Below are some valuable resources for help shopping, planning, and understanding how to build Paleo meals at restaurants or when out and about. Keep in mind that the main goal is to build a lifestyle of eating healthy, nutritious foods which are working for your body, not against it. Understanding these basic principles should help you along that path.
Paleo Diet for Athletes
Paleo Diet for Athletes: A Nutritional Formula for Peak Athletic Performance
by Loren Cordain, PhD, and Joe Friel, MS
Rodale Books, softcover, 288 pages, $15.99 at Amazon.com
Perhaps no other person has done as much research on the Paleo diet than Dr. Loren Cordain, and his first...
Sampler Menu & Meal Plan
We try hard to think of everything at Paleo Plan. We've worked with our members to provide Meal Plans that are easy to cook during the week, but which are also interesting and flavorful. We also try and offer creative and slightly more complex recipes during the weekend, when you may have more time to dedicate to your meals. And...
Following Paleo Plan
Paleo Plan is a system for eating the Paleo Diet, providing recipes, shopping lists, and explicit mealplans along the way. We try and make the entire process as easy as possible, and our goal is to make eating Paleo a seamless part of your life. However, understanding a few things about Paleo Plan will make this easier and more clear....
Whole Foods Shopping Guide
In this second installment, we"ll visit my other favorite store - Whole Foods Market. With numerous locations around the country, hopefully one should be located pretty close by wherever you live. There are also many similar stores that this guide can apply to. We'll start with the olives. Lots of delicious choices here, and a healthy source...
Trader Joe's Shopping Guide
I use Whole Foods market, and Trader Joe's as my main two stores. Some things are a better deal at one store, some things at the other. Let's take a trip thru Trader Joe's in the first store guide. First thing in the door, grab a basket. Don't even think of grabbing one of those little basket cart...
Food Basics
This eating plan will be based around a new concept in eating for maximum health and athletic performance: we are going to look to providing the body with it's optimum fuel and building blocks - the very foods it was designed to run on. Much of what the average Westerner eats (as much as 70%) are foods that are found...
Basics of Meal Construction
Meals will primarily consist of three parts, sometimes more. Start with your source of protein. Depending on your individual needs, this may range from 3-9 ounces of some type of meat. Adjust your portions of the recipes up or down as needed. As a very simple rule of thumb, each meal should have a protein item...