7 Myths of the Paleo Lifestyle

7 Paleo Myths

Myth 1: Paleo is All About the Meat –Perhaps it’s the medias love to portray the Paleo diet as a cartoon version of itself, complete with cavemen in loincloths eating huge hunks of meat.  But hunters and gatherers most likely relied on the gathering more than the hunting, as there’s no way to guarantee you’d be able to successfully find and bring down an animal to eat. If you look at the plate of a typical Paleo meal, you’ll see mostly plants: a large serving of non-starchy vegetables and a serving of a starchy tuber like sweet potato, some fruit or nut seeds and then a serving of meat fish or poultry

Myth 2: Paleo is a Short-Term Solution - Some think that you just go on Paleo for a few weeks, or maybe a few months, and then you’re done. But the Paleo diet is meant to be followed for as long as you want to have extra energy and a slim waistline. There is nothing short term about living a healthy lifestyle.

Myth 3: Paleo is a Fad –This one cracks me up frankly, It’s so easy in our modern times to write off diet plans as a fad, because there are several more introduced to the market each week. But thinking of something that dates back over 10,000 years as a fad is a bit silly.

Myth 4: Paleo is Bad for Your Heart Because of All the Fat and Cholesterol - Paleo isn’t about choosing the fattiest meats you can find and eating unlimited quantities of them. You’ll be choosing lean grass fed meat and eating healthy portions of it, combined with plenty of vegetables as well as fruit. Due to the animals eating out in the pasture and nothing possessed or by product based the meat is actually the best you can consume.

Myth 5: Paleo Is Hard to Stick With - Because of all that excludes, dairy, grains, legumes, refined sugars, Paleo has been labeled as a hard diet to stick with. But when you consider that there are Paleo recipes that show you how to make snacks, appetizers, soups, salads, and main dishes that rival what you’ll find in restaurants, it’s actually an easy diet to stick with because you’re eating real food. A general rule of thumb, the sicker you are the stricter the food selection.

Myth 6: Paleo Shopping is Expensive - With all of the specialty items like grass-fed beef and organic meats, fruits, and vegetables, Paleo is sometimes referred to as being prohibitively expensive. But when you factor in the money you’ll be saving from not buying fast food, junk food, and other packaged and processed foods, it comes out about even, and Paleo might just be a more economical way to live. Bottom line, in the long run you pay for quality food or pay the doctor, medications and nursing homes later because of poor food selection.

Myth 7: You Can Have All-You-Can-Eat Bacon on Paleo - You’ll see bacon used in many Paleo recipes for no other reason than this is a diet plan that allows you to have bacon. But you’ll still want to take it easy with bacon, and make sure you’re getting a big serving of vegetables whenever you eat it. You can buy organic bacon and use that as well.