Comments on: Primal Instincts http://vikingmuscle.com/2009/06/22/primal-instincts/ Natural diet, Natural power, Naturally brutal Sun, 18 Apr 2010 05:44:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Neil http://vikingmuscle.com/2009/06/22/primal-instincts/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Neil Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:42:50 +0000 http://vikingmuscle.com/?p=5#comment-31 Hey Sarah! Your right! A sweet potato is a root, but it's classified the same on the Glycemic index. A sweet potato has tons of nutrients and can be a great source of carbohydrates. This particular diet approach is based of the ides that all humans were meant to eat only certain foods as we evolved as omnivore's. This mainly consists of foods we could have foraged for or killed with our bare hands. So technically a sweet potato is considered a root or tuber, however its a far stretch from the types our caveman ancestors would have enjoyed. These roots, like a sweet potato or turnip, are much more starchy. That being said you can make this diet work for you, most roots are typically excellent sources of indigestible fiber that help support the normal microbes of the intestinal tract, especially so if the skins and peels are eaten. The main thing I try to convince people of with this diet is that your food should be eaten fresh and raw or as close to raw as it can safely be consumed. Consuming processed foods is the easiest way I know to add extra sugar, fats, and salt to your daily diet. For additional reading I would refer you to a very well done paper on the Paleolithic (caveman) diet, you can find it <a href="http://www.toddcaldecott.com/pdfs/Paleolithic%20diet.pdf" rel="nofollow">here</a> Hey Sarah! Your right! A sweet potato is a root, but it’s classified the same on the Glycemic index. A sweet potato has tons of nutrients and can be a great source of carbohydrates. This particular diet approach is based of the ides that all humans were meant to eat only certain foods as we evolved as omnivore’s. This mainly consists of foods we could have foraged for or killed with our bare hands. So technically a sweet potato is considered a root or tuber, however its a far stretch from the types our caveman ancestors would have enjoyed. These roots, like a sweet potato or turnip, are much more starchy. That being said you can make this diet work for you, most roots are typically excellent sources of indigestible fiber that help support the normal microbes of the intestinal tract, especially so if the skins and peels are eaten. The main thing I try to convince people of with this diet is that your food should be eaten fresh and raw or as close to raw as it can safely be consumed. Consuming processed foods is the easiest way I know to add extra sugar, fats, and salt to your daily diet. For additional reading I would refer you to a very well done paper on the Paleolithic (caveman) diet, you can find it here

]]> By: Sarah http://vikingmuscle.com/2009/06/22/primal-instincts/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Sarah Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:54:56 +0000 http://vikingmuscle.com/?p=5#comment-30 Wait a sec (BTW, this is Sarah--Megan's old college roomie), I thought sweet potatoes were not actually potatoes, AND that they were low on the glycemic index, AND that they were a miracle food. What's up with that? Please do explain. And I find you sight fascinating. Well done! Wait a sec (BTW, this is Sarah–Megan’s old college roomie), I thought sweet potatoes were not actually potatoes, AND that they were low on the glycemic index, AND that they were a miracle food. What’s up with that? Please do explain.

And I find you sight fascinating. Well done!

]]> By: Natural Viking Diet | Viking Muscle http://vikingmuscle.com/2009/06/22/primal-instincts/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Natural Viking Diet | Viking Muscle Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:38:28 +0000 http://vikingmuscle.com/?p=5#comment-3 [...] this diet I am trying to cut fat slowly, eat only whole natural foods that adhere to the paleo diet, and eat every 2 – 3 hours depending on hunger.  I will not restrict myself to calories [...] [...] this diet I am trying to cut fat slowly, eat only whole natural foods that adhere to the paleo diet, and eat every 2 – 3 hours depending on hunger.  I will not restrict myself to calories [...]

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