Eat Yourself Fitter - The Paleo Diet Explained

I was speaking with a sports nut friend of mine today and asked him what goals he'd set for next year.

He responded that he wanted to represent GB in Sprint Triathlon at a competition taking place in Australia in 2009.

He then went on to explain that he had radically altered his diet in the last couple of weeks and had found himself setting new personal bests in various disciplines.

Curious I asked him to tell me more and he said that this new way of eating had given him a tremendous energy boost without the need to train longer and harder.

Now if there is one thing required to enjoy most outdoor sports it is a good level of general fitness.  So if you struggle to get out as often as you'd like and also find it difficult to keep in shape down the gym why not eat your way fitter?

The Paleo Diet is based on the principles of what the historic hunter/gatherers ate.

Keeping things brief the basics of this diet require the sacrifice of processed food (no bad thing). So, No:

• Grains - including bread, pasta and noodles
• Beans - including string beans, kidney beans, lentils, peanuts and peas
• Potatoes
• Dairy
• Sugar
• Salt

You can and should enjoy eating the following:

• Meat, especially chicken, fish, liver and kidneys
• Eggs
• Fruit
• Vegetables - especially root vegatables with exception of potatoes and sweet potatoes.  Carrots, turnips, parsnips and sweedes are particularly good.
• Nuts - walnuts, brazil nuts, macademia, almonds but no peanuts of cashew nuts
• Berries - blueberries, strawberries, blackberries etc.

Now this isn't necessarily the easiest diet in the world to follow but the benefits appear significant - more energy, stamina and alertness anyone?

If I've whetted your appetite for more information then why not check out www.paleodiet.com where you can take in a great deal of fascinating information and pick up some decent recipes as well.

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