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I've noticed a significant improvement in digestion since starting Atkins. I used to get heartburn frequently but don't anymore.
Ive noticed my heartburn get better since losing weight, on weight watchers. And general digestion has improved with lots of fiber, INCLUDING whole grains.
I eat everything--whole grains, meat, dairy, veggies, fruit, candy, processed crap--and my weight is the same as it was in high school 30 years ago. (I'm 5'10" and weigh between 140-145). When I go to the doctor she marvels at my low cholesterol. I take no medications and have no chronic health problems. Of course that doesn't mean I don't have cancer or won't drop dead of an aneurism tomorrow, but statistically I am in good shape.
My point is that there is no "good" or "bad" food. If something makes you feel bad when you eat it, don't eat it. There's no need to preach to everyone else that they shouldn't eat it. If you keep your calories within a good range for your activity level and get regular exercise that makes your heart pound and works your muscles, you'll be fine.
As far as the paleolithic diet, or the blood type diet, or any other of the 1000's of "diets" out there, they are designed to do one thing only--sell books. Don't kid yourself that they're going to do anything for you.
My side effects with wheat and dairy are textbook -- bloating, joint pain, headaches, neurological disturbances, subtle weight gain, worse if I eat every day which I haven't eat either food regularly in about 20 years. I harp on these two foods because they are health damaging & metabolic inactivating for blood type Os. My sister is one inch taller than me, 5'2" and is up to 118. Sorry, her playing weight should be a lean, mean 110-115 at most. Why is she 5 nearly 10 lbs overweight? She eats wheat toast daily and has insulin receptor damage with increased fat storage and water weight gain. She like many Os is on the road to fat & old but refuses to listen. She's bought in to just eat everything and love your body crap that's taking over this country. No sorry one size does not fit all.
So don't eat that stuff. I'm an O, eat wheat and dairy and don't have bloating, joint pain or neurological disturbances. I get headaches occasionally, but usually when I haven't had enough water to drink. I gained about 10 pounds over 10 years but lost it by counting calories and keeping tabs on protein, fat carb intake. I did not cut out wheat or dairy.
So your sister is 5-10 pounds overweight and you've diagnosed her with insulin receptor damage? Unless you're an endocrinologist, you have no basis for your "diagnosis." But, while we're diagnosing, I'll say you've got serious body image issues.
Guess what? We're ALL on the way to old, if we're lucky. At the rate you're going, you're going to spend your entire life freaked out that you're about to gain 5 pounds or develop a wrinkle and then...you're gonna die. No one gets out alive L&L--skinny or not.
The Paleolithic diet at its core is about survival. I choose not to tolerate a 5 or 10 lb weight gain, it doesn't mesh with my philosophy.
Incidentally my sister has endometriosis & had an ovary removed. The condition is fueled by estrogen dominance which may be caused by insulin resistance. She has also developed allergies which is an O auto immune disorder which runs in my family.
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Originally Posted by Marlow
So don't eat that stuff. I'm an O, eat wheat and dairy and don't have bloating, joint pain or neurological disturbances. I get headaches occasionally, but usually when I haven't had enough water to drink. I gained about 10 pounds over 10 years but lost it by counting calories and keeping tabs on protein, fat carb intake. I did not cut out wheat or dairy.
So your sister is 5-10 pounds overweight and you've diagnosed her with insulin receptor damage? Unless you're an endocrinologist, you have no basis for your "diagnosis." But, while we're diagnosing, I'll say you've got serious body image issues.
Guess what? We're ALL on the way to old, if we're lucky. At the rate you're going, you're going to spend your entire life freaked out that you're about to gain 5 pounds or develop a wrinkle and then...you're gonna die. No one gets out alive L&L--skinny or not.
Paleo is a perfectly fine diet for blood type Os. My diet more or less is Paleo, I'm probably one of the more Paleo people on this board. I eat red meat almost daily & restrict grains & dairy. At 40 I look good in skinny jeans, wear a size zero and pass for 5-10 years younger. The Paleo diet is not right for everyone though, it works for me due to genetics.
I am still waiting for a poster to make a statement about this who is skeptical about this Paleolithic Diet. Anyone?
Paleo, like all "diets," will result in weight loss if followed exactly. Paleo, like all "diets," will not resuilt in a healthy balanced nutritional regimine, because it eliminates or drastically reduces nutrients that are essential to human anatomy. You'll have to take supplements to replenish whatever you're not getting from the "diet."
Paleo was great for prehistoric humans who had clean water, untainted wild meats, unprocessed foods other than regular cooking with fire, whose lifestyles included a similar amount of exercise to an immigrant citrus farm worker, who never had to breathe in fumes from any machinery at all, who had no plumbing or sewers or birth control, who hunted for their meals, who had no supermarkets of any kind whatsoever, or delivery trucks, or takeout, or locks on their doors, and no glass for windows.
Their bodies were adapted to their environment. Modern humans living in the civilized part of the world are not adapted to the paleo environment, therefore modern humans living in the civilized part of the world will not be able to sustain the paleo diet *healthily* even if they lose weight from it.
As diets intended specifically and exclusively to lose weight, it's not bad at all. But it's not a diet that would keep you healthy, because it lacks fiber, it lacks carbs, it has too much fat, and it is intended for someone who is not even halfway as sedentary as most people have been within the past century.
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Paleolithic Diet
