{"id":10221,"date":"2017-01-24T19:28:29","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T06:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/?p=10221"},"modified":"2019-11-23T08:16:37","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T19:16:37","slug":"why-we-use-paleo-or-other-real-food-diets-for-healing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/wapf\/why-we-use-paleo-or-other-real-food-diets-for-healing\/","title":{"rendered":"Why we use Paleo or other Real Food diets for healing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Why we use Paleo or other Real Food diets for healing<\/span><\/h1>\n

The difference between dieting to lose weight and therapeutic diets for deeper healing.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The idea for this post came to me after discussing this issue on someone else\u2019s post. To many people, a diet is a diet is a diet. But there are different reasons to change our way of eating, and those reasons can affect what changes we make.<\/p>\n

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Dieting to lose weight<\/h3>\n

This is the concept most people think off when we say diet. So let\u2019s address that first. To lose weight, some widely publicised approaches are to:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Restrict calories
\n\u2022 Restrict fat, but eat lots of carbs and protein
\n\u2022 Restrict both carbs and fat<\/p>\n

Depending on your metabolic tendencies, one of these may work for you temporarily.<\/p>\n

But under-eating, especially under-eating fat, can have disastrous effects on your metabolism, and once you stop depriving yourself, the weight is likely to go back on. Hence the term yo-yo dieting.<\/p>\n

A couple of more effective, and safer, approaches are:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Low carb, high fat (LCHF)
\n\u2022 Ketogenic (very low carb, high fat)<\/p>\n

But, in my view, even these approaches are only band aids if you keep eating \u201cfake food\u201d.<\/p>\n

By that, I mean anything that has been made in a factory, instead of provided by nature.<\/p>\n

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Changing diet for improved health<\/h3>\n

If we want to address health first, we need a different approach. We want to promote ways of eating that will help the body heal from chronic issues such as:<\/p>\n

\u2022 high blood sugar \/ high insulin
\n\u2022 thyroid and adrenal dysfunction
\n\u2022 autoimmune dis-eases
\n\u2022 heart disease
\n\u2022 and more.<\/p>\n

To improve health I look to real food eating as an underlying principle. For the purposes of this tag on Steemit, we are calling it Paleo, as that is a term that is fairly well known. But what we really mean is any Real Food diet that covers our nutritional needs.<\/p>\n

I rather like the term ancestral eating, as we want to go back to real foods that our ancestors have eaten for eons, foods that we know our bodies are designed to eat.<\/p>\n

<\/center>You can still put your own spin on it, such as:<\/p>\n

\u2022 LCHF \/ Keto \/ Carnivore – at one end of the spectrum
\n\u2022 Vegetarian \/ High plant \/ Raw foods \/ Juicing – at the other end
\n\u2022 Adding in intermittent fasting (meal spacing)
\n\u2022 Avoiding your own individual allergies such as starches, gluten, dairy or nightshades<\/p>\n

But the underlying principle is eating a range of real foods that nourish you and keep you satisfied.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re eating lots of processed foods or sugars, those are the things that need to be eliminated for your Real Food diet to help you.<\/p>\n

Some popular diets remove the most beneficial foods. For example, if your diet sheet says to eat egg white omelettes and throw away the nutritious yolk, that\u2019s no longer a whole food.<\/p>\n

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A special note about sugar<\/h3>\n

Yes, if you stop eating sugar, you will feel deprived for a while. This is unavoidable because sugar is highly addictive. For some people it can work to just cut out processed sugar and still eat fruit, grains and legumes, as long as they are unprocessed.<\/p>\n

But for most people, and especially those with conditions such as metabolic syndrome, blood sugar issues or insulin issues, you will almost definitely need to drastically cut back on even whole sugars and high carb foods for a while, and in some cases permanently. The good news is that after about 4 days the physiological cravings will diminish \u2013 as long as you go 100% for a while.<\/p>\n

But beware; even one slip will have you looking around for more. Don\u2019t beat yourself up if that happens, but notice it and get back on the wagon!<\/p>\n

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In summary<\/h3>\n

OK, I went off on a bit of a tangent about sugar at the end there, but that is something that bears repeating regularly, as it is possibly the hardest thing to cope with. So I\u2019ll probably talk about it again!<\/p>\n

But hopefully you now have a feel for the difference between deprivation dieting to lose weight, and eating real foods to rebuild your health. This is a fairly brief description \u2013 as many of you know, my posts are often fairly lengthy! \u2013 so feel free to ask questions.<\/p>\n

More resources<\/h3>\n

\u2022 For more on what is involved, see my post on what is meant by a Paleo diet here.<\/a>
\n\u2022 For some tips on how to get started on a healing diet of any kind, see this recent post<\/a>.
\n\u2022 See some of my previous nutrition posts below.
\n\u2022 Read @triddin<\/a>\u2019s story about managing diabetes here<\/a>.
\n\u2022 Read @baerdric<\/a>\u2019s story about going Paleo here<\/a>.
\n\u2022 And keep checking out the #paleo<\/a> feed for more helpful articles and recipes.<\/p>\n

Thanks for reading and let me know how you get on<\/h3>\n

The Paleo food pyramid is in a few places but although I can\u2019t find it there, I think it first came from Mark Sisson of www.marksdailyapple.com. The rest of the pics are from Pixabay.<\/em><\/p>\n

Follow me<\/a> for more health, nutrition, food, lifestyle and recipe posts.<\/p>\n

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[I offer one on one nutritional coaching or EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) sessions by Skype. Bitcoin, Steem or Paypal accepted. Contact me in Discord or SteemitChat.<\/em><\/h4>\n

Some of my previous NUTRITION posts:<\/h3>\n

\u2022 The wide variety of healthy diets out and what they have in common<\/a>
\n\u2022 The travels of Weston A Price and his discoveries about healthy diets<\/a>
\n\u2022 Good fats vs bad fats<\/a>
\n\u2022 DNA testing for better Health & Fitness<\/a>
\n\u2022 DNA testing part 2: How Well Do I Digest Carbs?<\/a>
\n\u2022 DNA testing Part 3: I can\u2019t eat Carbs & How to Manage that<\/a>
\n\u2022 About the Gut & Psychology syndrome (GAPS) diet Part 1 \u2013 Can it help autism?<\/a>
\n\u2022 GAPS diet Part 2: Foods we can\u2019t have<\/a>
\n\u2022 GAPS diet Part 3: Foods we CAN have<\/a>
\n\u2022 GAPS diet Part 4: What if I can\u2019t eat some animal foods<\/a>
\n\u2022 Salicylate intolerances<\/a><\/p>\n

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