#27 PQTD How to ReGRAINWASH Yourself! We’ve all been brainwashed, literally for our whole lives- I mean nutritionally brainwashed! How were we brainwashed? Eat low fat- eat LOTS of whole grains- pasta, whole grain BREADS and cereals! COUNT CALOR

#27  PQTD How to ReGRAINWASH Yourself!

 

We’ve all been brainwashed, literally for our whole lives- I mean nutritionally brainwashed!  

 

How were we brainwashed?

 

Eat low fat- eat LOTS of whole grains- pasta, whole grain BREADS and cereals!  

COUNT CALORIES!  STARVE YOURSELF!  MOVE MORE AND EAT LESS!!

 

These are just the more prominent LIES we’ve been brainwashed with since birth- by the mass media, our own precious Government agencies like the FDA, the Dept. of Agriculture, the grain cartels like Kelloggs and Post and the myriads of BREAKFAST cereal manufacturers, the American Medical Association... and the list goes on and on.

 

Why would they do such a thing?  Mislead us, for over 50 years about proper nutrition??

 

At first, it was well-meaning- they all bought into the false science of Ancel Keyes, and even put his photo on the cover of Time magazine in 1961, praising him for uncovering the cause of heart disease!  Trouble was, he had “cherry picked” the data- only using the data from the countries that supported his theory that dietary fat had anything to do with heart disease... in other words, he falsified the data to support his wanted results!

 

Later the McGovern committee supported this false idea, and with the full might of the US Government behind it, the fight against fat was on in full force!

 

The results?  We are all much FATTER, SICKER, and UNHEALTHY!  Obesity and Diabetes have gone through the roof!!

 

Thanks Ancel.

 

So, what is a budding Paleo Quick Tip of the Dayer to do?  REGRAINWASH yourself!

 

Start listening to podcasts, on an ongoing basis!  

 

Really, this is not just self-serving since I provide Paleo Quick Tip of the Day and the PaleoJay’s Smoothie Cafe- but there are many other wonderful podcasts that can help you to reprogram yourself in alignment with MODERN SCIENCE so you can resist the enticements and criticisms of those around you that are still IGNORANT of how to eat, exercise, and move in accordance with our ancestry!  Like your friends, your Doctor, your relatives, the television and radio.... you get the picture- you need reinforcements!

 

You need to start listening- don’t get me wrong- books are great, and books like The Paleo Solution by Robb Wolf, Cholesterol Clarity by Jimmy Moore, and Perfectly Paleo Exercise by Jay Bowers are all wonderful to get and read!

But there is something very visceral about listening to someones actual voice as they tell you what they’ve discovered- it’s like talking to a friend, and you can really internalize just what they are trying to impart to you.  Also, you can listen easily while you are doing something else- no setting aside additional time!  

 

Driving is the main way people listen- we all drive somewhere, pretty much, every day- instead of mindless radio, just... play a podcast!  You can pause when you get there, and then resume- you don’t miss a word.  Or walking, or washing dishes, or cleaning your house...

 

HOW TO LISTEN?  

 

You can just use your phone!  I have an iPhone, and it is drop dead easy on that- just use the podcast app... but, truth be told, I actually use an app called DOWNCAST.  It’s a simply wonderful app, and effortless to use...  STITCHER is another, and a FREE app, that you can use to gather your podcasts into playlists.  I like Stitcher, but it does “redo” the audio so it has a lower audio quality... but, more importantly, WHAT should you LISTEN TO????

 

PaleoJay’s Smoothie Cafe, of course!  Rate us on iTunes- we want more cafe patrons! And SUBSCRIBE- then, each and every episode will magically APPEAR when it comes out! WOW!

 

Paleo Quick Tip of the Day- but then, you’re already here- HEY- hit the subscribe button!  And after that, give us a review on iTunes too...

 

Robb Wolf- The Paleo Solution- Robb is almost the John the Baptist of the Paleo revolution, taking the work of Loren Cordain and running with it- not to be missed, each and every Tuesday.

 

Latest in Paleo- Angelo Coppola does a great job of painting a BIG PICTURE of Paleo, and how we are NOT broken by default- Very well orchestrated, very professional, and very enlightening- highly recommended!

 

The Livin La Vida Low Carb Show with Jimmy Moore- Maybe this podcast should be number 1, even ahead of my own- Jimmy is a legend in this area- he has literally a thousand podcasts or more.  He started Atkins Low Carb, but has evolved into a Paleo convert, and knows EVERYONE that is an expert in the field, and interviews them on a regular basis.  He’s funny, smart, a great interviewer; and he walks the walk, having once been 410 pounds, and now a fit and healthy NORMAL weight! Don’t miss Jimmy!

 

Relentless Roger and the Caveman Doctor- These two are great sources of paleo ideas: Listen to them play off of one another, and I guarantee you will learn lots!  I like it that they are NOT an interview show- most shows are!  Not mine, though... and not theirs!

 

Chris Kresser and Revolution Health Radio:  I can’t believe I haven’t put him up top- Chris is THE most knowledgable guy in Paleo, and if I was sick, HE is the one I’d want to be my doctor- really!  Just gone in for a weekly, shorter podcast- and only 30 minutes instead of LONG- Don’t miss Chris!

 

Paleo Magazine Radio:  This is another great one- lots of subjects, covered concisely in an entertaining and easily accessed manner!

 

Not Just Paleo:  This is a very eclectic podcast- you never know just WHAT the young host, Evan Brand will cover next!  He goes into all sorts of stuff, and however strange it gets... it’s always interesting!  Recommended!

 

 

There are others, but this is the cream of the crop!  Put them all in your playlist, Downcast, Stitcher, or Podcasts app, and listen on a regular basis- make this your “go-to” car driving entertainment.  CHANGE YOUR LIFE!  REGRAINWASH YOURSELF!!

 

I started my own transformation with books, and the internet.  But I’m here to tell you that NOTHING works better, faster, easier, or more efficiently than PODCASTS!

 

They will transform your life, and you health!

 

 

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Paleo Quick Tip of the Day 26- A Tale of a Pig

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Paleo Quick Tip of the Day 25- What I wish I'd known as a teen

Paleo Quick Tip of the Day- What I WISH I had known about Diet and Exercise in my Teens!

 

Now, I am 62 years of age, and FINALLY think I have figured out a lot about proper diet, lifestyle, and exercise... but, how valuable would that have been when I was about 16??

INVALUABLE!  

 

Unfortunately, back then, there was virtually nothing taught about it, and all that WAS given in the way of guidance was quite worthless.  And so, in my day, nothing was taught, and that was WAY BETTER than what is taught as almost a religion TODAY!

 

The American Medical Association, the FDA, American Dept. of Agriculture:

 

ALL of these hugely funded and highly regarded organizations teach LIES.

 

I don’t know how to say it any stronger!  They are all in the pocket of processed food and pharmaceutical drug companies- they are just advertisers, apologists, or SHILLS of those companies- they do not know, nor do they care about what can help you to be healthy, fit, strong, and lean- 

 

They exist to sell processed, bad foods guaranteed to make you sick, fat, and unhealthy!

 

They exist to sell drugs to treat the SYMPTOMS (JUST the symptoms- not the root cause) of what ails you- sell you these drugs FOREVER!

 

THEY EXIST TO MAKE LOTS AND LOTS OF MONEY... AT YOUR EXPENSE!

 

At the expense of your health, and at the expense of your wealth.

 

I know, this seems very cynical, but it is very true I’m afraid...

 

And so, here is what I offer you- whatever your age, but especially if you are young, in your teens or twenties:

 

You can have a long, happy life- living in a lean, healthy, lithe and sculpted body, to a very great age- without medicines, without acne, without being fat or weak, just by following a few basic principles that are time-tested (since caveman days!), and not at all hard to grasp or follow, once you understand them.

 

Don’t eat junk foods!  This is #1 for a reason- if you do nothing else, this one thing will put you light years ahead of your friends- DON’T eat processed, fake, man made crap food!  This means Doritos, cheetos, twinkies, Mcdonalds, ALL fast foods, packaged cereals, skim milk, velveeta (fake) cheese, Taco Bell (fake meat)- you get the idea!  Just REAL FOOD!  Meat, eggs, whole milk, cream, butter, all the vegetables you can get, fruit!

Don’t drink soda pop of “energy drinks”- Coke, Mt. Dew, Dr. Pepper Red Bull and suchlike- these are all probably some of the worst things you can put in your body!

I actually don’t know which is worse- sugar or corn syrup sweetened ones, or chemical sweetened ones.  They really suck!  As bad as cigarettes!!

 

For exercise, stick to bodyweight exercise, like (I hope) you were taught in grade school.  The pushup is #1- do this one exercise, and you will be light years ahead of your friends who start lifting weights or who do nothing but video games.  

The weight lifters will eventually injure themselves, quite working out and become fat, and the video gamers will just gradually become fat (but without lifelong injuries)...  Neither is a good outcome!

 

Just do pushups, in front of the tv, and straight legged situps along with body weight squats (meaning squats with no resistance) for high reps.  Believe it or not, but you can build quite a body by doing this routine for about 30 minutes, a few times a week- 

First thing in the morning is by far the best way- get up before everyone else!!

 

And I mean both boys (or men) and girls (or women)!!  

 

Just do modified pushups or negative situps if you need them- build up as best you can.

 

There is tons of information on exercise at www.paleojay.com as you progress...  but just make sure to do 1,2,and 3 above on a regular basis.

 

One more thing:  Get at LEAST 8 hours of sleep per night!

 

Sleep is what truly makes you what you are- it is JUST as important as good, God made food!!  Do NOT miss out on SLEEP!

 

If you want to participate in high school sports, go ahead!  But, if you don’t, rest assured that you can become even MORE FIT by doing what I just told you- by yourself-

and this is fitness that will last, and grow, and actually become amazing to others- 

 

 

FOR A LIFETIME

 

That is what I wish that I had known.  Do the above, and you will be clear-skinned, energetic, happy, healthy, lean and fit- guaranteed.  It really is that simple!

 

 

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Paleo Quick Tip of the Day #24 Be a Paleo Pioneer

Paleo Quick Tip of the Day #24  Paleo is a Journey- Leave Your Scale, Barbells, and Processed Foods Behind!

 

 

A constant query you have probably received as you started your Paleo or Ancestral sort of lifestyle is this:

 

“How do you even know what Paleo is?  All paleolithic peoples didn’t eat the same diet!”

 

And this is very true!  And so, what is the answer?

 

This thing is, a Paleo diet and lifestyle is just a concept; a metaphor for returning to eating real, God made foods!  So what if the Inuit ate mostly meat and fat, since that was all that they had available in the extreme northlands- and other tribes ate mostly tubers and game meat, and others whatever!  The point is: NONE of them were ever eating McDonald’s or Taco Bell’s fake red-slime types of phony meat products, cooked in soybean oil, fries, and washed it all down with a sugary or chemically sweetened drink!  NONE!!  They all ate real foods, as created by nature, by default, and were all the healthier for it.  

 

And all Paleolithic peoples exercised in a natural, healthy manner, again, by default, since there was no alternative... and, again, they were all the healthier for it!  

 

And that is the point: although there are various versions of the Paleo diet, this does not debunk the concept that a real food diet is ideal- 

 

It just shows that YOUR ideal Paleo diet may be somewhat different from mine!

 

There are similarities, of course, that run the gamet of ALL Paleo diets:

 

Real, God made foods, NOT man made processed foods!

 

LESS carbohydrates, much less than in the modern, S.A.D. Standard American Diet that is loaded with sugars, industrial seed oils ala margarine and vegetable oils (fake fats)!

 

MUCH less sugar and other sweeteners than in the SAD Diet!

 

Wild caught animals, pastured animals and milk products, and much more seafood and cultured or fermented vegetable and dairy products!

 

FAR more green, leafy, and cruciferous vegetables than in the SAD diet- probably about 5-6 times more veggies than almost anyone- probably more than most vegans consume- veggies, counter-intuitively for people not in the know, are the MAIN component of a Paleo diet!    And, of course, this is easily done with a Vitamix blender, which “chews” the veggies up for you, fresh or frozen, and makes them easily assimilable in a liquid form!  Easy to order with free shipping from www.Paleojay.com

 

So, if you are trying to “lean out”; that is lose body fat initially- don’t eat much rice, or white potato or sweet potato- have a Paleo smoothie, have some more butter on another plate of broccoli, eat some more grass fed beef- even some good quality cheese!  Carbohydrates are not your friend right now...

 

But, when you have a good body composition, are training regularly in a natural, Perfectly Paleo Exercise sort of manner- well, then you actually NEED some God made carbs like potatoes, and rice, and even a green banana added into your smoothie for the Prebiotic function it gives to your gut microbes!  

 

In other words, there is no one-size-fits-all PALEO DIET!

 

It changes as you continue on your Paleo Journey, back to the way our ancestors ate successfully for thousands of years!  

 

Imagine your Paleo journey to be a migration across the American continent back in the 1800’s- your Paleo covered wagon carrying you along to the land of health and wellness, a happy mind in a strong, fit body.  As you travel, you leave non-essentials behind- the pioneers left books, pianos, and dishes...

 

You can leave behind your SCALE (Gravity acting on your body tells you nothing about your health!), processed foods, soda pop, all wheat and modern grains, your barbell set, gym membership...

 

Your journey will go so much better unencumbered by all of this useless BAGGAGE!

 You will arrive lean, healthy, fit, and UNINJURED or SICK!  

 

Go West Young Man (Or Woman!)  Onward to PaleoLand!

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Paleo Quick Tip of the Day #23 The Very BEST Ways to Exercise, Naturally!

If you’ve been following along with Paleo Quick Tip of the Day for the past 23 weeks, you are surely seeing and feeling big changes in both your body composition, (Less fat; more muscle!), and just feeling amazing!  It doesn’t take that long- usually 3 weeks is the point where folks start to really feel and see it making a difference!  Also, this is the point when your lifelong addiction to processed foods, wheat products and sugar is broken, and you no longer feel like you are in withdrawal...  because you really were an addict!  AND NOW YOU ARE NOT- HALLELUJAH!!

 

This first 23 weeks has been mainly about dialing in your nutrition and sleep- walking and some exercise, especially virtual and self-resisted exercise have been added into your early morning routine, right after you make your daily paleo green smoothie.  Also, you are probably progressing on your pushups and straight-legged situps...

 

But now it’s time to up it a notch- add in a weekly workout to really maximize your lean muscle, and build up a real, symmetrical physique that is not only attractive, but very, very functional and healthy!

 

I’m not big on exercise apparatus at all- I’ve tried most of it in my mis-spent youth, and I am quite anti-weight lifting!  It is just not necessary, and builds a physique that is really quite unappealing, but most importantly is fraught with injury, and I mean injury that is UNAVOIDABLE if you continue lifting heavy weights!!

 

So, what can you do to really build your body in an aesthetic, healthy, classically symmetrical and pleasing way?  

 

Get some gymnastic rings!!

 

I have a set in my cellar; since my farmhouse is well over a century old, and constructed of giant blocks of stone, the cellar has ceilings over 10 feet tall with exposed joists above- so, simple to hang some rings!  If you don’t have a place to hang them, it is easy to hang them from a tree branch, or a swing set, or a jungle gym in a playground- there are lots of ways to make it work!  You could take them to the park on Sunday, do your rings workout, and take them home... no big deal! And you will feel GREAT!

 

Here is my Sunday Rings workout: 

 

Pushups- pushups on the rings are MUCH more difficult than regular pushups, and MUCH more productive and beneficial than a bench press with weights- your scapula rotates completely as you go all the way down, and the handles rotate with your hands, taking all harmful stress off of your joints (elbow, wrist, shoulder) and maximizing the positive stress on your chest, shoulders, triceps, abs, and especially your tendons and ligaments, that are largely ignored in traditional weight lifting since all of the stress is linear; i.e. up-and-down- here, it is all around!

 

I do pushups, and then flies on the rings, and then pullovers by moving forward and lifting my torso with straight arms for reps, followed by triceps extensions by lifting my torso again with bent arms... you get the idea!  

 

Experiment!  

 

You can easily move from exercise to exercise- do rows, chins, dips, and my favorite- chins in an L-sit position, working your lats and abs to the maximum, all at once!

 

 

What’s that?  You can’t DO a chin up?  Not even one?

 

Well, my friend, man or woman- now you can!

 

You just set the rings low enough (they are easily adjustable), and assist with your legs just enough to complete your chin- or dip- or row...

 

and, if you can’t do a full, down to the ground pushup on rings (most can’t, at least at week 23!), set the rings higher- as high as you need!  And do your reps!!

 

There is something very satisfying and primal about rings training- It’s like barefoot sprinting on grass- it brings me back to my childhood, running around with my friends, little 8 year old Jay, out in the fresh air and sunshine, having a BLAST!  

 

Rings are like that, too- basic movement, like playing on the monkey bars when you were a kid, climbing trees, pulling yourself up on branches- just plain experimenting with moving your body, like a cat!

 

Cats never give up on this movement training, why should you?

 

Get yourself a set of gymnastic rings.  Hang them up in the playground this Sunday.  After your fun, experimental workout, go for a few barefoot sprints across the park!  

 

Isn’t it great being a kid again?

 

J

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Paleo Quick Tip of the Day #22- Get Fit, Strong and Healthy- AND get a Natural Facelift in the Process!!!

I know, this sounds like a crazy infomercial... but it is TRUE, and actually rather easily achievable- every last bit of it!  How?

 

As you know, following a Paleo or ancestral type of diet is key for health- but did you know that the easiest, fastest, and most sustainable way to achieve such results is...

 

TO INCLUDE A DAILY GREEN, PALEO SMOOTHIE IN YOUR DIET??

 

It really is that simple!

 

Take about a handful, or a cupful, or whatever you shake out into your Vitamix blender (no exacting recipes here, thank you!) of mixed frozen or fresh veggies- I like the California Mix from Wal-Mart and most groceries- cauliflower, broccoli, carrots) and then add another handful of either collards, spinach, kale- a leafy green dude!  Whatever you have on hand- fresh or frozen- doesn’t matter!

 

When you mix this into an instant smoothie meal replacement by adding a liquid like green or white tea, coconut milk, and a little bit of citrus fruit like a lemon, orange, and a handful of berries, fresh or frozen- you are giving your body the most incredible source of nutrients that you possible could offer!  “Hurray YOU” says your body!

 

You see, most of us are vastly overfed and undernourished. This means that we get too many calories that are devoid of nutrients that our bodies need desperately...

 

And not nearly enough of the micronutrients that we need to be fit, strong, and healthy!  The GREEN VEGETABLES, primarily, that we need in GREAT QUANTITY TO BE OUR HEALTHIEST, FITTEST, AND BEST!

 

Quite frankly, it is difficult to follow the Paleo diet... if you do it without a daily Paleo Green Smoothie!  It’s almost impossible to get enough greens and veggies to make it really happen, like it did in primeval times when our ancestors would literally gather and chew these veggies, ALL DAY LONG!!  

 

We don’t live like that today... but, we can accomplish the exact same thing, but even BETTER by putting our veggies into a Vitamix and blending them into an easily assimilable Paleo Smoothie that we can drink, easily and effortlessly.  

 

And just why is this so great?  

 

Because if we get all of these wonderful nutrients, in their natural form (not supplements!), from God-made veggies and fruits and pastured eggs and teas and butter and spices... WE ARE GIVING OUR BODIES EVERYTHING THEY NEED, AND HAVE BEEN LACKING, IN MOST CASES FOR YEARS AND YEARS!

When your body at last has all the nutrients it needs, it shuts off your appetite!  

 

The reason you are probably constantly hungry is that your body needs nutrients to build, and maintain your body’s health and wellness!

 

If you give it nutrient poor food, like the Standard American SAD diet- it will say over and over and over again- I’m Hungry- EAT!

 

And, if you continue to give it man made food, i.e. CRAP; your body will STILL be hungry, although storing fat all over your body, and especially all over your FACE!

 

Give your body a Paleo Green Smoothie each day, and a huge change happens, and it happens FAST.  

 

Almost immediately, your skin clears- hey- the body has enough nutrients now!

 

Next, fat starts melting away- hey- the body is no longer hungry- it has nutrients in plenty to build and repair with!  The body even says Hey- we should work out, since we have the nutrients available to build muscle- and let’s get rid of this worthless fat- we have enough nutrients coming in, this must be a time of plenty- let’s build up and be strong!  

 

The thing I notice the most, in folks who start incorporating a daily Paleo Smoothie, loaded with greens and veggies is-

 

Besides the fact that their skin and hair look amazingly healthy and glowing, their face is WAY thinner, more defined, and without that BLOAT that is so typical of modern Americans- THEY ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE MODELS!  

 

Cheekbones show up, the double chin disappears, and even wrinkles seem to be gone...

 

All from a Paleo Green Smoothie, made easily in a Vitamix blender, in your own kitchen??

 

Yes, it really is that simple and easy!  

 

This is the ONE magic bullet that I recommend to ALL- and you can get it with free shipping at the link at www.paleojay.com

 

But, even if you don’t order it there, just get one, and more importantly use it on a regular basis!  NOTHING, and I really mean NOTHING is more beneficial to your health and appearance that this one simple step- NOTHING!

 

J

 

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Paleo Quick Tip of the Day #21- Cook your own Food, Dude!

This may seem like a non-important kind of issue- maybe you are in the habit of “picking up” food for lunch at work, skip breakfast or eat something quick and processed, and go out several times per week to a restaurant, where you try to order “paleo” foods… not a big deal, right?

Au contraire, my friend!  There is no real way around it- nothing is better for you, both physically for your health and wellness, or mentally by putting you in a more intimate contact with the animals and vegetables that give their lives for your sustenance, than actually preparing, cutting, Vitamixing, and cooking them!  And, what you see it what you get!  No “red slime” mixed in your ground beef or chicken, no sick damaged animals from concentration camp feed lot meat laced  with hormones and antibiotics; not if you get it from a trusted local farmer as I do, and I suggest you do!

www.farmmatch.com

Check out www.farmmatch.com if you don’t have a farmer friend as of yet!  Type in your address or zip code, and all the local farmers, their drop off points near you, and farmers markets will all magically appear!  It really is an amazingly useful service, and a great way to hook up with a local farmer or rancher who can be a great source of healthy food, and a good way to wean yourself off of the grocery store and processed fake food crap!  

 

Not only will you get away from substandard corn fed, diseased meats that are loaded with every toxic medicine and disease brought on by substandard diet- you will also free yourself from all of the bad oils, like soybean and canola oil, ALL the vegetable oils that are sabotaging your health!  You can begin using real oils and fats like pastured butter (Kerrygold butter is great, from Ireland), coconut oil, olive oil, and along with the good meat you will be eating, you will correct the balance of omega 3 to omega 6 fats, of which the Omega 6 from standard meats and fats is WAY out of whack in your body, unless you’ve been truly Paleo for quite a while… which is what you want, and what you WILL BE after you follow this last Paleo Quick Tip of the Day step, along with the 20 preceding!

You can also use your trusted farmer source for organic vegetables, pastured eggs, and perhaps some wonderful pastured berries- YUM!  Maybe some raw cream???

The thing is- given the proper nutrients, your body can accomplish almost anything- fight off disease, build abundant health, shed fat and build muscle- just by being fed correctly, as God and nature intended!  

It really is that easy!  

We have just gotten so far off track, by NOT-

getting our meats from naturally raised conditions

eating unnatural, fake fats and oils

and by actually EATING-

processed, and fast processed fake crap foods from a drive-thru

soft drinks of any type, sweetened or chemical sweetened

Genetically modified wheat, corn and soy products

that we have destroyed our bodies’ innate ability to heal itself!

 

We then run desperately the Medical INDUSTRY, and beg to be “fixed” of our many diseases- and they gladly oblige…

 

NOT by fixing us- just by masking the symptoms with various drugs, and taking all of our money for the favor!

Don’t fall into this trap- you are your own physician- 

Physician- heal thyself!

 

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