Paleo Diet: Raw Paleo Diet and Lifestyle Forum
Raw Paleo Diet Forums => Welcoming Committee => Topic started by: Meloy on June 15, 2010, 02:15:25 am
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Hey guys 'n girls
Writing here from Guernsey in the channel islands and stumbled across your forum whilst looking for some MMA stuff on google
I'd read up about the paleo diet before and I'm very eager to give it a shot! The closest things to raw i've eaten has been bacon (which I believe is cured or smoked before packaging and therefore isn't raw) and rare/near enough bleu steaks
Im gonna have a look around and see where I can start off but for the mean time i'd be very interested to hear peoples thoughts on the raw paleo diet and its benefits - ie weight loss, muscle growth, improvement to senses - anything!
Thanks all :)
Meloy
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Hi.
I think the benefits (or issues) with weight loss and muscle growth will be about the same as the paleo diet or any that use ketogenic ideas. It's just much healthier, avoiding toxins from cooking and losing nutrients.
I have noticed my eyesight getting much more intense. I don't know if that's eye muscles getting stronger or something else but definitely there.
Good luck.
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Thanks man
By Paleo diet do you mean raw meats?
I see loads of people using abbreviations and I dont know what half of them mean haha or the difference between Paleo and Raw Paleo (if there is one)
Guess I still need to look around some more
Meloy
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Raw diets, in general, as well as the rawpalaeodiet lead to weight-loss. Toxins from cooked foods get stored in the fat-cells you see, thus promoting weight-gain. I lost a good 15-20kg or so as a result of going rawpalaeo. The only exception is raw dairy which is well-known to cause weight-gain for most - unsurprisingly, it's also not a very healthy food.
I had rather severe muscle-wastage for years prior to going rawpalaeo. Raw meats etc. helped me to regain some muscle-tone like everyone else. I wouldn't say that a rawpalaeodiet in itself gives one extra muscles, per se, but there are many claims that muscles grow faster during intensive training, while on a rawpaleodiet, than on any other kind of diet.
As for senses, given that my nose was almost always bunged up during years on SAD, my sense of smell has improved considerably. Plus, moodwise etc., I am much better since going in for bacteria-rich raw meats.
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I'm definately going to consider going for a RPD
When that will be i've got no idea, want to read up on it a bit more until i'm 100% satisfied because it's something I'd like to follow for as long as I can if I can bring myself to stick to it
From what i've read both in books and on this forum/the internet people have gained great health benefits from PD and it seems more "natural" than the current craze of dairy and grains that people eat (taking our ancestory into consideration)
Plus I absolutely love eating meat, could eat steak till I burst
Meloy
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Hi Meloy!! :)