Quite often we get asked the question what can I eat or what can’t I eat. The quickest answer is no grains, no dairy. Imagine if you will your self buck naked on the savannahs of Africa and you had a stick and a rock. No go shopping. Also, Did it exist? With all the Genetically Modified Organics (GMO’s) this can be a challenge. Fruits and Berries: Look for local and organic first. Strawberries, Blue Berries, Apples, Oranges, Tomatoes, Kiwi, Olives. Anything edible raw. Nuts/Seeds: Look for local and organic first. Not peanuts, they are a bean. Nuts you can eat raw. Almonds, Walnuts, Sunflower seeds. Pecans, Brazil. Macadamia, chestnuts, sesame GRAINS!: For the most part, man’s first processed food into bread. Wheat, Corn, Wild Rice, Oats, Millet, Rye, Barley, quinoa, armanth and anything made from them. I can’t say enough bad things about them. Everything from Anti-nutrients (Phytates) to Gluten, Lectins, to spiking your insulin. I don’t care how much you paid for what they call Healthy and Whole Grains. THEY ARE BAD. Sweeteners and Artificial Sweeteners: Sugar, Stevia, Fructose, Corn Syrup, Sucralose, Aspartame, Lactose, Honey and Molasses. Yes we had Honey, evolving in the Palaeolithic era, but not enough or often enough to allow us to adapt to the sudden rush of sugar spiking our insulin levels. Dairy: (not including eggs if you classify them as dairy cause they are baby chickens) Milk, Cheese, Yogurt, Butter. If you are considering Whey only protein shakes you are probably OK as most are cross filtered enough to remove and immune damaging properties. Potatoes/Tubers: Tons of carbs causing huge insulin spike. Sweet potatoes, Yams. Russet potatoes, Beets, Turnips, Cassava. Spuds in general. Legumes: Beans, Peas, peanuts, soy, Green beans, Lima, Coffee, cocoa. You will see them marketed as a free food. From an insulin response they are right. From an optimal health point they are not due to the naturally occurring chemicals in them. Most containing anti-nutrients and their own Pesticide in the form of alkaloids or Lectin.
Try to eat these foods (foods our ancestors ate raw)
Meats: Look for three criteria. Range Fed/Grass Fed only, Local and Organic. Beef, Chicken, Pork, Lamb, Venison, Turkey, Fish, Eggs, Game birds, Frog legs, Crab legs, eggs I think you get the point. Flesh. Make this your priority at every meal.
Vegetables: Look for local and organic first. (Not Potatoes or starchy tubers). Broccoli, Green Peppers, Cucumbers, Asparagus, Celery, Carrots, Mushrooms (fungi, I know). Edible raw green plants.
Do not eat these foods
