There's something about my new colleague that screams progressive lifestyle, which is why she shocked me Friday by eating pizza and drinking Sprite with a Diet Coke chaser. It gets worse - today she went to the food cart for lunch and came back with a cheeseburger, cookies, and a chocolate milk. I immediately got on my soapbox because I had a hunch that she knew better...and she did.
Before I knew it she was telling me about Philly Cow Share and I was grinning from ear to ear thinking about those angus cows I met in Santee. I realized that I since I no longer am a Greensgrow CSA member, I'm a bit out of the loop in terms of local food production. I asked her how she knew about it and she said that her gym promotes healthy lifestyles including the paleo diet as in paleolithic - meats, fish, vegetables, fruits, nuts - things available before the domestication of plants and animals - hence no grains, dairy, or sweeteners. I bet they don't promote eating burgers off of a food cart.
Clearly this is not for vegetarians because legumes are a no-no but I'm thinking I might try to do the 30 day challenge. I know I've talked about this type of thing before, but this seems achievable and I could feasibly start right after Labor Day. Who's with me?
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I subscribe to the theory that most things are okay in moderation. I am not with you haha. Not only can I not give up milk and cheese, I just don't want to. Good luck though!
ReplyDeleteRemember I asked about the Paleo diet a while ago - I think we talked about it briefly. This is a problem however, because the biryani that Isa made the other night was so tasty, I have been taking the leftovers for lunch for two days now. I'm pissed off that I have to have something else tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I want to know more about the Paleo diet, Like, I understand the no dairy, but what about wild grains? No sweeteners, but what about honey? I'm going back in to check it out. I'll post what I find...
I think the Paleo will be easier than the Daniel that I previously suggested. I'm going to try my coffee with coconut milk to see how I like it.
ReplyDeleteI did a little digging and apparently there's some anthropological questions about the claims of the diet.
Do you think it's possible that people could've eaten wild grains during that time - how would they have prepared them? I guess a mortar and pestle? How would the chaff have been removed from grasses?
I think the paleo says no sweetners but they include honey, maple, and agave. I guess that's another question for anthropologists.