Whenever my fitness routine becomes a little, well, too routine, I query my friends for their preferred method of exercise. I have found that everybody has their own way of keeping in shape, whether it’s kickboxing, jogging, or, just lifting weights for hours on end. Not all of them work for me, but there’s no harm in trying something new. To that end, I decided to accompany my friend to a Bikram yoga class.Meat’s Meat? Think Again.
Last time, I gave a very basic introduction to my Paleolithic diet. To recap:
-No beans, legumes, grains, starches, or processed sugar (basically, nothing but honey is allowed), and very little salt.
-Eat fresh whole food, raw when possible.
-Civilization has made us sick, by feeding us food to which our bodies have no adaption.
-Eat meat, fish, eggs, vegetables, fruits, and nuts.
But before you start going crazy at the grocery store and throwing recipes together, understand that the quality of the food is as important as the classification of the food - especially when it comes to animal products. Not all meat is created equal.
The quality of the meat - any animal product, really - is arguably more important than the other stuff. Buy organic vegetables and fruits if you can afford it, but I think it’s far more crucial that the animal products you eat come from “paleo” animals. If you subscribe to the notion that eating food our bodies are evolutionarily adapted to is imperative for optimum health, doesn’t it follow that the animals we eat should also eat the “correct” food? Fruits and vegetables, organic or not, “eat” the same stuff: sunlight, water, nutrients.
If you’re making the long journey from out-of-shape couch potato to peak fitness hotshot, then you are very likely well acquainted with that chamber of horrors that is the, erm, gym.
Thanks to all you readers, I get a weekly column! Haha. It seems Jane couldn’t resist giving me my own soapbox… she probably just gets tired of me in person!