Video: Best oils to cook with for health

Best oils to cook with for health.

First and foremost I understand that certain oils are needed to cook with for certain meals but let it be clear this article is written for the health conscious in mind. When you cook with most oils they are either unhealthy or become unhealthy in the heating process. Hydrogenated oils are what most oils become under high temperatures. Hydrogenated oils are trans fat and known now to be a factor in heart disease.

 

 

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Video: A longer leaner life with Paleo Diet

There are many types of diets marketed towards athletes. One of the newer and popular ones is the Paleo Diet. This diet has been formulated by doctors and trainers, and claims to be a healthy diet for athletes.

The term, Paleo Diet, is short for "Paleolithic Diet". This short term has developed as an abbreviation, easily pronounced and remembered, in the past 15 years or so. With Dr. Cordain's book, The Paleo Diet, published in 2002, it has become the most widely used popular term when referring to our ancestral ("paleo" means old) diet, that preceeded the advent of modern agriculture.

Many nutrition scientists now agree that it is a way of eating for optimum health. The reason this way of eating promotes optimum health is because it is mimicking the way our Paleolithic ancestors ate. Over a 2 million year period our genes adapted to a diet in which all food had to be hunted, fished, or gathered from the natural environment. Though this environment has changed dramatically, the human genome has changed less than 0.02 percent in the past 40,000 years. Thus, most people eat a diet that is not in sync with their genetic needs, and sooner or later end up with health conditions that are largely preventable.

 

 

 

 

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Video: foods to avoid on the Paleo Diet

The Paleo Diet believes in the limited use of salt. It can be difficult to avoid salt altogether; however, in personal cooking, the official website of the Paleo Diet recommends substituting salt with garlic powder, chili powder, lime/lemon juice, pepper and any other type of herb. Dried celery is a good substitute because of its natural-occurring high sodium level. Vinegar should be replaced with lemon or lime juice. Vinegar was not present during the days of Paleolithic man, thus prohibiting its use in the diet. Butter and fats like lard are prohibited for people using this diet. Butters and fats can be replaced with olive oil and other fruit and vegetable oils, because the human body is designed to digest these oils without strain on the body. Sugars should be avoided; even naturally occurring honey should be limited, as Paleolithic man did not have sugar as a staple in his diet. Alcohol was not used during the Paleolithic era; however, the Paleo Diet recommends moderate wine, beer or mixed drink usage with meals. Wine is recommended for cooking purposes.

 

 

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The Paleo Diet in a nutshell – Part 2

The Paleo Diet promotes the consumption of lean meats, those that contain less fat. For example, chicken breast is a lean meat. Lean red meats include cuts with less of the marble effect, which is when you see the white fat mixed with the red meat. These cuts include, but are not limited to, sirloin, strip steak, top round and T-bone. Chicken eggs are a highly recommended food choice on the Paleo Diet. Ideally, the eggs come from organically raised chickens. The high protein in the Paleo Diet is good for athletes, as protein is used to repair stressed muscles. The lean meats provide healthy protein with little fat. Seafood is a very healthy and important aspect of this diet. Seafood provides lean protein, and salmon, a highly recommended fish, provides omega-3 fatty acids, which are good for brain and joint health.

 

 

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The Paleo Diet in a nutshell – Part 1

The basis of the Paleo Diet is to consume the foods humans are most biologically adapted to. The Paleo Diet gets its name from the Paleolithic period of human civilization. During this period, humans consumed mostly lean meats and vegetables. Carbohydrates like wheat and rice were not invented; therefore, they are not included in the diet. Dr. Loren Condain, author of "The Paleo Diet for Athletes," stipulates that human beings are genetically programmed to flourish on the hunter-gatherer type of diet (Paleolithic-era diet). An athlete on this diet is believed to flourish because food digested is designed to promote peak human bodily performance.

 

 

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Paleo Speech @ CrossFit Central

Randal Setzler talking a little bit about the Paleo Diet