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The Paleo Diet Firefighter and the Expert

An article on the Washingtonian Magazine website describes the activity and food choices made by a female firefighter. Her food choices are fairly typical for a busy person following the Paleo diet on a more or less informal basis. As you will read, a few non-paleo items crept in during the 4 day log of [...]

Grass-fed Beef vs. Poultry on the Paleo Diet

It seems that the tide is slowly turning in favor of red meat. More and more research is being done that shows the benefits of the consumption of beef, especially grass-fed beef.  And more specifically, grass-fed beef is shown to have a better nutritional profile than poultry like chicken and turkey. This is an interesting [...]

Women Eat Fat on the Paleo Diet

For the last 40 years or so America and the rest of the industrial world, has been on a low-fat diet, with devastating results. Obesity, heart disease, diabetes, cancer and more are running rampant. And the fats we do eat, polyunsaturated fats, instead of healthy saturated fats, have contributed even more to the health crisis. [...]

Avoiding Damaged Fats on the Paleo Diet

There seems to be a lot of confusion on what is a healthy fat. We now know that trans-fats like margarine or shortening at to be avoided, but there are still other fats that are available which are still very unhealthy to consume, Yet people still think they are doing themselves good by using these [...]