin, and experience relief from many metabolic and auto-immune diseases. Who knew??

The BEST thing about this diet is that there is not a lot of rules. You have a set of foods that you are allowed to eat, and you eat them whenever you’re hungry. Gone are the days of 5 meals a day, or not eating 3 hours before bedtime. So if anyone tries to give you Paleo Diet menu plans, don’t listen. You get to make up your own rules with this diet.

*Disclaimer: DO NOT be gluttonous! If you eat like a pig and gorge yourself, NO diet will work. You need to learn to stop eating when you are full.

Paleo diet foods consist combinations of lean meats, seafood, vegetables, fruits, and nuts. Paleo diet recipes consist of meals such as filet mignon dinner with asparagus and mushrooms, or seabass sith a salad of greens. I don’t know about you, but that sounds amazing to me!

As with anything else you try, you absolutely MUST educate yourself thoroughly on all the aspects of the Paleo Diet so you can be prepared for pitfalls and not make any mistakes.

I did a bit of research, and my recommendation is to go through this Paleo Nutrition Guidebook. This is also the guide that my fantastic LA friend followed.

Give this a shot and let me know your thoughts.  If you end up busting your ass at the gym less than I do but looking more fantastic after trying the Paleo diet, I will scream. But I will also congratulate you.