Comments on: Paleo Food List

By: Car

Car — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:54:25 +0000

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By: Wes

Wes — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 21:50:43 +0000

Peanuts actually aren’t nuts, Fran, much to my dismay (they’re so damn tasty). They’re legumes, which apparently have many of the same gut-irritating properties as grains. So, given that they were first cultivated in the neolithic period, paleo humans never experienced the ever-popular pb&j.

By: Fran

Fran — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:10:29 +0000

What’s wrong with peanuts?

By: Wes

Wes — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:44:46 +0000

Hey, Cheryl. That was Doc Carlson about the apple versus candy bar comment, I believe. Of course, it would be a pretty sad world without fruit. ;( We just need take the extra carbs into consideration when we reach for yet another apple (or cup of applesauce) or one more banana. As we all know, fruits have lots of beneficial micronutrients (unlike grains); so, coupled with veggies, they’re part of a healthy eating lifestyle. Fruit juices, however, are a different story, because they enable the consumption of extra fruit carbs much more quickly. Paleo humans didn’t have blenders and juicers, after all. ;)

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 21:50:39 +0000

Hi, Wes and Kevin. I’m confused about fruit. Which of your guests said that an apple is worse than a candy bar because it spikes your insulin faster? I recently cut almost all fruit out of my diet, and I do feel better. Once again, more awake, more alert (the same improvement I felt when I went off grains). Still, it’s hard for a part of me to believe that something from the produce section of the supermarket can be so bad for you. I’m hesitant to tell my children that fruits are a bad choice. I see that you still have them on your list of paleo foods.

Thanks.
~Cheryl

By: JimS

JimS — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:41:04 +0000

When or if eating seeds, it might be useful to think of how often they would be available to our paleo ancestors, how much time/effort it would take to yield a significant amount, etc.

I pick wild blueberries & blackberries in season and eat them out of hand (not seeds I know), and it doesn’t take very many to feel sated and to have had enough of the picking.

By: Wes

Wes — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:26:06 +0000

Hi Shameer. I know humans in the paleolithic age ate various tubers. Most advocates of paleo eating today prefer sweet potatoes and yams (root tubers) over regular taters (stem tubers). Both of course contain predominantly carbohydrates, so make sure to eat them in moderation–and absolutely no brown sugar or marshmallows on top! :)

By: Shameer Mulji

Shameer Mulji — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 05:20:49 +0000

I’m fairly new to the paleo way of eating. Would you consider potato / sweet potato paleo foods?

Thanks.