Losing weight with the Paleo diet

The Paleo diet is back with a vengeance. You hear more and more about it. This is not surprising because it turns out to be an ideal way to lose weight. It is very healthy and there are no calories to be counted, you can eat as much as you want. You can easily maintain this diet for a lifetime.

Where does the Paleo diet come from?

Paleo comes from the old stone age. It wasn't diet then, it was the food our ancestors ate. In those days people had to look for food themselves every day. They hunted game and collected nuts and seeds. They were also called hunters and gatherers. They lived close to nature and lived off nature.

Paleo food is all food that comes from the wild. This means that it is unsprayed and unprocessed, for meat it must be organic.

When you walk in the supermarket you see mainly products that come from a factory. It often tastes good, but it is not something our body is waiting for. If you look at what a person eats in a day, it has little to do with nature. Today's food is relatively high in carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are converted into sugars in your body. If you eat too much of this, the risk of obesity increases. That means that there are so many overweight people today. The fact that we no longer have to hunt ourselves means that fewer calories are burned, which makes the weight gain even faster.

Organic meat such as turkey, chicken, beef, pork and game. fish and shellfish from the wild organic vegetables such as endive, cauliflower, kale, broccoli, mushrooms, zucchini, bell pepper, purslane, spinach, onion, carrots organic fruits such as strawberries, apricots, acai berry, apples, pineapple berries, lemon, grapes, kiwi, melon, mango, pear eggs with the grass quality mark olive oil, avocado oil, coconut oil. unroasted nuts such as almonds, hazelnuts, pecans, macadamia nuts, walnuts. seeds such as pumpkin seeds and sesame seeds seeds such as sunflower and pine nuts fresh herbs such as basil, chives, lemongrass, celery, dill, tarragon, chamomile, garlic, coriander, marjoram, mint, oregano, parsley, rosemary, sage, thyme and garden cress

All processed food products, dairy and soy products, grain, potatoes and legumes.

You don't have to go hungry, you can eat whatever and as much as you want. Soon after you start the diet you will feel fitter and more energetic. This is beneficial because sports and exercise will also be easier for you. You will lose weight, but your skin will also become healthier thanks to this diet and there have even been reports of better teeth and shinier hair. Because you no longer eat 'prosperity food', the risk of so-called lifestyle diseases also decreases, for example heart disease and diabetes. This diet is great for people with food allergies such as dairy and gluten. You eat varied and tasty and you get less salt.

It is quite a different diet than most of us are used to. You may therefore have to get used to it. You mainly eat organic products, which are slightly more expensive than regular products. On the other hand, this can be largely compensated by not buying expensive ready-to-eat food anymore.

There are various apps, cookbooks and recipes on the internet to prepare a Paleo breakfast, lunch or dinner.

You may drink unlimited water, herbal tea and coffee. To vary, you can make flavored water with a slice of lemon or a sprig of mint. Fruit juice is not preferred. With this you get a lot of sugars and therefore carbohydrates. You prefer to eat the whole fruit.

If you cannot lose weight fast enough or if you want to see results fairly quickly, especially in the beginning, limit eating fruit to two to three pieces a day. If you have already lost a few kilos or you are at your target weight, you can eat everything unlimited according to the Paleo diet.
If you cannot lose weight fast enough or if you want to see results quite quickly, especially in the beginning, then limit the