Recipe for Health: The Modern Paleo Diet and How to Get Started
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Fundamentally, the Paleo Diet avoids modern processed and commercially created pseudo-foods, and replaces them, as accurately as possible, with foods our Paleozoic or hunter-gatherer ancestors could have eaten.
To switch your eating habits to this primitive, clean system, you’re going to have to stock your kitchen (and throw out the prohibited items in your pantry). So, first off, we need a comprehensive paleo diet provisions list. Consider it a shopping list unless you have many of these items on hand.
See what you can find locally or shop online and have it delivered to your door.
In your pantry, you’ll need:
Raw Tree Nuts of all kinds:
- Almonds
- Brazil
- Macadamia
- Pecans
- Pinenuts
- Pistachios
- Hazelnuts (Filberts)
- Walnuts
Seeds: Also raw
- Flax
- Mustard
- Pumpkin
- Poppy
- Sesame
- Sunflower
Oils and Butters: Cold Pressed from raw nuts/seeds
- Almond Oil
- Almond Butter
- Avocado Oil
- Flaxseed Oil
- Macadamia Oil
- Mustard Oil
- Olive Oil
- Pumpkin Seed Oil
- Hemp Oil
- Sesame Seed Oil
- Tahini (sesame seed butter)
- Sunflower Oil
- Walnut Oil
- Any other tree nut oils or butters you like
- Nut and Seed flours:
- Almond Meal
Fruit products:
- Raisins
- Dates
- Figs
- Dried Cranberries (no sugar)
- Other dried fruits, no sugar added
- Canned fruits, no sugar added
- Cocoa Butter
- Dried coconut flakes (unsweetned)
- Canned coconut milk (unsweetened)
- Coconut Cream (unsweetened)
Fish Products:
- Cod Liver Oil
- Canned Tuna
- Canned Salmon (Wild caught only)
- Caviar
Herbs and Spices: The Basics (check your recipes for more exotic spices)
- Allspice
- Arrowroot
- Basil Leaves
- Bay Leaves
- Cayenne Pepper Powder
- Celery Seeds
- Chili Pepper Seeds
- Dried Cilantro
- Cumin
- Curries (red, green yellow)
- Cocoa
- Dill
- Ginger
- Horseradish
- Mint Leaves
- Mustard Seeds
- Nutmeg
- Oregano
- Paprika
- Parsley
- Black Peppercorns
- White Peppercorns
- Peppermint oil
- Poppy Seeds
- Rosemary
- Sage
- Sea Salt
- Stevia (liquid and powdered)
- Thyme
- Vanilla
Condiments:
- Vinegar, raw apple cider
- Honey
- Maple Syrup
- Broths: Organic, no sugar added
- Canned Mushrooms
- Canned Olives
- Tomato Sauces
- Salsa (no sugar)
Drinks:
- Spring water
- Organic herb and green teas
- Coffee, organic, fresh ground
In the freezer, you can stock in meats, fish and frozen fruits and vegetables. Bag them in individual serving sizes for quick thawing and meal prep.
Remember, you want wild caught/grass-fed/organic products as close as possible to what we would have found out hunting and gathering a few years ago.
Beef: Ground and steaks, organ meats too.
Fowl: Chicken, duck, quail, guinea hens, ostrich, turkey
Meats: Pork, Lamb, Bison, Rabbit, Veal, Goat even Crocodile if you want!
Fish: Bass, Cod, Flounder, Haddock, Halibut, Herring, Mackerel, Sardines, Shark, Snapper, Salmon, Swordfish, Trout, Tuna, Whitefish, Squid (Calamari)
Shellfish: Lobster, Shrimp, Crab, Clams, Mussels, Scallops, Oysters
Frozen Fruits:
- Blackberry
- Strawberry
- Raspberry
- Blueberry
- Cherries
- Pineapple
- Bananas
- Mango
Frozen Vegetables:
- Asparagus
- Brocoli
- Brussels Sprouts
- Cauliflower
- Peppers
- Collard Greens
- Spinach
- Squashes
- Okra
Stock your refrigerator regularly with fresh fruits, vegetables, eggs and meats.
But, remember:
- NO potatoes
- NO beans
- NO grains (including corn)
- NO dairy products
- NO refined sugars
Unfortunately, you’re going to have to search the market shelves for paleo compatible products. Even natural foods markets are filled with processed foods, especially grain products. Ordering dried, canned and frozen products from online vendors is an option if you can’t find paleo friendly products in your area. Saves you the time of driving from store to store too.
Fortunately, the extra energy you’ll gain from cleaning up your diet will help you keep up the search for paleo diet friendly items.
Don’t be afraid to try some new foods – the tasty, healthy foods that will feed your body what it’s made to eat.
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