{"id":8763,"date":"2010-07-03T16:01:13","date_gmt":"2010-07-03T20:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=8763"},"modified":"2015-12-27T15:45:36","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T20:45:36","slug":"going-caveman-the-paleolithic-diet-experiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=8763","title":{"rendered":"Going Caveman \u2013 The Paleolithic Diet Experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have been thinking about trying the Paleolithic\/Caveman Diet for a while. I\u2019ve read a lot about it online and have found that unlike many other diets, from an evolutionary perspective, this one makes sense and sounds diabetic-friendly. Reading Eric Devine\u2019s piece, Why I Eat Like A Caveman<\/a>, was the turning point and I decided I\u2019m going to try it myself.<\/p>\n

The rules of the diet are simple \u2013 eat only what was available before the agricultural revolution. So dairy and grains are out. There are a lot of rules which can be found at the Introduction to the Paleolithic Diet<\/a>, but from the reading I have done most of the followers of this diet are not as strict as the rulebook suggests.<\/p>\n

So I have decided to do an easy to live with version of the diet which allows for coffee (without which I may not be able to function) and some alcohol (after reading Amby Burfoot\u2019s interview with Boyd Eaton and Loren Cordain where both ordered red wine).<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not sure if Paleo will become a way of life for me or just a fun experiment, but I\u2019m going to try it for a week or two and see how it goes. I do have some concerns regarding the change in diet. The first is my blood sugar control. I know that changing the way I eat, cutting down on my carbs will require finding a new balance in my insulin intake and that usually is accompanied by many lows.<\/p>\n

The second thing I\u2019m worried about is running. My dietitian forced me to start eating carbs regularly to supply me with energy (glycogen in my muscles) to run.<\/p>\n

The Paleo Diet is basically a low carb diet with no dairy. I did some reading and found a guide for paleo athletes. The guide, based on a book called The Paleo Diet for Athletes<\/a>, explains that serious athletes need to bend the rules of the Paleo Diet a bit since \u201cwe’re placing demands on the body that were not normal for our Stone Age ancestors\u201d.<\/p>\n

So starting Sunday morning I will be trying this new diet. I am sure I will lose weight at first (a nice byproduct) but I hope it won\u2019t all be muscle and glycogen stores which I need for running. I also hope I will have enough energy to keep up with life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":53098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1501],"tags":[846,845],"yoast_head":"\nThe Paleolithic Diet Experiment - Going Caveman<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I have been thinking about trying the Paleolithic\/Caveman Diet for a while. I\u2019ve read a lot about it and have found that from an evolutionary perspective, this one makes sense and sounds diabetic-friendly. Reading Eric Devine\u2019s Why I Eat Like A Caveman was the turning point and I decided I\u2019m going to try it myself.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=8763\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michael Aviad\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=8763\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=8763\",\"name\":\"The Paleolithic Diet Experiment - Going Caveman\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=8763#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=8763#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ASL-Social-Big-Square-3.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-07-03T20:01:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-12-27T20:45:36+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#\/schema\/person\/9e0f6c9e8ec6bf77b78cd95c9bd446b6\"},\"description\":\"I have been thinking about trying the Paleolithic\/Caveman Diet for a while. I\u2019ve read a lot about it and have found that from an evolutionary perspective, this one makes sense and sounds diabetic-friendly. Reading Eric Devine\u2019s Why I Eat Like A Caveman was the turning point and I decided I\u2019m going to try it myself.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=8763#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=8763\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=8763#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ASL-Social-Big-Square-3.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ASL-Social-Big-Square-3.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":1280},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=8763#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Going Caveman \u2013 The Paleolithic Diet Experiment\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/\",\"name\":\"ASweetLife\",\"description\":\"The Diabetes Magazine\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#\/schema\/person\/9e0f6c9e8ec6bf77b78cd95c9bd446b6\",\"name\":\"Michael Aviad\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/63a6e8cc1247d7220941709685b8c84e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/63a6e8cc1247d7220941709685b8c84e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Michael Aviad\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?author=129\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Paleolithic Diet Experiment - Going Caveman","description":"I have been thinking about trying the Paleolithic\/Caveman Diet for a while. I\u2019ve read a lot about it and have found that from an evolutionary perspective, this one makes sense and sounds diabetic-friendly. Reading Eric Devine\u2019s Why I Eat Like A Caveman was the turning point and I decided I\u2019m going to try it myself.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=8763","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Michael Aviad","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=8763","url":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=8763","name":"The Paleolithic Diet Experiment - Going Caveman","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=8763#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=8763#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ASL-Social-Big-Square-3.jpg","datePublished":"2010-07-03T20:01:13+00:00","dateModified":"2015-12-27T20:45:36+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#\/schema\/person\/9e0f6c9e8ec6bf77b78cd95c9bd446b6"},"description":"I have been thinking about trying the Paleolithic\/Caveman Diet for a while. I\u2019ve read a lot about it and have found that from an evolutionary perspective, this one makes sense and sounds diabetic-friendly. Reading Eric Devine\u2019s Why I Eat Like A Caveman was the turning point and I decided I\u2019m going to try it myself.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=8763#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=8763"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=8763#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ASL-Social-Big-Square-3.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ASL-Social-Big-Square-3.jpg","width":1280,"height":1280},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=8763#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Going Caveman \u2013 The Paleolithic Diet Experiment"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/","name":"ASweetLife","description":"The Diabetes Magazine","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#\/schema\/person\/9e0f6c9e8ec6bf77b78cd95c9bd446b6","name":"Michael Aviad","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/63a6e8cc1247d7220941709685b8c84e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/63a6e8cc1247d7220941709685b8c84e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Michael Aviad"},"url":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?author=129"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8763"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/129"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/53098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}