This is the Paleo Food Pyramid. Their biggest advice is to:
“start by eliminating all of the offensive processed food, grains, sugar & industrial oils.”
*Ditch Grains (refined grains, whole grains, bread, pasta, muffins, cereal – anything made from flour)
*Ditch sugar (white sugar, candy, cake, cookies, pastries, milk chocolate, milkshakes masquerading as coffee drinks)
*Ditch vegetable oils & trans fats (corn oil, soybean oil, canola, sunflower/safflower, margarine, shortening, anything w/ “partially hydrogenated”)
*Ditch all other junk foods (potato chips, crackers, “crisps”, Cheez-its)
*Ditch fast food (Taco Bell, McDonalds, Burger King etc…)
“Eat the animals, vegetables, fruits, nuts and seeds our bodies are adapted to thrive on.”
*Eat animals (grass fed beef, lamb, bison, pork, poultry, eggs)
*Eat animals from the sea (salmon, sardines, trout, mackerel, crab, shrimp, oysters, mussels, clams – wild)
*Eat unlimited produce (leafy greens of all kinds, colorful plants, berries, cruciferous vegetables, assorted fruits, roots & tubers)
*Eat some nuts & seeds (macadamias, walnuts, cashews, almonds, pecans, brazil nuts, pistachios, hazelnuts, pumpkin, squash, & sunflower seeds)
*Use healthy cooking fats (grass fed butter, coconut oil, olive oil, red palm & regular palm oil, ghee & animal fats (lard, tallow, duck fat, etc)
*Stock spices (Keep plenty on hands: cumin, coriander, thyme, rosemary, sage, chili powder, mint, tumeric, & cayenne to name a few)
What is your opinion? Due to food sensitivities I really like this pyramid as I cannot eat grains, dairy & about 25 other foods. It works for me!
