So, Farmer last week, Caveman? This week...
There is a craze that is spreading around called the “Paleo Diet”. Books, Crossfit Certification, seminars, websites, etc. etc. all having to do with supposedly eating like paleolithic man once did are everywhere...
Well, I don’t know about all that. But, what I do know is that if I were left to my own devices on a deserted tropical island I would admittedly eat different than I do now. I don’t know if I could figure how to make rice pasta or gluten-free pizza dough, never mind knowing how to cultivate rice, oats, etc... This is the basic premise of the aforementioned “Paleo Diet”. To eliminate all processed grains and bread/pasta like products.
I simply call this eating within two degrees of separation of the earth (or I like to call this a “primary foods” way of eating).
Which brings us to this week’s HomeWork.
Let’s try this out and see how we feel when we eat like this!
For this week attempt to eat within two degrees of separation of the earth.
Here’s how:
Two degrees of separation means that you can
1.(degree) Pick, catch, kill, pluck, dig up, or trap your food.
2.(degrees) Clean and/or heat it to make it edible. (chopping, slicing, shredding or other similar preparing it is okay as long as you are sure you could easily do this on the set of “Lost” - you found a knife in a dead sailor’s backpack let’s say..)
That’s it. If you can not do this with the food then you can not eat it. So, in other words, you will be eating fruits, vegetables, and animal products (if you are an omnivore, otherwise no animal for you). Nothing else. No grains, no breads, no pastas.
A sample meal would be fish and greens. Or steak and eggs, mmmmmm. Or greens, potatoes, and oranges.
For this go-round drinks will be exempt from the two degrees of separation rule, UNLESS you really want to try this and then I would suggest you would be drinking, hmmm, let’s see, WATER (and maybe coconut water).
If you have any questions, let me know!
Have fun,
MRoss