Paleo Desserts Recipes

Everybody loves a good desert and just because you are living a paleo lifestyle doesn’t make you any different here are some of the best ideas I have for deserts the paleo way.

They are really delicious and some of my favorite paleo desserts.

The first one has got to be

Grilled Paleo Bananas

this one is nice and simple

1. just slice a banana in half and then slice those pieces long ways. Remembering to leave the appeal on.

2. sprinkle the cut side with Cinnamon

3. then place on a grill facing down Peel up and grill for around 2 to 3 minutes then flip them over and grilled them peeled side down on other 2 to 3 minutes and enjoy.

My next favorite would have to be

Grilled Paleo Peaches

1. slice your peaches in half and remove the pit.
2. next you need to sprinkle on some cinnamon to the outside of the peache

3. you need to now grill cut side down for around 3 to 5 minutes.

this is a really great desert especially when peaches are in season they are delicious

now my all-time favorite paleo dessert has got to be!

Paleo Chocolate Custard

this is yet another very easy desert to create

the ingredients you will need are

1. 1 can of coconut milk

2. 1 cup of dark chocolate chips

3. 1 teaspoon of cinnamon

preparation

1. first you will need a reasonable sized saucepan, melt the chocolate chips into the coconut milk over a medium low heat whilst stirring with a whisk.

2. add the cinnamon and stir in.
 
3. now pour the custard into small serving dishes placed them into the refrigerator for two hours.

4. top with home-made whipped cream.

This is a great little desert and I’m sure you can come up with thousands of different ways to do it so enjoy these paleo dessertsIf you are living a paleo lifestyle and looking for some great paleo recipes then I recommend you check out this New Paleo Recipe Book it has over 370 recipes and its a must have for anybody living a paleo lifestyle it really helps me create some delicious paleo meals.

The important thing when living a paleo lifestyle is that you keep your meals interesting and exciting because living the paleo way is supposed to make your life not only more healthy but more enjoyable and this also includes meals if your meals are exciting and tasty then you will look forward to meal times and really enjoy living the paleo way.

Paleo Brownies

Now let’s face it we all love brownies but unfortunately they do not exactly fit with our paleo lifestyle so there is a delicious brownie recipe that will not only satisfy your cravings the brownies are also fit with your paleo lifestyle.

These delicious paleo brownies are great as a little treat or as a delicious desert after your meal.

If you are living a paleo lifestyle and looking for some great paleo recipes then I recommend you check out this New Paleo Recipe Book it has over 370 recipes and its a must have for anybody living a paleo lifestyle it really helps me create some delicious paleo meals.

The important thing when living a paleo lifestyle is that you keep your meals interesting and exciting because living the paleo way is supposed to make your life not only more healthy but more enjoyable and this also includes meals if your meals are exciting and tasty then you will look forward to meal times and really enjoy living the paleo way.

Paleo Chili

One of my favourite things in life is to have some chilli so if you fancy a bowl of chilli but want to keep your paleo lifestyle then I recommend you try this paleo chili recipe it makes a delicious bowl of chilli also fits in with a paleo way of life.

There’s nothing quite like a hot bowl of chilli in my opinion it reminds me of sitting around with family and having a good time it really is one of them homely dishes for me.

Preparation

1, get out your crockpot and chop up your carrots and onions. Depending on how big you like your pieces of Carrot I like mine quite chunky in my chilli.

2, next chop up the chicken and added to the ground beef.

3, now you need to lay on your frozen vegetables.

4, add the spice to the mix making sure that you coach all of the meat well before adding your tomatoes rinse out the tin by filling it 1/2 way up with water and pour this into the mix it makes the chilli nice and juicy.

5, now all you need to do is give it one last stir and let it cook for as long as possible I recommend if on high for a minimum of four 4 hours but if on low a minimum of 6 to 8 hours.

Now all you need to do is enjoy I recommend may be having some almound bread with it or maybe top it with a fried egg that can be really delicious.

If you are living a paleo lifestyle and looking for some great paleo recipes then I recommend you check out this New Paleo Recipe Book it has over 370 recipes and its a must have for anybody living a paleo lifestyle it really helps me create some delicious paleo meals.

The important thing when living a paleo lifestyle is that you keep your meals interesting and exciting because living the paleo way is supposed to make your life not only more healthy but more enjoyable and this also includes meals if your meals are exciting and tasty then you will look forward to meal times and really enjoy living the paleo way.

Paleo Meatloaf

Now in life there is always those confidence foods the ones you remember from your childhood that make you feel all warm and homely well for me meatloaf is got to be one of them. It reminds me of sitting at home around the table with my family on a cold winter’s night and my mum would serve up the meatloaf and everybody would be enjoying it.

The only trouble is meatloaf in its original form doesn’t really fit with a paleo lifestyle your original ingredients of flour and eggs to bind the meatloaf together don’t really work in a paleo sense. So when I’m really hankering for meatloaf I am really put to the test to find ingredients to replace those binding agents to create a meatloaf that fits my paleo lifestyle and also fulfils my craving for meatloaf.

A source of ketchup, honey and Worcestershire sauce was created to spread on top of the paleo meatloaf to give it that touch of sweet and sour while it was cooking. However if you do not have these ingredients to hand in your kitchen you can always just top it with a home-made ketchup for some sort of tomato-based sauce to make it juicy.

In all this meatloaf is very filling and would be great served with a small side salad.

If you are living a paleo lifestyle and looking for some great paleo recipes then I recommend you check out this New Paleo Recipe Book it has over 370 recipes and its a must have for anybody living a paleo lifestyle it really helps me create some delicious paleo meals.

The important thing when living a paleo lifestyle is that you keep your meals interesting and exciting because living the paleo way is supposed to make your life not only more healthy but more enjoyable and this also includes meals if your meals are exciting and tasty then you will look forward to meal times and really enjoy living the paleo way.

How Come No One Knows That Carbs Are Bad

It’s because of fake and altered studies that some greedy scientists made to win prizes and get more funding.

One of them is Ancel Keys in the 1950s. He made a study that compared animal fat consumption with heart disease in a dozen of countries. He found out that the more animal fat the country consumed, the more heart disease they had. The only problem is that he left out a bunch of countries that eat a lot of animal fat and have a very low rate of heart disease like Holland and Norway and he also left out a bunch of countries where they don’t eat much animal fat and have a high rate of heart disease such as Chile.

He had data from 22 countries and the results were completely random but he decided to throw away the data that didn’t match the high fat/high heart disease trend and he published his study.

He was published in Time Magazine and he became known as the father of the Lipid Hypothesis which says that:

Saturated fat raises cholesterol

Cholesterol causes heart disease

This theory is wrong. It is a myth. Yet somehow it extrapolated and has become common knowledge for most people.

Let’s look at point 1. Saturated fat raises cholesterol. Real Studies show that people eating a low fat diet over decades get just as much heart disease as people eating a normal diet.

Let’s look at point 2. Cholesterol causes heart disease. If you look at people that have heart disease, some of them have high cholesterol and some of them have low cholesterol. A famous heart surgeon called Michael Debakey compared the medical records of more than 1700 of his own patients. He found no relationship between high cholesterol and heart disease.

Fake Lipid Hypothesis Data

If you want more HDL the last thing you need is a lot fat diet. 27 studies showed that eating saturated fat raises your HDL.

How Heart Disease Is Actually Created:

First of all, not all LDL is bad. There are 2 types of LDL: Small dense LDL (type B LDL) are the most harmful and other type (the less dense ones) aren’t harmful at all.

Heart problems begin when your arteries become damaged or inflamed. LDL then does exactly what it’s supposed to do. It brings cholesterol to help the healing process.

But if small LDL becomes damaged by oxidation it can penetrate the wall of the artery. If the inflammation and oxidation continue a plaque begins to form on the artery. Now you have heart disease.

So If Small LDL Causes Heart Disease, Does Eating High Fat Creates Small LDL?

No. What causes small LDL to create is carbohydrates. Elimination of grains, starch, sugars and overall carbohydrate restriction in the diet provokes a big drop in small LDL particules.

Why Does Cholesterol Gets all the Blame?

Studies show that smoking, elevated blood sugar and stress causes inflammation and damages the arteries. It also shows that it raises cholesterol. It seems that scientists decided to point the finger at cholesterol over and over and ignore the results of their studies.

Why so Much Dishonesty From Scientists?

In the 1970s, the Lipid Hypothesis was still in dispute. A senate comity headed by George McGovern decided to settle the issue. At the time McGovern was following the Pritikin Diet and believed that everyone should be cutting off on fat and cholesterol even though 8 studies including 5000 people failed to provide any evidence that diet has anything to do with heart attack.

After the McGovern report was issued assistant secretary Carol Tucker Foreman of the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) believed in the low fat diet and wanted to issue official guidelines to tell everybody how to eat.

After this, politicians believed in the low fat diet and it became impossible for researchers to get funding for studies that proved the low fat diet wrong.

Why Carbohydrates Are the Only Thing That Make You Fat

Many people think that to lose your weight you need to burn more calories.

This is not true. It also depends on what your body decides to do with those calories.

Take for example very skinny people that eat whatever they want yet remain skinny. We all know them. They are known in the bodybuilding community as hard gainers. There are studies where naturally thin people ate a surplus of 1000 calories a day for several months without gaining any weight.

Body fat is actually controlled by hormones. Mostly insulin.

All things put equal if you consume the same amount of calories, the person with the higher insulin will store the most fat.

Insulin holds the fat in the fat cells.

What raises insulin is carbohydrates. Starch and sugars.

Nutrition in Nature And Why Agriculture is Wrong

The usual advice for avoiding heart disease and to lose weight is to eat a low fat diet with plenty of whole grains and substitute vegetable oil fat (trans, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated) instead of the animal fats (saturated).

This is false.

Nature isn’t stupid. It made us like salty, sweet and fat food for a reason, because this is where the nutrients are. In nature what is sweet is fruits and sometimes vegetables, and they are good for you. In nature what is fat and salty is animal fat.

And this is how we ate for millions of years. We ate no sugar, almost no starch and we ate a lot of animal fat. Almost 10 times as much as the today’s experts say we should. And back then, no one ever got heart disease or was fat.

If you look at pre-agricultural human remains, you can see that the thickness of their bones is better, they are taller, more robust and they have good teeth. Human health devolved when we adopted agriculture. We became short statured and tooth decay and infections became rampant.

You eat too much carbohydrates for years, your cells become resistant to the insulin that is created by all those carbohydrates that you ate, your body needs to produce more insulin to do its job, high level of insulin make you store fat like crazy, no matter the amount of calories that you eat or that you spend, you will store all those calories as fat.

Which Food Can I Eat to Avoid Having High Insulin?

The speed at which a particular food raises your blood sugar is measured by something known as the Glycemic Index (GI).

Table sugar has a Glycemic Index of 64

Coca cola has a GI of 63

Most vegetables, meats and nuts such as broccoli, spinach, coliflower, etc have a very low GI or even a GI of 0.

What about whole grains that the nutritionists recommend?

Whole wheat bread has a GI of 70

You want to eat food that have the lowest GI possible since that will raise your blood sugar the least and raise your insulin the least as well.

Diet and Nutrition Books Reviews

The New Evolution Diet by Arthur De Vany

Arthur De Vany is 73 years old, 6 feet tall, weights 200 pounds with a body fat of about 6%. He also has amazing results for health tests that make his body “age” of about 30 years old instead of his actual 73.

In his book he talks about his story, how he developed his training system and diet over the course of 30 years. More importantly he talks about what he eats, why he eats it, the supplement that he takes and the kind of work out that he does.

It’s a book that I keep re-reading and lending to other people.

 

The Primal Blueprint by Mark Sisson

This book is an introduction to the hunter gatherer or paleo diet and lifestyle. Mark Sisson’s view is very laidback and open minded. It is easy to apply for everyone and this is how thousands of people got started on this kind of living. I personally started off by reading this book and I was amazed. I instantly changed my diet, and later on started exercising regularly.

I was already skinny and I lost 10 pounds I didn’t even know I had without any effort. I wasn’t really trying to but I am sure it would have been impossible to do it without the diet recommended in the book. I can not imagine how amazing results it would give to someone who has 30+ pounds to lose.

I recommend this book to anyone who isn’t fully initiated to the paleo lifestyle. You will lose weight and your health will improve dramatically.

Mark is also almost 60 years old and he’s in ridiculously good shape.

Blood Glucose Wrist Watch Monitor

After being on «paleo» diet for more than one year, and working out a few times a week (but not that intensely), I’m at 15% bodyfat, mostly in my middle body area like my hips and lower stomach. 

This tells me there’s probably something going on with my hormones, which is why I ordered a hormone panel test kit. I will share the results when I get them.

Some other reasons I wanted to do the test is because I feel my libido and energy levels aren’t great.

I also decided to do a full month when I will eat a few portion of healthy starch and fruits. I started a few days ago and the results are some bowel movement problems and some stomach ache. I’ll keep it up for 1 full month because I read in an article that most hunter gatherer tribes had at least one source of starchy vedgetable or fruit in the heart of their diet. Some tribes even considered the reserve of food to be empty when the starch rations were gone even though they had plenty of meat.

In another article I read that eating low carb for a long period of time can cause problems with cortisol and thyriod function. I never ate very low carb, always 100 grams or more of vedgetables everyday but still, I am on a plateau with my fat loss and health so I want to try new things. As Enstein said “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”.

I also discovered that I can buy a Blood Glucose Wrist Watch from Royal Medical in San Francisco (Medical Supply Store). I will be going there on Thursday to buy it because I am on a trip to Denver right now.

Protein Shake Recipes

Vanilla Cookie Dough with Carbs

1 sc. of vanilla flavored protein powder (20g)

2 eggs

1 cut apple without seeds

10 pecans

Chia Seed (optional for a change of taste and adds fiber)

Cinnamon (optional for a change of taste)

4 ice cubes

Add necessary water for blender to blend everything and for desired thickness. I don’t usually add any or a lot of water to this one because of the eggs that are already quite liquid.

Strawberry Vanilla with Carbs

1 sc. of vanilla flavored protein powder (20g)

5 frozen strawberries

Add water for blending and desired thickness

Vanilla-Chocolate (Low Carb Protein Shake)

1 sc. of vanilla flavored protein powder (20g)

1 scoop of chocolate flavored protein powder (20g)

10 Brazil nuts

Chia seeds (put how much you like)

Cinnamon

4 ice cubes

Add some water to allow to blend well, then add some water after mixing for desired thickness.

Best Protein Shakes for Muscle Gain

I don’t think it makes a difference for muscle gain what kind of shake you take. I try to buy the powder with the less carbs and most healthy ingredients. What’s important is that you eat a lot and lift heavy weights. That’s all. So take the shake that taste the best or that you can afford. Eat a lot. Take a few shakes a day.

Protein Shake Before and After Work Out

I think it’s way better to work out on an empty stomach. I usually just have coffee before working out and if I can I’ll have a nice meal 3+ hrs before. I drink a protein shake after working out most of the time because it taste really good but for fat burning and for mixing it up purposes it’s better to wait one hour or more after working out to take your shake.

Getting Started in Paleo/Primal:

Personally I find the hardest thing to beginning something new is the getting started part. Often times it really is hard to know where to start and what to do. Well first things first, let’s start out on the web. I am going to list some websites that I frequent and that helped me and still help me. I would greatly suggest you check them out and get your feet wet.

Here we go:

1. Mark’s Daily Apple

2. Latest in Paleo

3. Paleo Hacks

4. Free the Animal

5. Archevore

There ya go. That will be more than enough to get you going for days and help you acclimate yourself with the process. One of the things that you will notice when you stop poisoning your body with carbs, gluten, and sugar, is that for the first few days to a week or so, you`ll probably be a bit of a grump until your blood sugar normalizes. The way I weaned myself off of the carbs and sugar was to supplement my diet in the beginning with some good fresh fruit. I found that filling the gaps with a couple of oranges or bananas in the beginning really helped with the transition. As my blood sugar normalized, my sugary fruit intake naturally fell off. I still enjoy fruit but in more moderation.

The next thing I would recommend is that you get your significant other(s), be it your wife, boyfriend, girlfriend and or your family on board with your lifestyle change to not only make your transition easier, but to educate them on the Primal/Paleo way of life. Make sure they know what you are doing and what foods and drinks are out. Also, be prepared for some neigh saying, weird looks, questions, and even criticisms in the beginning. This is normal and like all of us, they have been fooled and hoodwinked by popular culture, mass marketing attacks, and the status quo for many years. It isn’t their fault. I really feel the assimilation in understanding by those close to you and even your coworkers is very important to early Paleo success.

Another thing I would suggest if you`ve not had a normal workout routing is to work into this portion of the lifestyle slowly to avoid burnout and fatigue, both physical and mental. If you are a couch potato don’t go out and try running five miles tomorrow. Do one of the most natural of human movements….walk! Go short at first and then increase your distance over time. Also start working in some simple bodyweight exercises like pushups and sit-ups. Remember that this is a lifestyle change and thus a marathon not a sprint. Forget the “instant gratification” you, me, and everyone else has become accustomed to and take your damn time!!

There is a little more to the recipe, but not really a whole lot more. The stuff I have listed here is what worked for me, a middle-aged father of two small kids with a long commute and stressful job. Make progress not excuses!

Paleo Diet Menu That You Should Follow to Enhance Your Quality of Life

When you heard about Paleo Diet menu, you must think they are complicated foods lists that contain what food you should and should not eat. For some people, following such diet menu must be very difficult. Especially for those who like to consume processed food and other foods that are mixed up with foods additives. Limitation of certain foods list that they may consume will be very hard for them to follow. However, if you want to be healthier and fitter, this is good diets. Convince yourself that you will not have a risk of getting dangerous diseases when following this healthy diet. Paleo Diet menu is highly recommended for those who long for a healthy life.

Food Lists on Paleo Diet Menu

The first two foods that you can not consume if you follow Paleo Diet menu are grains and dairy and their by-products as well. This will be difficult for some people. However, there are lots of substitute foods that you can consume, including fish, beef, poultry, pork, eggs, fruits, vegetables and nuts. You can also consume other foods such as honey, natural oils or dried fruits. They can be your healthy diet meals to succeed your paleo diet. But you must have a daily diet plan to achieve this goal. Paleo Diet menu will be successful if you stick to this daily diet plan.

To make a daily diet plan for the successful of your Paleo Diet menu, you should make a simple diet menu so that you will not difficult in serving your own meals. For example, paleo diet breakfast should include carrot salad, chicken breast, eggs or bacon, beef tomato stew, berry juice and tuna with lemon and mayonnaise. This breakfast Paleo Diet menu should trigger your appetite and this is definitely healthy.

Paleo Diet Menu to Live a Healthy Life

There are many books about Paleo Diet menu based on researches that have been written by many authors. Among the books, one of the best one is written by Loren Cordain. He based the books he wrote on his research about the diet menu done by human ancestors. This kind of diet was done when humans at Neolithic Period begun changing their diet because of agricultural practices influences. However, they did not include grains as the part of their diet. Cordain tried to do Paleo diet review based on this fact. The grains were introduced just about 10.000 years ago. And Paleo Diet menu tried to adapt the menu they were eaten at that time.

Paleo Diet menu is getting popular since the diet menu consumed by most people today is filled with food additives and artificial food. In fact, these food additives and artificial food have a great impact in our health. They cause many diseases that attack most modern civilization. Among the diseases are diabetes, obesity, cancer and heart attack. Cordain believed that the paleo diet will reduce the risk of getting such disease. Of course, humans must be disciplined in consuming paleo diet foods to prevent them from having these diseases. Paleo Diet menu may become your solution to live a healthy life.

The Basics of Paleo Diet Menu

Basically, Paleo Diet menu is to consume foods that are free from chemical and additives materials. In order to be successful in doing this low-carb diet menu, you must have paleo diet plan. You must restrict yourself in consuming some foods, such as sugar, grains, salt, legumes, dairy products, processed foods, coffee and alcohol. And so does potatoes. Most potatoes now have carbohydrate content that is higher than those at Stone Age Period. You must be very careful in selecting what foods that you should and should not eat when doing Paleo Diet menu.