I’m on a cruise in Alaska this week!!!
So… while I’m cruising past glaciers and whales, I’m highlighting a few blogs for you that I always read. You should check ’em out…
PaNu
The most recent blog that I never miss is PaNu (Paleolithic Nutrition) by Kurt Harris.
This is the first PaNu post I read:
Raw paleo and food re-enactment
This is a critical post, because it establishes that PaNu is about getting the best nutrition, and not simply re-enacting what our ancestors did. Modern foods that are rejected by many “orthodox” paleos, like eggs and dairy, are accepted by PaNu because of their superior nutritional value.
A truly paleolithic food, like HONEY, is rejected because it is almost pure fructose. Fructose is one of the “agents of disease” that PaNu rejects. That and PUFAs (Poly Unsaturated Fatty Acids) and gluten grains…
The post ends with : “Don’t be a fanatic and think for yourselves.”
I like that. I like to think for myself, and I like people who advocate individual thinking, versus following the crowd (or the US Government’s nutritional guidlines, for instance…).
I should add that PaNu is actually NOT a LOW CARB diet. PaNu makes no particular emphasis on carb content of foods. Many of the foods that contain the “agents of disease” – which PaNu does avoid – are high-carb foods, and thus avoided by low-carbers.
I find PaNu to be very compatible with high-fat/low-carb. And PaNu has some very good advice for How to lose weight!
Several weeks ago, I took a weekend to read every post on PaNu. I learned so much!!
For more PaNu, try these:
Have a fantastic weekend!!
I’ll be home next week.
Lovin’ It Low Carb
Ramona Denton
Very well said. There are so many different takes on low carb, paleo, primal, etc. We all have to figure out what (of all of it) works best for our particular metabolisms.