The Essentials of the Paleolithic Diet

An excerpt from Ben Balzer, a family physician in Australia, about some "eats" and "don't eats" of the Paleolithic Diet. His article is an excellent introduction to the Paleo Diet, and I'm posting it just in time for Thanksgiving...

Eat none of the following:

• Grains- including bread, pasta, noodles
• Beans- including string beans, kidney beans, lentils, peanuts, snow-peas and peas
• Potatoes
• Dairy products
• Sugar
• Salt

Eat the following:

• Meat, chicken and fish
• Eggs
• Fruit
• Vegetables (especially root vegetables, but definitely not including potatoes or sweet potatoes)
• Nuts, eg. walnuts, brazil nuts, macadamia, almond. Do not eat peanuts (a bean) or cashews (a family of their own)
• Berries- strawberries, blueberries, raspberries etc.

Try to increase your intake of:

• Root vegetables- carrots, turnips, parsnips, rutabagas, Swedes
• Organ meats- liver and kidneys (I accept that many people find these unpalatable and won’t eat them)

Read the full Introduction to the Paleolithic Diet.

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