Paleo diet runs on what our ancestors had survived throughout their lives such as meats, vegetables, fruits, sea foods.
Fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, fresh meat—the paleo diet is all about eating foods straight from the Earth just as our ancestors did.
This diet lessens the body’s glycemic load, and maintain a healthy ratio of saturated-to-unsaturated fatty acids, increases vitamin and nutrient consumption, and contains an optimal balance of protein, fat, and carbohydrates.
- Quick-Start Paleo Diet Food List
While we go into more detail below, here is a quick rundown of the basics:
- Meats: most kinds, ideally pasture-raised or grass-fed, including organ meats
- Seafood: most kinds, ideally wild-caught
- Vegetables: any kind, ideally organic and local
- Eggs: any kind, ideally pasture-raised or free-range
- Fruit: any kind, all in moderation, ideally organic
- Nuts and seeds: all kinds, in moderation, ideally organic and with no added oils
- Certain oils and fats: mainly saturated and monounsaturated fats (few polyunsaturated fats), ideally organic and unrefined
- add some spinach or other greens, vegetable juice, or berries.
- Proteins: Anchovies, Bacon, Beef, Chicken, Lamb, Ostrich, Oysters.
- Foods to Avoid in Paleo diet
Before we dive into the enormous list of food that you can enjoy on a Paleo diet, here are the basics of what you should avoid when it’s about paleo diet.
- GRAINS
- Wheat
- Rice
- Barley
- Rye
- Corn
- Quinoa
- Amaranth
- BEANS AND LEGUMES
- Soy (tofu, tempeh, miso, soy sauce, soy lecithin)
