John Welbourn and the Paleo diet

[MormonManUtah]

1st figure out what you are allergic too. As we age our allergies are more pronounced. MANY people are gluten intolerant. 2nd reduce stress wherever you can. 3rd always drink 32-64 ounces of warm water before a meal. 4th never eat a bite of meat and starchy carb in the same bite (separate them and chew to paste). Bottom line: if you focus on better digestion strategies then you can eat and enjoy. Limit your cardio also because cardio & high stress causes digestive distress! INTENSITY #1.

[MormonManUtah]

I believe most people are just making blind guesses as to why the feel better. Rather than it being simply the meat and veggies that make you feel good....maybe it is really more complicated than we realize. When we get older our digestion strength decreases. When digestion is poor it makes us sleepy and have a hard time recovering. Eating meat and veggies is much easier to digest simply because you are not combining starchy carbs and protein. Stress is a huge factor.

[jaylu0717]

Paleo seems too good to be true? It is. I was on it for just six months. I lost a ton of weight and looked amazing (I'm a woman). No one knew how sick I was. I had to stop to heal the damage only six months did. It's good for now, until you're 60 and all your arteries are clogged. See Forks over Knives (streams on Netflix), or read the China Study. We started eating meat for basic survival, I agree. But we're not made to thrive on it long-term.

[kelownat]

Everyones comments on Paleo is based on theory and not the biochemistry of the diet itself. My wife is a registered dietician and is doing a paper on me (I'm on Paleo right now) over the next year. She is going for her PHD and this will be part of her thesis. So far there is lots of problems with this diet.... We didn't evolve into the top of the food chain to go backwards in our way of eating. Let's try to not spit in Darwins face. All I ask is to learn the facts about what you do

[valgez1]

@kelownat You may have a point here. Blood type diet accounts for the possible evolutionary changes, 45% of people have O Blood type, the oldest type - their diet should be Pure Paleo, many points have been proven by biochemistry. The same, many points have been proven concerning the diet for other blood groups, some are omnivorous, some are vegans, etc... Luckily, I have O type, and i should tell you, by body's reaction tells me evrth, no need in additional proof :-)

[kelownat]

@valgez1 It's nice to hear from someone that on youtube that isn't so close minded. Paleo works for some (me and you being some of them) but not for most.

[MadameMcintosh]

I don't like the fact that the paleolithic diet is very acidic. Mixing acidity with sugar (from fruits) is a bad idea.

[CBasie2856]

The problem with this diet is that how much meat are we supposed to eat? How much fruits, vegetables are we supposed to eat?

We wouldn't be able to hunt during ice age that much because most of the animals are way too fast for us to catch and they can outrun us, when we could just pluck fruits, vegetables, nuts off the ground easily. We needed some major technology to capture bison like a gun, but we didn't have that back then. All we had was a carved out piece of stone that couldn't do much.

[jerry122063]

@CBasie2856 indians didn't have guns and they did fine with their bow and arrows and spears.

[CBasie2856]

@jerry122063

what about before the bow and arrow was invented? How would you kill an animal then?

[jerry122063]

@CBasie2856 well they said they had some types of spears. another way is to use traps or even a make shift net.

[bschultz79]

Paleo would be better that vegan, you are getting the best of both worlds. You need animal protein. Travis Barker, a strict vegan, after his plane crash, started eating meat so his skin grafts would take. They weren't taking before and he wasn't healing quickly. Under doctors recommendation he started eating meat and the grafts started taking. I believe you can get protein on a veg diet, but they aren't as complete as an animal protein.

[mikecazzx]

This sounds like Atkins and ketosis. Very bad except for short term weight loss. Can lead to liver failure I believe

[mikecazzx]

Disgusting. Completely unnatural for a human to walk around like this.

[Mrquinton7]

This dude's huge.

[coolintake]

can paleo help a 140 pounder@ 5"11 with a metabolism faster than a coal firing engine have enough energy to go through crossfit routines day in and out?

I doubt that! I am middle eastern and naturally I eat a Mediterranean infused diet (i.e meats, rice, vegetables in the form of various salads, more rice ( carb tolerant - i know ;), and fruits) and with 3 solid meals a day + protein shakes...I can just maintain what I have...if i go paleo, i might disappear!!!!

[TheCavemanRunneth]

@coolintake

I deeply believe that paleo is for everyone. Unfortunately it requires a level of commitment and change that few people can realistically handle. The big idea behind it is that if you no long eat foods that we were not genetically designed to eat (rice being one of them), it will shift your biochemistry to burn fat as a primary fuel source as opposed to carbohydrates. Given a few weeks to adjust and you will have far more energy than you do now, as for disappearing, look at him ^^

[kelownat]

@TheCavemanRunneth I am a paleo follower right now myself but unfortunatly the paleo diet has no actual evidence backing it. It is still a theory with no conclusive evidence or long term studies done. The bio chemistry of it doesn't make sense with the majority of the public and it is seriously lacking in certain things like calcium, magnesium, and certain vitamins. It works well for me cause I have a gluten allergy and am lactose intollerant but it does not work for most due to cost and time.

[MadameMcintosh]

@kelownat The paleo doesn't lack calcium and magnesium at all, but it might be wise to drink quality water. My water contains 20% of the DA of calcium for every liter I drink. As I drink 3 liters, you already get 60%.

[CBasie2856]

@kelownat

It does make sense. Think about it..... if we were stuck in nature hunting in the wild, what would we eat? Afterall, we did come from out there in nature, we didn't always have all these houses all over the place like we do nowadays. We wouldn't eat bread, cookies, have cheese, have all these processed foods. Processed foods is a modern idea. You would eat what was available on the ground-animals, organs, fruits, berries, vegetables, sea vegetables, herbs, insects, nuts, seeds.

[kelownat]

@CBasie2856 what you are saying is all based on theory. The long term effects and scientific evidence have not been tested as of yet. The human race has always evolved and we have evolved to eat much more than our Paleo ancestors.... I follow Paleo due to my lactose and gluten allergy but the majority of the public it will not work for. It may work for 15% of the public at best.

[CBasie2856]

@kelownat

how does paleo lack vitamins and evidence? vegetables, fruits, and meat, nuts have plenty of calcium. After all, we didn't always have bread and rice. Bread and rice are man made foods, did you know? Most healthy diets center around these four food groups anyway, so you might as well eat paleo anyway.

You can go back to eating your so called health foods pasta, brownies, hotdogs, processed man made food. I will stick to my nature made fruits, vegetables, meat, and nuts.

[CBasie2856]

@kelownat

You think mankind always had bread, McDonalds, cookies, pasta on their plate? That is a stupid, ridiculous idea. Are you that clueless? Anybody who thinks all the foods such as milk, bread, rice, pasta, vitamin water are health foods is a wacko. We simply ate what was available in nature, not something made by man. We definitely ate meat, vegetables, seafood, fruits, nuts or at least some variation of it. Raw food is just another variation of the paleo diet.

[shlokda]

The paleo diet has not a shred of concrete evidence to stand on. No comprehensive studies evaluating the macronutrient and trace nutrient contents of wild plant and animal foods actually consumed in un-westernized hunter-gatherer diets was ever conducted. . Also, abundant research indicates the health protective effect of whole grains, starchy veggies, legumes, and other food sources paleo "prohibits" Not saying it doesn't help people lose weight, it's just entirely unneccessary.

[nymets8669]

@shlokda have you ever heard of lectins or anti nutrients? these toxins found in grains and legumes have shown to cause auto immune disorders caused by leaky guy syndrome and a number of other diseases, not to mention the anti- inflammatory properties of the paleo diet . There have been a number studies conducted on this type of diet. Do some research before you make such claims.

[shlokda]

@nymets8669 The proven health benefits of whole grains far outweighs the negatives. Researchers at the division of biostatistics , VA Med Center and University of Kentucky concluded individuals with the highest instake of whole grains reduced risk of CHD by 26%. In another randomized controlled trial with 235 hypercholesterolemic overweight patients resulted in reduced cholesterol, LDL Cholest, and apolipoprotein B, indpendent of excercise or caloric restriction.

[nymets8669]

@shlokda i have read many similar studies, they all seem to be very sloppy. i can sight just as many studies that contradict what you say (like this one Frassetto LA, Schloetter M, Mietus-Synder M, Morris RC, Jr., Sebastian A: Metabolic and physiologic improvements from consuming a paleolithic, hunter-gatherer type diet. Eur J Clin Nutr 2009.) But this will just result in both of us being more convicted in each of our arguments. The mechanisms behind these arguments make little scientific sense

[shlokda]

@nymets8669 In other cross sectional studies, significant inverse trends have been shown between whole-grain intake and the metabolic syndrome and mortality from cardiovascular disease , indpendent of lifestyle and dietary factors. You think it's a coincidence that Japan leads the world in having one of the lowest rates of coronary heart disease and breast cancer, despite the nation's largest contributor of dietary energy coming directly from Rice?

[nymets8669]

@shlokda this especially makes little sense considering what we know about insulin and metabolic syndrome, as for the Japanese, there diet largely consists of fresh meat and fish and plenty of fruits and vegetables not as much rice as you would think, again this little exchange will only end up with both of us convinced we are right, so shall we agree to disagree? i just know personally i am thrilled to reverse my symptoms of multiple sclerosis with the paleo diet. doesn't mean you have to agree

[zzap999]

@nymets8669 I've read in Wikipedia under "Paleo diet" that grains and legumes have mimicking protein molecules that can trick your immune system into going autoimmune. Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease. Strange how your own body's own immune system would attack itself due to a wrong diet.

[zzap999]

@shlokda They also eat a lot of raw meat foods such as fish(sushi). The rice they eat like many asians are white rice. The brown stuff has shown to have many toxins in it. Now we know why rice is refined down to it's white form. If you think rice is so great then look at the Phillipines. Many poor filipinos who trade their fish for bulk rice go blind or have poor eyesight because of Vitamin A deficiences which their caught fish can provide. Japanese can afford both.

[MormonManUtah]

@TheCavemanRunneth You are correct. The complex carbohydrates of the typical world diet are there only because they are easy to mass produce cheaply! If everyone in the world ate the healthy Paleo way we would run out of meat. So everyone can't live Paleo. No worries though. I doubt everyone is going to give up their precious meat and bun slathered in crap. For those of us who get it and understand. For the few that have dropped the water weight, have boundless energy and clear thought...

[zzap999]

@MormonManUtah Lierre Keith made the point about how Cargill and others have dumped cheap Nebraska corn into the world market to the point of causing native local farmers all over the world to go out of business. Thus they end up in the crowded cities living in urban poverty.

[StabbyRaccoon]

@coolintake

A lot of the time people have gut pathology from eating grains. The lectins damage the microvilli and people can't absorb their nutrients properly. Thus they can't gain weight. You could certainly give it a try for a month.

[Ineke210000]

What a sad re-volution

New times need new heroes!

Real men don't eat meat. (anymore)

Go vegan!

[ashtree673]

@Ineke210000

First, I don't many athletes of his level that are vegan. And that's in any sport. Second, I personally don't know very many healthy vegans. Third, vegans also ignore a couple million years of human evolutionary history. Do you seriously thing humans could get all their daily calories from vegetables before farming? Fourth, I was almost vegan and I was getting very sick very quick.

[SCROGY]

@Ineke210000 Piss off douche wad.

[Ineke210000]

@SCROGY you practice jiu jitsu, i used to do so too many year ago.

i've meant it well.

[Chrisisms]

What a bunch of garbage. Loading up on protein isn't going to prevent the degenerative diseases that actually end up killing football players at early ages. Lettuce, blueberries, broccoli sprouts, etc will fight virtually all diseases and meat has the opposite effect. And if u aren't exercising 5 hours a day u are especially at risk for diseases of affluence. The same foods w/high protein have excess fat, cholesterol, etc...

[hellspawnds]

@Chrisisms

Still way better than eating lots of cooked grains and pasteurized dairy.

[SCROGY]

@Chrisisms Why don't you post one study that proves that vegans live longer than strict Paleo eaters? Just one. I want to see the study that proves CONCLUSIVELY that vegans live longer lives than people who follow a strict Paleolithic diet from a very early age. Let's have it. If you're going to continue to troll these Paleo videos with your vegan BS let's have the studies. Either that or kindly leave because no one wants you here.

[cjohnson596]

My personal trainer of the last 6 months is all about the paleo diet/workouts. He is 52 years old and looks like he's in his 30's - I've been using this approach for the last 6 months and Im VERY pleased with my change in health & fitness

[smoku46]

protein protein protein. That is most important if you want to build muscle. Grainy foods only to be added after exercise

[Chrisisms]

@smoku46 protein protein protein. That is most important if you want to build muscle"

So is steroids and creatine, creatine, creatine!

[Antigen07]

He eats dairy in his paleolithic diet I believe. That helps, as does eating high fat meats.

[kf1000]

5000 calories per day (for ultra-athletes only) on the paleolithic diet is simple. Just add several whole avocados (at 300 calories each), and snack on almonds and walnuts at 200 calories per small handful. Several bananas per day at 150 calories each, olive oil on greens, and eat lots of steak and eggs and fish and fruit.

If you need 5000 calories, it's easy, especially if you snack all day long on healthy, calorie-rich natural paleo foods.

[smoku46]

yeah but he still eats 5000 cal a day and figure that it surely cant be delivered through paleo only.

[karinachabela]

@smoku46

Yes it can... Easily

[thanumber23]

preach!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Iambecome]

Cool