30 Day 'Primal Diet' Results

Eat like a caveman. Is it good for you? I tested out 30 days doing a strict primal paleo diet and here is what I found...

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Have you considered going Paleo or eating a more intentional diet? Check out my takeaways from eating a strict Paleo diet for the last 30days. While we don't want to stress about our diet, we also want to make sure our food is working for us, not against us. The right diet doesn't just effect your physical health, it can end up having a an influence on your mental and your emotional health. It's all about us feeling good overall... It's been said Joe Rogan does the Paleo diet... will you try it?

[Strengthside]

What type of diet protocols do you follow? Is there any diet you want me to try out and report back on?

[batardtrisomique]

It might sound dumb, but one of the best things you can do for your diet, is to avoid anything that you see advertisement for.

[geverniveup]

My two favorite Tarzan's. Beautiful movements. I''ll give primal a go this month. Just quit alcohol after drinking for 10 years daily. 4 days no alcohol....can't believe how much better i'm already starting to feel. One of the hardest things i have ever done

[williamwilson]

I would love to see a video on the ropes. Not only does it seem a good way to get moving, it can enhance the mind/body connections.

[bigal]

I've been doing keto for 7 years. One thing I would recommend before starting any dietary plan is a basic blood and lipid panel before and 30 days into it. Make sure everything is moving in the right direction.

[tshawnh]

The mental game is real when giving up favorite foods, and developing the mentality to keep yourself on track is work that gets done every day. Thanks for this video.

Would definitely like to see some videos on the ropes!

[johnatyoutube]

I've been eating paleo for over 2 years. It's made a huge difference in my health, weight, energy, and joint pain and my blood work and blood pressure. I love not feeling tired and achy. I'll never go back. Occasionally, family gatherings require that I eat something unhealthy. I just go back to paleo the next day and start with a short fast to cleanse my body. As Josh said, the most important thing is to eat with intention. He's right that it's hard to eat out. 99% of restaurant food is unhealthy and full of sodium and sugar.

Paleo makes a documented HUGE difference for folks with chronic inflammatory conditions and food sensitivities and all chronic modern diseases. I recommend the book by Dr. Terry Wahls. She's THE authority on paleo and reversed her own MS with it. She offers multiple levels of restriction.

I'd also offer caution eating too much processed food labeled as "paleo". While it has healthier ingredients, it's usually still processed. Become a label reader. If you can't understand or pronounce the ingredients, put it back.

The best thing you can put in your body is fresh whole food and nothing processed or full of chemicals. And avoid dairy, grains, and all forms of sugar except some whole fruit. Use mostly virgin olive oil and avocado oil and some coconut for cooking. You can also eat clarified butter that has the milk solids removed. It's easier and tastier to make your own with a double boiler than buy the nasty rancid ghee they sell in jars in the stores.

[jeremywalker]

I’ve been off and on Paleo over the last 10 years and intermittent fasting for the last 5 along with it. I can honestly tell you this. I absolutely hate life when I do not take care of myself, or feel and look like a tub of shit. I fall into really bad habits due to just being lazy, which in turn creates anxiety followed by depression, weight gain, self pity and an overall poor outlook on things.
The Paleo diet with a 16 - 8 intermittent fasting schedule, working out at least 3 days a week absolutely works for mental health, physical health/weight loss, attitude and overall outlook.
There is something about sticking to it that maybe builds a confidence that creates momentum which in turn has no choice but to become a habitual way of living.
Great video.

[BruderAdrian]

I like your face without the smoothing filter bro. Your a very handsome man and your profile is unique in that it has a beauty of it's own. The filter makes it perfect but takes away the different uniqueness that your beauty comes in. But also love your video. Much love!

[carnivoreRon]

I"m glad this woe worked out for you. I've had to eat carnivore for over 4 years. I'm allergic to gluten and feel best when eating no plants. I'll eat an occassional brussel sprout, pickle or olive. I can tolerate them. I work out generally 5 days a week at the gym. I eat little fruit or sugar. I'm 70 years old and feel great.

[TFlip]

Tell us about the rope.
I’ve been eating keto for the last 3 months. About to jump into paleo. Excited to see how my body responds!
Thanks for the content!

[bigal]

I'd be interested in the rope flow. I'll be 70 in 3 days. I've been running for 50 years. I started lifting weights about 10 years ago. I wish I had started this earlier. I've been watching your content because of the mobility and flexibility along with strength.

[cmthumboldt]

I'm 40 years down the line, and you are spot on!

[Breathwalker]

Love it bro!!
As someone in mid 20s I can say that unless you're clouding your mental clarity with too much caffeine, bad sleep, media over stimulation etc.. youll already feel a MASSIVE difference in capacity, recovery and bounciness of overall life!
Love sticking to paleo as a baseline and minimally going left & right to make use of momentum that 'giving in a little' gives. I currently value the momentum of saying YES more than the rigidity of NO. For ex. there's a "warming" effect to some grains like oats or heavy fiber-bound seeds like buckwheat or quinoa or black/red/wild rice. You can lightly ferment these to significantly reduce the sugars in them too :D !!
When I do go for oatmeal for ex. I wont do 90% oats but maybe 30%. Rest can be seeds like shredded flaxseed, chia, chopped up nuts galore and some cooked fruit like apple (cooked especially because it releases pectin fiber - great for gut) or banana.
Keep tinkering

[djhellion]

What I recommend is something proposed in “Diet Cults” called Agnostic Healthy eating. This means you start with a list of the healthiest foods and use trial and error to deduce the best diet for yourself. Each human has a u Jair ancestry and looking to your ancestors and their climate can be helpful as well. Try different combinations of macros, at different times, etc. Since you will have a unique genetic makeup and different lifestyle, exercise needs, age, sex, etc, likewise, there will be a unique optimal diet for each person. One person may thrive on dairy while another better to be vegan, etc.

[djhellion]

Nice video- let me offer some insights. There are a couple of problems with the paleo diet. 1- there was no single diet shared by our paleo ancestors. Hunter gatherers who migrated to different climates varies significantly in their macro combinations. The Inuit are a diet that was primarily composed of fats, the Polynesians ate mostly carbs, and the Native Americans of Montana ate a protein heavy diet, for some examples. They are all healthy diets that matches their respective climates. Another issue is that humans have domesticated all of our foods from fruits and vegetables to our animal foods. Look up the wild cousins of the carrot, potato, etc and you’ll see what I mean. Also, animals have changed quit a bit since we began herding livestock instead of hunting wild animals, and one side effect of this is that domesticated animals have a much higher fat content, as just one example, so eating a lot of beef today will put a lot more animal fat in your diet than eating the same portion of a wild bison steak. My other critique is that humans have adapted since paleo times to be able to eat grains, beans, and yes, even dairy, if you are descended from north European whites, so it is not true that we cannot eat these foods, as the paleo diet suggests. Evolution did not stop after the paleo era. I hope some of this is helpful for your understanding. I recommend checking out the books “Paleofantasy” and “Diet Cults”- they are both excellent and cover these topics in detail. Cheers.

[jddress]

Great video, I'm going for a walk to think about this.

[budabead]

Thanks for another great tip guys!
I like the sound of this and will be sure to keep it in mind for in the upcoming g months.
I'm still on the "no sugar, alcohol, coffee" month for now, but honestly I need to pace myself... after a decades of eating all sorts, not necessarily terribly but not well balanced to say the least! Having done things like oats to hold onto rather than sugary cereal of deaded bread with a (albeit otherwise paced healthily) sandwich rather than a "subway"is I feel a necessarily stepping stone.

I think its important to point out whilst what you point out Josh is absolutely correct and very true, swapping everything overnight in attempt to better ourselves will have a large ratio of failure imho because lets be frank here, it's far more easy to take these in s steps rather than a straight up 180. Slow is smooth - smooth is fast!

As i say I'll definitely keep this in mind for the upcoming months, one step at a time in order to achieve a lifestyle the we can each be proud of to have made happen!

Sorry for the monologue haha, as someone who's spent his 20s abusing alcohol, junkfood and social media at the cost of my mental and physical fitness its nice to have the subtle clarity to step back and being able to pick out right from "easy"

Love from the UK guys, thank you for making the world a better place! <3

[InnerSun]

Been on paleo now and I LOVE it..Ive tried many styles. Vegan for 7 years, vegetarian a few, Mediterranean, and now this. WITH THE EXCEPTION of grass fed organic dairy only, I feel great with it so i don't cut it. I feel the mental clarity too, its my favorite benefits.

[derekcamarota]

Well put Josh. Real foods. Nothing processed and no sugar. No more than 5 ingredients that you know and understand.