Paleo 101: How and why you should eat like a Caveman

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The answer is that you're a hypocrite for eating it in the first place if you're trying to sell us on not eating it in the first place.

Beyond that, if you hadn't eaten grains for so long, perhaps you had a reaction because your body was all like "what the hell, I don't remember these" and not "oh my god, I can't deal with these grains!!!11".
 
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Alkorin_sl said:
The answer is that you're a hypocrite for eating it in the first place if you're trying to sell us on not eating it in the first place.

Beyond that, if you hadn't eaten grains for so long, perhaps you had a reaction because your body was all like "what the hell, I don't remember these" and not "oh my god, I can't deal with these grains!!!11".
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Other things that matter:

- how fast you ate them
- how much the ingredients differ from your normal diet
- what you put on it.
- was it cooked properly/fully
- how the amount differs from what you normally eat.
 
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Dashel_sl said:
Caveman confessions: Yesterday I had 3 pieces of pizza. It was home made pizza if that matters.

I felt like crap afterwards. Coincidence? or irrefutable evidence of the scientifically ironclad superiority of cutting grains? I think you all know the answer.
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People have the same experience when they go to Atkins. Going from no carbs from grains to carb overload will do that. Just like going from little to no fat to fat overload will make u shit your pants.
 
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arkktheseaotter_sl said:
Depending on your weight, who doesn't feel like shit when they eat a bunch of pizza?
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Proof that pizza is good for you.
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Robb Wolf don't know about my grains.

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I am typically skeptical of the "organic free range pastured" labels. I always feel like it's a gimmick to get more money for the same shit. However, I have been trying certain things to see if I notice a difference. Fruit I never notice anything for example so I dont bother, same with vegetables.

Today I bought free range pastured brown eggs. They definitely tasted great. They even looked richer when you crack them open. I was hoping they would be the same thing since they are expensive. Breakfast:

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chaos

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I feel great if I eat some pizza. If I eat ALL the pizza? Yeah I feel like shit.
 
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Some guy on food network, some big shot food critic with his head up his own ass, was saying that the nutritional value of baby spinach is virtually nothing when raw, and that you have to actually cook it to denature the proteins or some shit, idk. I haven't been able to find any real info that backs that up though.
 
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chaos_sl said:
Some guy on food network, some big shot food critic with his head up his own ass, was saying that the nutritional value of baby spinach is virtually nothing when raw, and that you have to actually cook it to denature the proteins or some shit, idk. I haven't been able to find any real info that backs that up though.
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Let me know if you find out anything about that because I love spinach and eat a LOT of it but would switch if I found out it was nutritionally useless.
 
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chaos_sl said:
Some guy on food network, some big shot food critic with his head up his own ass, was saying that the nutritional value of baby spinach is virtually nothing when raw, and that you have to actually cook it to denature the proteins or some shit, idk. I haven't been able to find any real info that backs that up though.
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I eat a lot of baby spinach in my salads especially. This would be fairly shitty if true.
 
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chaos_sl said:
Some guy on food network, some big shot food critic with his head up his own ass, was saying that the nutritional value of baby spinach is virtually nothing when raw, and that you have to actually cook it to denature the proteins or some shit, idk. I haven't been able to find any real info that backs that up though.
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I don't know if it's NO value uncooked, but he is right that cooking leafy green vegetables will improve the nutritional value. Basically, our bodies have a tough time breaking down plant cell walls, which is where the nutrients are. Heat will damage the cell walls, thus releasing their bounty into whatever your cooking it in. So if you're boiling your spinach, drink the pot liquor. Just don't boil it too much, some nutrients are volatile and will break down from too much heat. That's why overcooked spinach tastes bitter.

This was all on an episode of good eats. Bro, do you even Alton Brown?



P.S. Corn and nixtamalization is another good example of this.

Good comparison of raw vs cooked spinach:

http://www.livestrong.com/article/49...ooked-spinach/

Even found the Good Eats episode for you. Go to 8:20:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf-_mSiNsEg
 
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Tuco_sl said:
Let me know if you find out anything about that because I love spinach and eat a LOT of it but would switch if I found out it was nutritionally useless.
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Oxalic acid in spinach inhibits iron absorption in raw spinach. But there are plenty of benefits of spinach beyond iron.
 
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Deathwing_sl said:
I don't know if it's NO value uncooked, but he is right that cooking leafy green vegetables will improve the nutritional value. Basically, our bodies have a tough time breaking down plant cell walls, which is where the nutrients are. Heat will damage the cell walls, thus releasing their bounty into whatever your cooking it in. So if you're boiling your spinach, drink the pot liquor. Just don't boil it too much, some nutrients are volatile and will break down from too much heat. That's why overcooked spinach tastes bitter.

This was all on an episode of good eats. Bro, do you even Alton Brown?



P.S. Corn and nixtamalization is another good example of this.

Good comparison of raw vs cooked spinach:

http://www.livestrong.com/article/49...ooked-spinach/
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Bro, I fucking LIVE Alton Brown.

I've only cooked spinach a few times. It seems to have no middle ground for me between raw and slime mold. Like a quick saute in a pan turns it to mush so, so quickly and it tastes like awful.

Yeah my half a minute of research came across that link as well, but nothing to really support what the guy was saying. He was straight up saying that if you are eating a raw spinach salad then you might as well be eating cardboard for all the nutritional value you were getting.
 
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I added the Good Eats episode in my response above.

I haven't experienced cooked spinach that I deem acceptable, texture-wise. Now that I think of it, I don't much like raw spinach either because it reminds of chewing a sponge. However, I think cooked leafy greens are great additions to other dishes. Spanikopita, lentil soup, that kind of stuff.
 
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Comments in that article raise a good question. Are they comparing 1 cup of raw spinach with 1 cup of raw spinach that's cooked? Or 1 cup of each. If it's the latter, that's a flawed comparison with a cup of cooked spinach being a crap ton of raw spinach.
 
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