Due to the enormous success of the first challenge back in October of last year, I have decided to run another one! The 30 Day Primal Challenge is an attempt to change eating habits to a more paleo style of eating, following some of the guidelines of the Whole30 and the Primal Blueprint. (For those books, order from the links or see my lending library) For those of you who don't know what that is, its looking at what our paleolithic ancestors might have eaten and extrapolating out to today what foods might we eat that would be similar to that. The premise is that our genes have evolved over thousands of years eating those kinds of foods, and certain more modern processed foods have only been around for a few hundred, or at most a thousand years. A thousand years is just a blink of an eye in evolutionary time. So, we are effectively taking advantage of what our genes are already adapted to, and this results in greater health and wellness.
What it looks like is this:
What it looks like is this:
- Eat lots of plants
- Eat meat
- Avoid grains of all kinds (wheat, rice, oats, corn, etc.)
- Avoid legumes of all kinds (beans, soy, peanuts, etc.)
- Supplement as needed with nuts, seeds, and fruits
That's about it! There are some fine details that I will go over in a special presentation on Monday, September 17th at 6:30, once adjusting hours are all done. Please attend if you are interested in the process to freshen up on the rules of the program and make sure you know how to do it!
There will be a sign up sheet at the front desk. Feel free to bring questions to the presentation. I know for many of you this will mean a major shift in your eating, but the best way to get over it is just to jump in and do the best you can. There will be mistakes and cheats, I imagine, but all there is to do is get back on the horse and try again for the rest of the challenge.
The challenge will last for 30 days, from the 24th of September to the 24th of October. (Yes, the 24th of October counts as the 30th day.) That should be plenty of time for people to get back on the candy at Halloween if you so desire, but I'm hoping that you will lose your taste for sweets during this process, and won't even be tempted!
Please join us!
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