you must ask yourself why man has consumed red meat for thousands of years yet only in the last say 75 have we seen the rise in cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Its because of processed manufactured “food” loaded with carbs to make them palatable.
Carbs=sugar=spiking blood sugar=insulin abuse. At some point your body says look... you really need to spike me to get me to make insulin with all those carbs.
The low fat high carb diet that the media and medical community pushed on us is what is killing us.
RDA says 300 carbs is what you should eat. Yeah, if you want to kill yourself.... If your already healthy and are at a good weight eat up to 80 grams of carbs a day. if you need to lose weight keep it around 50 or less.
Here is the paleo twist. Stick to all the meat cheese and vegetables you want and you won't even have to count the carbs. (paleo people debate the cheese) Try to stick to organic meats and grass fed dairy but even if you don't its still 1000s of times better sticking to whole food. EAT all the eggs you want.
If it looks like it was made in a factory don't eat it.... or eat very little of it.
I eat all the fatty meats, cheese and veggies I want. I am 5'7 118 lbs and I do not exercise.
I know of a great website for a guide. If you want it pm me. It might be inappropriate to post such a website. The best part is they don't try to sell you anything.
Saturated fat and cholesterol have been unfairly demonized.... Probably to get people to take up another unhealthy lifestyle known as vegan or vegetarian. My guess, the animal rights people and the global warming people.
Calorie breakdown.
I do 50ish% fat 30ish% protein less than 20ish% carbs
If you don’t mind me asking, how old are you? (And I have had great success with my own modified version of the Atkins diet).
I was at one of the early meetings where paleo crytalized with its early adherents—including me, back in ‘84. I do this for a living—I am an MD who does weight loss/maintenance the paleo way.
Describes Americans (when ladies were naturally slim with a healthy glow and vitality, not sporting the haggard skeletor look of modern Hollyweird) before the RDA gospel of death. "We're from the government and here to [blank] you."