Nurta Eats Like a Cave Woman!: So last night I cracked a coconut...

A friend of mine has started a new way of eating (it's not a diet) called Paleo. She also started a blog to record her progress and help others to understand this way of eating, fondly referred to as eating like a cavewoman/caveman. In trying to find out about Paleo and what is different with using it rather than other eating methods, I came upon a site on Nurta's blog called whole9life  that provides an explanation. You can refer to this site: http://whole9life.com/2010/05/the-paleo-pitch/ for more information.

The Whole9 Nutrition Elevator Pitch

I eat “real” food – fresh, natural food like meat, vegetables and fruit. I choose foods that are nutrient dense, with lots of naturally-occurring vitamins and minerals, over foods that have more calories but less nutrition. And food quality is important – I’m careful about where my meat comes from, and buy produce locally and organically as often as possible.

It’s not a low calorie “diet” – I eat as much as I need to maintain strength, energy and a healthy weight. In fact, my diet is probably much higher in fat than you’d imagine. Fat isn’t the enemy – it’s a great energy source when it comes from high quality foods like avocado, coconut and nuts. And I’m not trying to do a “low carb” thing, but since I’m eating vegetables and fruits instead of bread, cereal and pasta, it just happens to work out that way.

Eating like this is good for maintaining a healthy metabolism, and reducing inflammation within the body. It’s been doing great things for my energy levels, body composition and performance in the gym. It also helps to minimize my risk for a whole host of lifestyle diseases and conditions, like diabetes, heart attack and stroke.

If you go to my friend, Nurta's, blog at http://paleonurta.blogspot.com, you can read her progress and insight. It does sound interesting. This is her most recent addition to her blog:

Nurta Eats Like a Cave Woman!: So last night I cracked a coconut...: No really it's easy. I'm sure for paleo man/woman it wasn't as simple as it was for me. I used a flathead screw driver, hammer, and a vegg...