(CBS 5) Converts to the paleolithic diet trend claim they are shedding pounds and repairing damage done to their health by eliminating a number of common items in their former diet.
Bay Area blogger and paleo diet enthusiast Tara Grant said she lost more than 100 pounds in 2011 following the diet today, shes even slimmer. Ive lost about 15 more pounds, I dont even weigh myself anymore, said Grant. And Ive never felt better.
Grant is part of a growing trend of Caveman Converts who swap processed foods, dairy and sugar for meat, fish, poultry, nuts and seeds, and fruits and vegetables galore.
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Its an elimination diet that has also worked for Tennessee neurosurgeon Dr. Jack Kruse. Seven years ago, Kruse tipped the scales at 357 pounds. He changed what he ate and saw dramatic results. Within three months I lost 77 pounds, said Kruse,and within 11 months I had lost 133 pounds.
Mark Sisson, author of The Primal Blueprint, was a top endurance athlete in the late 70s and early 80s. A marathoner and triathlete, Sisson was training really hard, putting in a lot of miles and following the conventional wisdom of the time carbohydrate loading taking in about 1,000 grams of carbs a day, mostly complex carbohydrates, mostly based on a grain-based diet.
Sisson said the combination of the diet and the training was actually killing him.
I was one of the fittest people on the planet, I was the picture of health and inside I was falling apart, said Sisson. I had irritable bowel syndrome, I had chronic respiratory tract infections six or eight times a year, I had osteoarthritis in my feet, I had chronic tendonitis in my hips, I was a wreck.
Sisson quit competing and began researching the types of food he was eating and how his body responded to them. I saw that much of what I was eating was pro-inflammatory, was causing systemic inflammation throughout my body.
So Sisson changed what he ate. Six to 11 servings a day is the base of the food pyramid, I cut those out entirely, said Sisson, (and) replaced it then with fruits, veggies, and meat. He said its not even lean meats. If I have a 2-pound ribeye steak and I cant finish it, I cut out the lean parts and give it to my dog, and I finish the fat, joked Sisson.
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HealthWatch: Going ‘Paleo’ Means Cutting Out Common Items From Diet
