The Paleo Diet Cheat Sheet (The Dos and Don’ts)

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We are always on the lookout for easy ways to keep on task with Paleo diet. Thanks to Paleo Plan, we now have another tool in the tool-belt. Next time you’re in need of a refresher of what you can eat, and what you can’t on the Paleo diet, have a look at this!

Do Eat:

 

Meat, vegetables, Certain Facts (for cooking: animal fats, coconut oil)(low heat) and Palm oil. For eating: Avocados, Coconut milk, (Flax and nuts), Seafood, Fruit, Eggs, Some nuts and seeds, Raw Honey (just a teensy weensy bit)

Keep track of your point system:

You start each week with 100 points.

-1 for eating no –no foods.

+1 for every time you do something good: exercising.

KEEP A DIET LOG:

 Restrict you an amount of nut intake to about 2 ounces per day.

Experiment with sea vegetables.

Stick to drinking filtered or spring water and herbal tea.

Use salt BUT only Unrefined Sea Salt.

Drink a couple of liters of water per day.

(Not only will this detoxify your body, but also it will decrease appetite and increase stamina.)

Do East Out but be mindful of what is on the do not eat list and work around that.

Write down your goals for the duration of your diet.

Remember your carvings only last 10 minutes.

DO NOT EAT:

Refined sugar (cane sugar, “white” sugar, brown sugar, agave, fake sugars, etc.) Surgary Drinks, Grains (Wheat, rice, oats, quinoa, spelt, amaranth, buckwheat, etc. That means pasta, bread, cookies, pastries, oatmeal, cake, etc.) Vegetables Oils (like corn. Safflower, sunflower, grape seed, cotton seed or other high omega-6 oils), legumes (beans, soy, lentils, peanuts), Coffee or otherwise Caffeinated Beverages, Daily (milk, yoghurt, cheez, butter, cream, sour cream, Cheez-its etc.)

Buy non-quality food. (Make sure what you’re buying/eating is fresh and non processed.)

Pasteurized juices.

Do not eat peanuts. (They are legumes not nuts)

Do not Binge on coffee, alcohol, chocolate, dried fruit, caffeinated teas and honey. (Consume moderation only)

Do not think all oils are the same. (Avoid vegetable oils; they contain high omega 6 levels.)

Do not starve yourself. (Make sure you’re consuming a balanced amount of water, carbohydrates, fruits vegetables, etc.)

Do not have anything tempting in your kitchen! (Take all of the foods out of your home, so that a sudden craving doesn’t tempt you.)

Do not disregard the meal plan. (IT will throw your stomach off if you stay too for from the plan.)