A 10-Step Paleo Immersion Plan
By ALEX WILLIAMS
SEPT. 19, 2014
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Want to turn back the clock 20,000 years?
Here are 10 steps to becoming a full-time Paleo-ite.
1. Food Stick to grass-fed meats, seafood, fresh fruits and vegetables, eggs and nuts. Avoid grains, refined sugar, processed food, legumes and dairy.
2. Sleep Turn your bedroom into a cave with blackout shades; eliminate alarm clocks and electronic devices.
3. Alcohol It’s a stretch, but if you must indulge, steer clear of grain-based drinks like beer in favor wine, agave tequila and hard cider.
4. Exercise CrossFit is huge among Paleo fanatics, but the best weights are lying there in the underbrush. Think logs and boulders.
5. Parenting Tiger Mom, meet Saber-tooth Mom. Instead of cello lessons, let the kids run wild in the woods.
6. Beauty You’ll look good enough to eat, all right, when you swap out your drugstore medicine cabinet with D.I.Y. products made with household items like sugar, baking soda and vinegar.
7. Clothing Enough with the animal-hide jokes. Tap your primal style in a “Re-evolve” T-shirt from CafePress and PaleoBarefoot chain-mail shoes.
8. Sex This one may be a stretch, but as converts point out, there are worse things for your sex life than feeling trim, fit and well rested.
9. Reading There is no shortage of Paleo bibles, including “The Paleo Diet,” by Loren Cordain, Robb Wolf’s “The Paleo Solution” and John Durant’s “Paleo Manifesto.” Or read the latest Paleo Magazine or countless blogs like Nom Nom Paleo.
10. Music Your guess is as good as ours. Perhaps something with lots of drums.A version of this article appears in print on September 21, 2014, on page ST23 of the New York edition with the headline: A 10-Step Immersion Plan.
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/fashion/a-10-step-paleo-immersion-plan.html?_r=0
1. Food Stick to grass-fed meats, seafood, fresh fruits and vegetables, eggs and nuts. Avoid grains, refined sugar, processed food, legumes and dairy.
2. Sleep Turn your bedroom into a cave with blackout shades; eliminate alarm clocks and electronic devices.
3. Alcohol It’s a stretch, but if you must indulge, steer clear of grain-based drinks like beer in favor wine, agave tequila and hard cider.
4. Exercise CrossFit is huge among Paleo fanatics, but the best weights are lying there in the underbrush. Think logs and boulders.
5. Parenting Tiger Mom, meet Saber-tooth Mom. Instead of cello lessons, let the kids run wild in the woods.
6. Beauty You’ll look good enough to eat, all right, when you swap out your drugstore medicine cabinet with D.I.Y. products made with household items like sugar, baking soda and vinegar.
7. Clothing Enough with the animal-hide jokes. Tap your primal style in a “Re-evolve” T-shirt from CafePress and PaleoBarefoot chain-mail shoes.
8. Sex This one may be a stretch, but as converts point out, there are worse things for your sex life than feeling trim, fit and well rested.
9. Reading There is no shortage of Paleo bibles, including “The Paleo Diet,” by Loren Cordain, Robb Wolf’s “The Paleo Solution” and John Durant’s “Paleo Manifesto.” Or read the latest Paleo Magazine or countless blogs like Nom Nom Paleo.
10. Music Your guess is as good as ours. Perhaps something with lots of drums.A version of this article appears in print on September 21, 2014, on page ST23 of the New York edition with the headline: A 10-Step Immersion Plan.
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/fashion/a-10-step-paleo-immersion-plan.html?_r=0
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