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So I've decided to give this a crack.
Some of you might know this diet from the documentary.
I'm worried about damage to my endothelial cells which is the inner lining of the circulatory system. There has been some heart disease in my family and I'm starting to get on in years so I need to preserve my own health.
I've gone vegan before for short stints but I don't really like that label. I really don't care about avoiding animal products. Really I just care about avoiding junk most of the time.
So I'm going to transition into this diet slowly at first just to figure out what meals I like. Giving up meat has always been difficult for me and I always go back to it but who knows I might be able to kick the habit eventually.
I know I want to give up fish. The mercury levels are just too high and the fish concentrate pollution in their bodies. You can get Omega-3 from flaxseed and chia so I'm going to give that a go.
I know many on this forum follow the opposite school of thought with high fat, low carb diets but I don't think that's the right diet for me. I'm going to do my research and find out more but I suspect that paleo although it has some good principles isn't really that healthy.
I recently watch the short doco Sugar vs Fat.
The fat diet twin was the one that ended up prediabetic with high blood glucose and insulin resistance. The sugar diet twin was making more insulin.
The sugar diet twin won the mental and physical challenges.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-05/low-carb-diet-may-shorten-your-life-study-finds/5299284
When I look deeper into it I find that high fat diets aren't all they're cracked up to be. Yes the paleo diet might help you shed the excess kilos but weight loss doesn't equate to good health.
Some of you might know this diet from the documentary.
I'm worried about damage to my endothelial cells which is the inner lining of the circulatory system. There has been some heart disease in my family and I'm starting to get on in years so I need to preserve my own health.
I've gone vegan before for short stints but I don't really like that label. I really don't care about avoiding animal products. Really I just care about avoiding junk most of the time.
So I'm going to transition into this diet slowly at first just to figure out what meals I like. Giving up meat has always been difficult for me and I always go back to it but who knows I might be able to kick the habit eventually.
I know I want to give up fish. The mercury levels are just too high and the fish concentrate pollution in their bodies. You can get Omega-3 from flaxseed and chia so I'm going to give that a go.
I know many on this forum follow the opposite school of thought with high fat, low carb diets but I don't think that's the right diet for me. I'm going to do my research and find out more but I suspect that paleo although it has some good principles isn't really that healthy.
I recently watch the short doco Sugar vs Fat.
The fat diet twin was the one that ended up prediabetic with high blood glucose and insulin resistance. The sugar diet twin was making more insulin.
The sugar diet twin won the mental and physical challenges.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-05/low-carb-diet-may-shorten-your-life-study-finds/5299284
When I look deeper into it I find that high fat diets aren't all they're cracked up to be. Yes the paleo diet might help you shed the excess kilos but weight loss doesn't equate to good health.