Jakesully
Jedi
So I've been reading up on the Health and Diet part of the forum, and especially the Paleo Diet and the New York Times article about people living a caveman lifestyle. (I have to admit at first glance that the idea of running barechested and barefooted across the Brooklyn Bridge was attractive to my overly romantic sensibilities, but I quickly came to my senses and admitted that they're taking the whole thing past the point of absurdity.
I also read the thread on Fasting, Gluten, MSG, Soy, Blood Type Diet, and the parts where Laura mentioned and quoted an article about Gluten Sensitivity made me pause to wonder, could this be the reason for my own lethargy and lack of mental clarity over the past few years, perhaps for my whole life? As well as an explanation for the ADD I was diagnosed with while in grade school? What about my family and their ADD. My father had bursitis once while I was in high school.
To top it all off, last night, I went to Teddy's Bigger Burgers here in Honolulu with a friend who's leaving recently. Being in a party mood, and wanting to run an experiment, I got the biggest burger they had, an 18 ouncer, with fries and a shake - satan to the body, essentially. I woke up this morning feeling sore and aching all over, especially with a tightness in my neck. I think I might be Gluten Sensitive.
A while ago, back in 2006, I turned to Reiki in order to seek a remedy to this condition, and noticed an improvement. However, over long periods of time, fatigue would come back if I didn't keep up with self-treatments.
In any case, after this awful experience with the burger joint, I'm deciding to go cold turkey from anything not indicated by the Paleo Diet. I made a trip to the grocery store today to see what legal foods I could scrounge up. No salt or sugar. No starch or gluten of any type, be it wheat, corn, potatoes, or rice. No seeds, including peanuts. No soy. No dairy (which I'm pretty sure I react to by becoming congested and having to clear my throat and spit phlegm constantly). Eat meat, vegetables, fruit, and nuts.
Bear in mind that I'm on a shoestring budget and I have no access to a kitchen in my current dwelling. Any cooking I want to do would have to be on an electric hot plate or outdoor grill.
I first go to check out the canned fish section. I had already made a habit of eating canned tuna for a while, and while I was doing so, noticed immense benefits in terms of my physical health. Unfortunately, I would eat these with crackers, somewhat negating the value. So I have to eat tuna, but can't eat any crackers with it. I look through their selection to find a brand of tuna with perhaps a little more flavor to it. I found nothing that did not have some form of either soybean oil or wheat gluten in it. So I stick with the Chunk White Tuna from StarKist.
I go look in the canned nuts section and begin reading the labels on cans of mixed nuts. The only can I found that did not have some form of salt, honey (sugar) peanut or cottonseed oil in it was a can of Planters Walnuts. I look at the back label. The only ingredient: walnuts. Perfect!
Going to the fruits and vegetables section I had better luck finding foods without toxins. My major disappointment here: Pickles are made with salt. And I really liked pickles... oh well. Golden Delicious Apples, Carrots, Strawberries, Blueberries, all good foods. Should hold me over for now. Went to the frozen vegetables section and stocked up on some microwavable broccoli and carrot mixes for good measure.
Out of the whole supermarket these were the only foods I could find that were Paleo-Diet-legal and didn't require cooking on a stove or grill. I was astonished at the fact that here, supermarket shelves are lined wall-to-wall with foods that are essentially toxic to the body, but the shoppers don't even realize it.
Come to think of it, that reminds me that a friend of mine used to have a George Foreman Grill and would use it to cook steaks. I'll have to look into that if I want to eat real meat on the cheap without having to invest in charcoal and lighter fluid. ;D
My question though, is if one is to go strictly legal in terms of the Paleo Diet, is it possible to make foods that actually taste good once in a while, without actually cooking anything? Perhaps sprinkling a little garlic, onion, herbs and spices, etc., in my tin of tuna before I eat it out of the tin with a fork? :P
Self-effacing humor aside, has anyone else tried a strict Paleo diet, and what have you found in your supermarket to make the whole experience a bit more palatable?
I also read the thread on Fasting, Gluten, MSG, Soy, Blood Type Diet, and the parts where Laura mentioned and quoted an article about Gluten Sensitivity made me pause to wonder, could this be the reason for my own lethargy and lack of mental clarity over the past few years, perhaps for my whole life? As well as an explanation for the ADD I was diagnosed with while in grade school? What about my family and their ADD. My father had bursitis once while I was in high school.
To top it all off, last night, I went to Teddy's Bigger Burgers here in Honolulu with a friend who's leaving recently. Being in a party mood, and wanting to run an experiment, I got the biggest burger they had, an 18 ouncer, with fries and a shake - satan to the body, essentially. I woke up this morning feeling sore and aching all over, especially with a tightness in my neck. I think I might be Gluten Sensitive.
A while ago, back in 2006, I turned to Reiki in order to seek a remedy to this condition, and noticed an improvement. However, over long periods of time, fatigue would come back if I didn't keep up with self-treatments.
In any case, after this awful experience with the burger joint, I'm deciding to go cold turkey from anything not indicated by the Paleo Diet. I made a trip to the grocery store today to see what legal foods I could scrounge up. No salt or sugar. No starch or gluten of any type, be it wheat, corn, potatoes, or rice. No seeds, including peanuts. No soy. No dairy (which I'm pretty sure I react to by becoming congested and having to clear my throat and spit phlegm constantly). Eat meat, vegetables, fruit, and nuts.
Bear in mind that I'm on a shoestring budget and I have no access to a kitchen in my current dwelling. Any cooking I want to do would have to be on an electric hot plate or outdoor grill.
I first go to check out the canned fish section. I had already made a habit of eating canned tuna for a while, and while I was doing so, noticed immense benefits in terms of my physical health. Unfortunately, I would eat these with crackers, somewhat negating the value. So I have to eat tuna, but can't eat any crackers with it. I look through their selection to find a brand of tuna with perhaps a little more flavor to it. I found nothing that did not have some form of either soybean oil or wheat gluten in it. So I stick with the Chunk White Tuna from StarKist.
I go look in the canned nuts section and begin reading the labels on cans of mixed nuts. The only can I found that did not have some form of salt, honey (sugar) peanut or cottonseed oil in it was a can of Planters Walnuts. I look at the back label. The only ingredient: walnuts. Perfect!
Going to the fruits and vegetables section I had better luck finding foods without toxins. My major disappointment here: Pickles are made with salt. And I really liked pickles... oh well. Golden Delicious Apples, Carrots, Strawberries, Blueberries, all good foods. Should hold me over for now. Went to the frozen vegetables section and stocked up on some microwavable broccoli and carrot mixes for good measure.
Out of the whole supermarket these were the only foods I could find that were Paleo-Diet-legal and didn't require cooking on a stove or grill. I was astonished at the fact that here, supermarket shelves are lined wall-to-wall with foods that are essentially toxic to the body, but the shoppers don't even realize it.
Come to think of it, that reminds me that a friend of mine used to have a George Foreman Grill and would use it to cook steaks. I'll have to look into that if I want to eat real meat on the cheap without having to invest in charcoal and lighter fluid. ;D
My question though, is if one is to go strictly legal in terms of the Paleo Diet, is it possible to make foods that actually taste good once in a while, without actually cooking anything? Perhaps sprinkling a little garlic, onion, herbs and spices, etc., in my tin of tuna before I eat it out of the tin with a fork? :P
Self-effacing humor aside, has anyone else tried a strict Paleo diet, and what have you found in your supermarket to make the whole experience a bit more palatable?