I thought you were my SO when I read your post!

I can tell you, as a man, in my mid-30's, who loves to cook (raised in a family of chefs), I get very frustrated with a few things when I'm cooking for a SO. Add in: I'm a perfectionist, lawyer who is a stereo typical "Type A to everyone else in the world (MR. Tough Guy, hear me roar!), but I'm really a Type B deep down inside (Roaring makes me exhausted...)." Over the years, I have learned to settle down, but it took a bit: A LOT of patience from my SO, couple's counseling, and reading a few books.

From my perspective, I want everything to be perfect. (I know, I know. It can't be. Working on that...) I want the meal to be plated and put down on the table exactly when the main / sides finish AT THE SAME TIME. It frustrates me to no avail when everything is on the table, and my SO is walking around the house, NOT eating. &%#%#&*@!!!
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But, I've come to realize that's just the way it is.

What has helped me calm down in the kitchen is my SO talking to me in a very, very gentle way about how I'm a perfectionist and I need to calm the f down. She started with a lot of "I feel ____ when you're upset that we don't eat right when the meal is put on the table." "I love that you take the time to cook, and I appreciate it so much. I want you to know my favorite meals, so we can enjoy them together." "It's been a long day, I'm really craving pasta, but I can't eat it because of our dietary restrictions. I've found nuking it a bit in the microwave gives it more of that pasta mouth-feel." Give him the opportunity to be open with you. I'm sure he looks at it as if he's providing for you, he's doing daily acts of service, and he [REALLY] wants to please you and he's being vulnerable with his food (see below, food is art).

Some other things that have helped me. 1) My SO and I started going to couples counseling. Up until then, no one had ever taught me how to be in a functioning, working relationship. Sure, my parents stuck together, but they weren't in the best place and I didn't learn how to truly be in a relationship until my early 30's. 2) I read a bunch of books... Seriously. I found so much clarity in Daring Greatly by Brene Brown. And I figured out how my SO felt loved with this one: 5 Love Languages. Both of these books had such an impact on my relationship.

I totally get where your SO is coming from. It's like bearing your soul to the world when you cook something. Just like an artist or singer showcases their talent and wants positive feedback. It can be tough for men, especially if at one time he was a professional cook / baker, to put their "food" out there and not get great feedback. I say "food" because for people who take cooking very seriously, it's our art.

Cooking healthy can be very tricky. No one grew up with their Mom teaching them the family recipe for spaghetti squash or cauliflower pizza crust. I have found two books that are amazing in this area:
Daniel Walker's Against All Grain Meals Made Simple, and her other book, Paleo Recipes. Walker's primary focus is to collect recipes for people with dietary restrictions / gastrointestinal problems / allergies. I cook 3-4 meals per week from them. If I want pasta, I'll sub out the squash; flour tortillas swapped for lettuce, etc. But the meals are VERY good (my favorites are the Ropa Vieja and Slow Cooker Orange Chicken). It also has a great spaghetti squash recipe. ;)

I hope this helps. Good luck!

So what is interesting is there seem to be a lot of ways to react to foods. I have seen intolerance mean both autoimmune symptoms and/or gastrointestinal symptoms. Allergy seems to mean something to the effect of celiac or a peanut allergy which can be immediately life threatening. For me I have autoimmune symptoms to almost all of the foods I have problems with. Depending on what it is I'll get headaches pretty immediately after eating and then I'll get joint swelling in different parts of my body. Now after I got through all that the Doctor had me try the FODMAP diet as an elimination diet and I have found that there are a small number of foods that I eat regularly that actually are causing gastrointestinal issues. In my situation my doctor is of the opinion that my small intestine is more permeable due to damage that has happened. That the best way to let it heal is to get things out of my diet that cause distress... so figuring out things that cause gastrointestinal issues is important.

The reason this is hard to figure out is if the problems feel normal to you then you don't realize they are a problem. The elimination diets help because you remove things for a period and reintroduce them. It's basically a science experiment to see if you are having issues with any of those foods.

In my experience I have learned new things about my body and my issues for each diet. They do take a lot of energy to get into because it really does require a lot of attention. By the last ones though I'm pretty used to this and the payoff has been huge for me.

• Increased energy. Being able to exercise without hating life, being able to focus, work long days if i need too.
  
  
• Cognitive focus increased. I can sit and focus on work or a project far longer without being exhausted.
  
  
• Less dependance on meal time. I could not push meal time without becoming really short tempered. It cause me a lot of anxiety and I would keep snacks around in case something happened. I can pretty much skip snacking now and even skip a meal if i need to without it completely wiping me out.
  
  
• Weight loss. I have been trying to lose weight because I was obese for the last 8 years. I was making progress but it was so incredibly hard and painful. Changing my diet without cutting calories and minimal exercise (walking) I lost 25lbs this past year without really trying at all.
  
  
• Improved emotional stability. In my other comment I had written about my mood issues. Getting on thyroid meds helped a lot for the first 5 years or so but the last year with the diets have made a huge difference in my overall patience and ability to stay focused on calm.
  
  I'm not trying to push these at all I am just relating my experience so you can weigh out if it is something that you think might be worthwhile. These are the ones I have tried (in order of what I tried):
  
  
• IMF Elimination Diet Is a good first step.
  
  
• Whole30 I really recommend the book for the recipes, food planning, and cooking intro) there is also a subreddit for support
  
  
• Autoimmune Protocol - There are lots of online resources. This is a great intro book
  
  
• I also had this food sensitivity blood test done which while overwhelming at the time (because I reacted to like 40 things) was really helpful because I found out I had reactions to things like black pepper. You can also use this to do your own elimination diet so you can learn how your body reacts to those foods. It was also a great relief to know I could modify the Autoimmune Protocol diet... which for me was the hardest.
  
  
• FODMAP elimination diet. The Monash University app for iPhone or Android is very helpful for starting the diet.
  
  Anyway I know that is a ton to take in. Sorry for writing a book. I wish you the best luck and hugs* because its very hard when you are first starting out and trying to figure out what works for you. You are doing great to start reaching out and looking though. Keep searching, it will get better!
  

Allyson Kramer, who writes the Manifest Vegan blog that dbh04 mentioned, also wrote some of my favorite vegan gluten free cookbooks. I know there are plenty of resources online, but it makes it so easy to just have an actual cookbook, not having to sift through anything to make sure it is dairy and gluten free. She also has pictures with almost every recipe, and I find that gives me more inspiration to cook! Check em out: Great Gluten Free Vegan Eats and Great Gluten Free Vegan Eats From Around the World. A lot of our virtual recipe meetups are from recipes in her cookbook-so you can scroll through this reddit and see pics of a lot of the stuff we made. My husband also likes The Complete Idiot's Guide to Gluten-Free Vegan Cooking. The stuff he makes from it always seems to turn out great.

For online resources, I like to just go to pinterest and type in 'gluten free vegan.' So many beautiful, inspirational pictures of great food that maybe you could get your husband to look at with you so he could help pick out some dishes he thinks looks good. Yummly is pretty cool too. You can type in something you want to make and then click on your dietary type, or allergies, etc.

For blogs I like manifest vegan, forks and beans, gluten free goddess, and a host of others.

For fake meat, Beyond Meat might pass for meat. It is incredibly chicken like in my opinion (but I haven't eaten meat in over 30 years, so who am I to say!). But it did fool famous foodie Mark Bittman and Bill Gates in blind taste tests. Doesn't fool everyone though, so use it in a stir fry or burrito or something, I'd suggest. You can get it a Whole Foods.

Not a migraineur but my wife is. She suffers from chronic migraine and has some level of headache pain 24/7, with it developing into attacks ~3 times a week. This has been like this for years - it's been rough, as I'm sure I don't have to tell you.

It sounds like you are already well down the path of using the best techniques that the medical world has come up with to tackle migraines. Good luck with this! I've pretty much given up on looking online for medical advice (which I realize is not what you were asking for) - it seems for every form of medication available there are a thousand stories of it working miracles, and a thousand stories of it doing nothing at all. If you find something that works, awesome. My wife tried topimax and botox, and we think they were marginally helpful, but the difference was small enough it was hard to say. As a result she still continued to pop her triptans like candy. This past new years / christmas holiday was particularly bad, and it really made us go back to the drawing board and reexamine our migraine approach, as it was clear that life this way is just not sustainable. I'm sure you know the feeling. We were considering aimovig and that class of new drugs, but in our research stumbled upon this book The Migraine Miracle by Josh Turknett. The author is a neurologist who allegedly suffers with migraines himself, and he lays out the case that migraines have their root causes in our diet, and argues that longterm use of abortive medications like triptans cause rebound headaches. Believe me, I know that the idea that just eating differently and going off meds sounds too good to be true (and I really do dislike the book's title - such a lofty promise to print on the front cover), and honestly I'm not sure his method works quite as well as he claims, but I still HIGHLY recommend reading this book and following it up with his blog posts. I also highly recommend making your loved ones read the book - I learned more about the science of migraines and what it's like to suffer from them than I have from any other one source.

For the past 3 months my wife has been on the diet and has gone off all medication, including triptans and NSAIDs. She's improving, slowly but surely - her attacks are less violent and shorter, and slightly less frequent. She still suffers from more or less constant head pain on some level, which we (& Turknett) believe is the rebound headaches, and we expect to see that disappear after six months of being medication-free.

I'm not saying this book will cure you - for us, the jury is still out on whether it's actually the 'miracle' it promises, but there's not doubt we've seen some improvement by following its recommendations. Clearly there are people who respond very well to botox, topimax, the occasional triptan use, and other medicines. We are envious! This book has been absolute paradigm shift for us, and has sent us down a treatment path that so far has been at least as effective as the medication we've been on, and promises to deliver much more. It's not a quick fix and it's definitely not easy, but if you're not making progress with the expensive medications then I HIGHLY recommend reading the book and seeing what you think of it.

Good luck!

/r/keto

I was 246lbs in November of last year. About a month ago I was 196. Been hovering around there since then 'cause I've been traveling and unable to diet properly, but it's a great diet.

It's a more radical version of what is known as the 'Paleolithic' diet. The gist of that diet is that humans survived and indeed thrived and evolved on a diet that was high in animal protein, fat, and vegetables. The only source of sugar being fruit. For the majority of human history, that was our diet.

Then came the Industrial Revolution and new forms of processed wheat that were cheaper and easy to mass produce. The FDA recommended diet of 300g of carbohydrates a day -- a high carb/low fat diet -- coincides exactly with the rise in obesity, diabetes, and other weight-related illnesses.

There's an excellent documentary called The Perfect Human Diet that goes into great detail about the paleolithic diet. And more information on why wheat is bad for you can be found in a book called Wheat Belly.

Anyway, /r/keto is like a paleolithic diet but without fruit. So it's pretty much protein, fat, and vegetables. I don't consider it a sustainable diet or one that could be a lifestyle, but it's good for weight loss. The way it works is that, when your body runs out of carbohydrates to burn for energy, it goes into ketosis and starts burning fat for energy.

Turns out, it's much more efficient that way. Back before I ate keto/paleo, I'd have the bowl of cereal for breakfast or something high in carbohydrates, get a burst of energy, and need a nap by 11AM. Now I eat bacon, eggs, sausage for breakfast and I'm good until 1 or 2PM.

I lost a lot of weight, I never felt hungry because I could eat all the meat and cheese and fat and vegetables I wanted provided I stayed under 20-30g of carbohydrates (and stayed within a reasonable calorie limit).

It's really a dream diet, and in addition to losing weight, I just feel healthier. I lost around 50 pounds, and I'm happy where I am under 200, so I've reintroduced fruit into my diet in small forms, and some carbohydrates -- but from things like beans and potatoes and whatnot rather than processed wheat.

Honestly, it was a lifechanger. I was at a 44 waist, and now I'm at a 34. Once I start exercising to get rid of the remaining belly fat, I'll be set.

I meal prep breakfast and work-snack items. I get up really early to go to work and I'm not a morning person so I'll never cook in the mornings. On Sunday (I work m-f) I cook a quiche, and then eat a slice for breakfast on the way to work. I also pick a snack to have at work for the week so I'm not tempted by the vending machine on my break. Last week I made keto egg muffins; this week it's hard boiled eggs. I'm getting tired of eggs haha.

For the other meals, I cook. Lunch is fish because it's fast, and then dinner is usually a protein plus veggies. But I only work part time; if I were still working full time I'd have to figure out something different for lunch.

I also make sure I have some stuff in the fridge that I can grab and eat quick if need be. Cheese, hot dogs (I love Nathan's hot dogs, only 1g of carbs a piece I think), lunch meat, stuff like that, because there are definitely times I don't feel like cooking. So I think for me, I cook when I can because fresh stuff always tastes better but I do meal prep for the meals I know I'm not going to have time for. I think it works pretty well :)

There is a keto recipe subreddit /r/ketorecipes and tons of blogs/sites/etc online for more resources. This is the book I bought and so far it seems really nice. Most of the meals are pretty easy and she has a lot of great information about keto in there as well. There is also a section at the beginning where she makes a 7 day meal plan with a corresponding shopping list which is nice, though too expensive looking for me haha.

edit: I also really like pickles for snacks. Mostly because of the salt and crunchiness

I've been purchasing keto cookbooks for my library system and have been reading through them as they come in. Here's a little list:

Sweet & Savory Fat Bombs by Martina Slajerova
https://www.amazon.ca/Sweet-Savory-Fat-Bombs-Delicious/dp/1592337287/ref=tmm_other_meta_binding_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1480350212&sr=1-1
Haven't made anything from it yet, but I have this one checked out right now. I am going to try the recipe for their Toasted Coconut Cups today. The ingredient lists seems semi reasonable and it's great for squares, chocolate, spreads, and little treats if you're into that kind of thing.

The KetoDiet Cookbook by Martina Slajerova
https://www.amazon.ca/KetoDiet-Cookbook-Grain-Free-Sugar-Free-Starch-Free/dp/1592337015/ref=sr_1_1_twi_pap_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1480350335&sr=1-1&keywords=ketodiet+cookbook
Of all the books I've looked at so far this one seems the most reasonable and helpful. It's actual recipes instead of just a "wrap bacon around asparagus, cook" kind of thing. Plus, there's pretty pictures of the food and I like pictures in my cookbooks. I have it checked out right now and was going to give their recipe for zuch lasagna a try as a first recipe.

Quick & Easy Ketogenic Cooking by Maria Emmerich
https://www.amazon.ca/Quick-Easy-Ketogenic-Cooking-Recipes/dp/1628601000/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1480350438&sr=1-2
I had high hopes for this one, but I didn't like the look of it at all, save for a few recipes on slow cooker pulled-pork / pulled-chicken kind of thing. It was lots of "wrap bacon around asparagus, cook" that I mentioned above--the sort of food that folks on keto maybe already know. I did snap a few pictures of recipes I'd like to try, but it wasn't one I am considering purchasing, like the two above.

It can be hard to wade through the crap on pinterest and two sites I've found helpful for bang-on recipes are these:
http://www.ibreatheimhungry.com/
http://www.ditchthecarbs.com/

Hope this is helpful. Happy shopping <3

That depends on your concept of healthy. I'll give you mine.

I use a Primal diet, because it is low-carb and gluten-free, but there's a positive focus on things I can eat instead.

Gluten has been linked to some odd symptoms. It's possible it has some tie to the mystery illness. Or she could try Whole30, which is a bit drastic, but I hear that many people have found it helpful to identify unknown food allergies. Essentially you eliminate several common allergens from your food for 30 days. After that, you add them back one at a time, and see what causes problems.


More details here:
The Primal Blueprint -- Looks like a typical diet book, with lots of unlikely sounding claims, but turned out to be well researched.


Cookbooks:

This is probably the best one for a beginner, and it does include nutrition data:

Primal Blueprint Quick and Easy Meals -- Simplest recipes of these three.

These do not contain nutrition details, but the recipes are nearly all relatively low carb:
The Primal Blueprint Cookbook -- Good recipes, but requires some cooking skill.

Paleo Comfort Foods -- Bigger book with more recipies. Has some really good low-carb alternatives to desserts or typical comfort foods.


All of those have great pictures and reasonable instructions. Some of the ingredients are a bit odd.

I left a box when my contract ended. They were REALLY big on paleo and I was vegetarian at the time. They even wrote a cookbook. I was also going 5 days a week and I should have been going maybe 3 and doing something "easier" on my not-crossfit days. And then this girl I COULD NOT STAND who always critiqued me (like, another member) was about to become a coach ... Anyways, I was like eff this. And I left.

I took a year long break from CrossFit. But I had a hard time really going back to a regular gym tho. So I finally re-signed up with a new box. And I visited ... talked to the coaches. Liked their programming. So I signed up.

Anyways, I ran into Charles (the owner of my first CrossFit box) at a 5k (He was GREAT!). And we chatted and they had moved locations. So he was like "yeah, you should drop by and do a workout!" It was really nice.

I am really glad I did the Intro classes at the first box. They were one of the first crossfit locations around so they had a great format. And my new box lacks some things my first box had. Like equipment (rowers, we hardly do rowing wods at my current box bc they only have two of them and GHDs ...).

But I'm glad I made the switch. And I can see how some of the fault lies within myself. Like ... bc I am such a huge whiner. And I make a lot of excuses. I will still not go to CrossFit sometimes when I see certain movements on the blog (that's why I just cant look at the WOD sometimes bc I wont go!). But if I feel like I need guidance, I just ask the coach to look at me while I lift. And they always do! But because I've "been around" CrossFit for awhile, the coaches always seem to have someone else who needs their help more!

Hopefully you have a lot of boxes to choose from! With a year under your belt, you'll be able to see what you like and what you dont like a lot easier.

edit: You're paying decent money for a gym. Get what you want from it! At the end of the day, you're paying for a service. You should get some enjoyment out of it?

Actually, if you are reading Good Calories, Bad Calories, you can skip Metabolic Typing Diet. MTD is just another system to help you determine how your body processes fats and carbohydrates, which imho is the big variable when it comes to diet. But GCBC covers that along with updated information.

IIRC, GCBC also recommends starting with a super low-carbohydrate diet for a few weeks and then introducing carbs until you start to feel funky again, then pulling back til you feel better. This is pretty common practice for a lot of dieticians now. Incidentally, Taubes wrote a follow-up called Why We Get Fat and What To Do About It.
which is a bit of a rehash of GCBC but focuses more on putting the knowledge into practice. IMHO both are worth reading.

I'm also a huge fan of David Perlmutter's Grain Brain, which talks about the link between carbs and the brain and brain disease and imho is really worth a read. It has a couple of follow up books too (Brain Maker about the vital role that gut flora plays and Grain Brain Cookbook).

Since embarking on my nutritional journey, I discovered I have a gluten allergy (explains all those times I fell asleep at the wheel after eating a sandwich). I cut out grains for the most part and eat primarily protein and veg, very little sugar, definitely no refined sugar.
My mood is better and more consistent, brain fog is gone, weight is easier to maintain, and I have more lasting energy.

It's unfortunate that institutions like the FDA and AHA (who are backed by industrial farming corps) hammered the American public with the lie of the one-size-fits-all Food Pyramid and low-fat, "heart-healthy" diets & that the word "diet" carries a connotation of weight-loss instead of health.

Our generation is paying for it with our health.

I do cheat. At first I kept it strict but slowly introduced those "cheat" foods back into my system. I've found that wheat absolutely destroys me so I cheat on sugary foods such as chocolate. I'm currently in a chocolate hangover from Christmas and have the pimples to prove it! Dark chocolate is much healthier so I keep a bar of 85% Lindt cocoa in the pantry for those chocolate cravings.

As for social outings, it's not too difficult to find "safe" foods at restaurants. Most of them have some sort of low-fat menu and have things like broiled fish and steamed veggies. And don't be shy to ask! Ask what ingredients it's made with, which oils where used, ask if you can switch out the starchy bread for more veggies. You can never go wrong with more veggies.

My go-to social outing is some japanese/chinese food place that serves sushi. If we don't feel like cooking that night, it's usually sushsi for dinner.

Most of my recipes include meat, since it's one of basis of the diet. My favorite go-to's for something cost-effective and relatively easy is taco salad, all sorts of veggie soups, pork roast, breakfast of bacon and eggs, and roast chicken are a few. For snacks I often have fruits and nuts. Apple slices or celery with almond butter spread, greek yogurt with blueberries, pomegranate and honey, chopped up baby carrots mixed with almonds almost like a trail mix, fruit smoothies with frozen fruit and yogurt. Now I'm hungry.

A great website for recipes is everydaypaleo.com. Once you get the hang of cooking paleo, you can take any old recipe and "paleoize" it by substituting ingredients. This is also a great cookbook. It's so great I gave it as a gift for my BF and dad for Christmas and they love it!

It just depends on what's important to you. Assuming that wheat is causing a lot of health issues for you, then you may be forced to confront a simple choice: fix your health or satisfy your cravings. Some people won't make that choice until they're in really bad shape, like a smoker who won't stop smoking until s/he is diagnosed with cancer. If things are going this badly when you're this young, you can safely assume it's only going to get worse if you don't make some changes (eliminating wheat being one, others maybe be important too).

You might try reading the book "Wheat Belly." It's not paleo, it's not perfect, but I think it's an informative and worthwhile read for somebody in your situation, and it may scare you into trying something for your health. It's worth seeing if it resonates with you, and it will provide you with some insights I can almost promise you don't yet have.

The book: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1609611543

The associated website: http://www.wheatbellyblog.com/

While eliminating wheat can be tough, especially if you're essentially "addicted" to it, I don't think you have to take the approach right in the beginning that you must never have wheat again. I would suggest, however, that you, when you are emotionally prepared to do so, cut wheat out for 30 days, promising nothing more to yourself than you will re-evaluate your decision once those 30 days are up and you see whether it had an impact on you. Again, that won't be easy, but it could give you some information you need to determine whether or not you should make it a lifestyle choice.

And you have certainly identified one of the big problems cutting out wheat, it's convenience. So many packaged and/or easy-to-prepare foods are wheat-based, so you really do have to plan ahead and be prepared if you want to deal with cutting it from your diet.

Also, I don't know how much you've really bought into "paleo," but it does tend to be a relatively high-fat diet. This would mean that a lot of the calories you replace from weight should come from things like butter (technically not paleo, but most are okay with it), coconut oil, fatty cuts of meat, olive oil, and some other stuff too. These things tend to fill you up much better and much longer than wheat products to, so hunger shouldn't be a problem if you do the diet right, though I certainly recognize that cravings can be something distinct from hunger. Those, you will just have to will yourself through.

The replacements for breads, cakes, and wraps are probably not ideal if all you are doing is buying the "gluten-free" versions of these things. That would help some, but not a lot. Some general replacements would be lettuce wraps, nori (seasoned seaweed), almond bread (in limited quantities), coconut bread, buckwheat products, rice crackers, maybe some other stuff too. Some of that stuff is probably going to have to be homemade though, so it won't help with convenience.

I think you should take 30 days to eliminate wheat. You could go all out and do a Whole 30 challenge - /r/whole30 - and see how you feel. (I think Whole 30 is a good idea, because it won't let you get away with adding a bunch of paleofied versions of things you crave, and it will probably also reduce your overall carb intake, which may be an additional issue than just wheat intolerance.) Or just cut out wheat and also avoid non-gluten bread for those 30 days, and don't worry as much about cutting all the other stuff out for the time being. That may be beneficial as well.

I will say wheat elimination seems to have done a lot for me and others I know as well, and none of us were diagnosed one way or the other as gluten-intolerant.

Good luck!

I eat a combo of vegan/paleo. Why?
Paleo ppl know how to cook their meat in decently low calorie dishes
Vegan - man do they know how to make veggies! You don't really know how to cook veggies until you dig into these recipes.

• 1 Oh She Glows - Food genius! Best I've ever owned!
  

• 2 Against All Grain - Very solid, I love everything including the desserts
  

• 3 Thug Kitchen - Amazing flavor combinations and loved most everything I made, some things were more effort than they were worth. I found myself going to the grocery store a lot when I was cooking through this book. Avoided the desserts because of the use of all purpose flour, sugar etc. The baking seems more traditional.
  

• 4 Everyday Detox - Love the shakes and desserts, the cookie recipes are the best I've made, but the food falls flat. The combos don't knock my socks off.
  

• 5 Paleo Comfort Food - Found a few good things in here but lots of misses. Resorted to writing X's and check marks on the pages of things that were successful and not so successful.
  

  
  

I have several cookbooks that I used (and you still have time to get them from Amazon if you wish).

Everyday Paleo Family Cookbook

Well Fed <-- GET THIS ONE IT IS AMAZING

Paleo Comfort Foods

Some of the recipes needed some tweaking to remove added sugar / whole30 non-compliant foods. All the recipes in Well Fed are 100% compliant though, and they're AMAZING.

The good thing is that many of these cookbooks have a "meal plan" in their intro pages, so you can look to that for guidance.

Additionally, these resources should help you out:

http://nomnompaleo.com/recipeindex (She also has a whole30 guide here)

http://www.theclothesmakethegirl.com/category/recipes/

As always, vet these recipes to make sure there aren't any added sugars or tamari or anything like that. In general, though they should be ok. I sat down beforehand and made 3 weeks of meal plans and shopping lists so I had NO EXCUSES, and then sort of winged it the last week (LOTS of leftovers).

From my experience, I was unprepared for the amount of food I was cooking. I only planned dinners, and budgeted the leftovers for lunches. Even so I was still overwhelmed with food (especially because my husband was only eating the dinners about 4 times a week).

The secret is to plan plan plan so you cant' fail :)

EDIT: They just posted this over at the Whole9 blog today! http://whole9life.com/2013/07/whole30-meal-plans/

Posted this earlier today in another keto thread. You have to make it in advance, but it's SUPER easy to throw together, and is four servings (4 breakfasts!)

I'm pretty new to this diet so I've been living out of the Quick and Easy Ketogenic Cooking book (Link)

Author has a chocolate shake for breakfast that I love! I can drink one serving about 6AM for breakfast, and not be hungry until about 1PM.

• 3/4 cup plus 2 tbsp coconut oil or unsalted butter
  
  
• 1/4 cup MCT oil
  
  
• 2 cups water
  
  
• 4 whole large eggs plus 4 large egg yolks
  
  
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  
  
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  
  
• 1/4 cup Swerve confectioners style sweetener or equivalent amount of liquid or powdered sweetener
  
  
• 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
  
  Throw it all in a blender and blend until smooth. Refrigerate overnight to thicken. Pour over 2-4 cups ice, if desired (I don't).
  
  Yield 4 servings (about 1 cup each)
  
  Macros:
  
  664 calories
  
  70g fat
  
  8g protein
  
  1g carbs
  
  0g fiber
  
  
  Side Note If you don't want chocolate, take out the cocoa powder and vanilla extract. Use any flavor extract you'd like instead.
  

These are the two books that helped me through my diagnosis:

Gluten Is My Bitch

Gluten Freedom

Obviously, the former is much funnier and more honest about the BS realities of having celiac. But the latter is a super legit deep dive, and Dr. Fasano is considered one of the leading doctors in celiac research. Both were incredibly informative and useful for different reasons. I also had my family read both of these, which has been really helpful to expand their knowledge and support me through this new transition. Plus both books have great GF recipes!

Not all strictly keto, but Eat Happy is a great cook book. Low carb, no sugar, no grains. My keto agnostic wife hasn't complained about anything I've made from it yet.

Eat Happy: Gluten Free, Grain Free, Low Carb Recipes Made from Real Foods For A Joyful Life https://www.amazon.com/dp/1941536883/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_GHeqzbHRQXG0D

I really enjoy the gluten free goddess website http://glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com/ and this book would be great for you to have since her family is gluten free, dairy free and egg free.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Healthy-Gluten-Free-Life-Dairy-Free/dp/1936608715 It is a good book.

If I were you I would get this book: https://www.amazon.com/Gluten-Free-Wish-List-Savory-Treats/dp/1452138338 all the baked goods are rice based (no corn and no wheat). The recepes are great and taste and look like the traditional wheat items you know.

Most of the recipes in this book can you use as well. The author uses a variety of flour (sorghum/durra, buckwheat, chestnut, almond flour etc.) so it's a bit more complicated starting out, but will give you more nutrients. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1408858479/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1563013231&sr=8-2

Another option is going grain free. The book is great and has a lot of options of baked good, mostly made with almond flour. Baking only with nut flour is expensive though. https://www.amazon.com/Against-All-Grain-Delectable-Recipes/dp/1936608367/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?keywords=danielle+walker&qid=1563013477&s=gateway&sr=8-4

I hope this is useful.

I'd get a paleo cookbook if I were you. Most of those dishes are low-carb and gluten free (obviously) and the salt and spicy level would be up to you. Paleo Comfort Food is a pretty decent one to start with and it will turn out recognizable looking dishes. Nom Nom Paleo is another good book with really good food, but the recipes aren't as "American standard" cooking and it's pretty preachy (you can also go to NomNomPaleo.com and see some of the recipes there before you make the commitment to purchase the book).

To get you started with a recipe though, here's a recipe for cauliflower pizza crust. Make it, bake it, top it with your favorite fixins.

Don't forget that almost any veggie can be roasted. Toss it in oil, roast on a sheet until brown and a little crispy on the edges, give it a dash of lemon juice and voila!

That's a tricky set of conditions for sure. The instinct for how to throw things together just comes with time and practice really. At the beginning, especially dealing with allergies, following recipes may be necessary.

Paleo will be challenging with no eggs and dairy, and many recipes also rely heavily on coconut and cashew.

Realistically it would be best to start with paleo autoimmune protocol (AIP) cookbooks and build from there.

A great reliable cooking fat is pastured lard. Rich in vitamin D also.

Gelatin is a good replacement for eggs to act as a binder, also it is gut healing.

For the most part you should be able to replace nuts with seeds. Hemp hearts, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds etc.

Lots of books out there, here's a popular one: https://www.amazon.com/Autoimmune-Paleo-Cookbook-Allergen-Free-Approach/dp/0578135213

Sure thing. This book provided me with about a dozen different recipes that I've added into my routine. Of those, the mexican burgers, tacos, chicken wraps, wedding soup, etc, etc, etc are easy to make, inexpensive, and absolutely delicious (and healthy!).


I really enjoy what the book offers. In addition to the recipes, there's an 8 week grocery shopping list that incorporates at least one recipe for each day of the week and the list includes what to buy for that given week. They reuse a lot of the ingredients so it's pretty efficient. Personally, I modify the list and skip some things or replace with others as desired but it's generally a nice jump-start to eating more conscientiously.


My biggest piece of advice; do what works for you. I eat flat breads, yogurt, and pasta when I'm craving it. The important thing is my eat habits have changed and it's no longer a diet - it's a lifestyle now.


For what it's worth, I'd recommend the book to friends and family.

Here are some baking substitutes that have worked for me (I also have a shitload of eating restrictions):

Gluten: Bob's Red Mill All Purpose gluten free flour is excellent. Their gluten free is great is general; I just made brownies from a mix tonight as a matter of fact.

Dairy: For butter, try macadamia nut oil or coconut oil. I don't like canola personally but that is also commonly used. For milk, try coconut milk (my favorite), almond milk, or soy milk.

Egg: Blend flax seed and a bit of water, or banana and a bit of water.

Sugar: If you're trying to be low carb, something like Splenda will work okay, make sure you can tolerate maltodextrin. For desserts that need the chemical properties of sugar (ie caramelization), look into sugar alcohols. Don't overeat these as they can cause indigestion. If you don't particularly care about low carb, I'm a fan of local honey and maple syrup.

Someone else suggested keto recipes, which is a great idea. Also check out /r/paleo for ideas, as Paleo/Primal is a way of eating that can be adapted to almost any food allergy or issue (flavors include autoimmune, FODMAP, etc) and has worked miracles for my health. As for a cookbook, I highly recommend Make it Paleo and the associated blog.

Read "The Wheat Belly"... it's a good book that goes over a lot of the history of how wheat has changed and how is affects your body.

Personally I have no allergy to wheat/gluten, but the fact is that modern wheat products hold almost no nutritional value and can lead to serious health problems when over consumed. I have personally gone wheat/gluten free for a long time and lost a serious amount of stubborn weight in the process, and so have many of my friends who tried it. Improved mood, fat loss, more healthy overall, so much benefit I've seen from it.

Now most people who remove something like wheat from the diets will start eating more whole, unprocessed foods in the process, like they should have been doing all along. This is a good thing as it will eventually bring up the demand and hopefully lower the cost of healthy eating in America.

I could rant for hours and go in to pretty detailed discussion, but I think you get it.

> "calling yourself a skeptic"

I'm a skeptic of Monsanto.

I'm a skeptic of the low-fat/multi-grain is good but avocados, coconut fat and grass-fed beef are bad b.s..

I'm a huge skeptic of the dietary information that's being passed around right now.

I'm a huge skeptic of the for-profit health care system. Here's a great example. Four years ago my doctor wanted to put me on statins because my cholesterol was a little high. Cardiac disease is not an issue in my family. My blood pressure is on the low side of normal. My weight is perfect. I work out 3, 4 times a week. There was absolutely no reason to put me on statins. My doctor never even mentioned diet to me. He immediately wanted to put me on statins, many of which have far worse side effects than any issue they would have helped me with. So, that told me a couple of things about my physician. He was either lazy and unprepared about diet & health or he has a pharmaceutical rep coming through on a regular basis giving him samples and he's just pushing their products without accurately addressing my actual health needs. I refused to take statins. And I showed my physician how I dramatically improved all my cardiac lipids through diet alone. After seeing my improvements he said "I guess you don't need to take statins now". He's no longer my physician.

A side note: I worked in hospitals for about 8 years. I dated a nurse who worked at a private practice. It was literally obscene and shocking how much money pharmaceuticals spent to get doctors to prescribe their medications. Every week, at the most expensive restaurant in my area at that time, pharmaceutical reps would host free dinners for the doctors at that restaurant, as they would try to get doctors to prescribe their pills. And quite a few doctors have been indicted for getting kick backs from pharmaceuticals in exchange for prescribing certain meds.

It is literally frightening how easily people sell out their morals and their fellow human beings all for a few silver pieces. Greed is a scary, scary thing.

> "There's no evidence that will convince you"

I'm skeptical of Monsanto's research and testing and motivations. I honestly believe it will take generations to see what the long term health effects are of glyphosate.

It was only 100 years ago or so when our food was not polluted with artificial flavors & colors, preservatives, HFCS, pesticides and many other lovely chemicals created by modern science.

And considering how diet related health issues are exploding at near epidemic levels, I'm skeptical of the safety of the chemicals that are currently in the food chain.

I choose to eat like my great, great grand parents did rather than eat corn that's been GMO'ed to have a pesticide in it.

Here's another reference for you The Wheat Belly. It's a book written by a cardiologist, you know, a fairly educated man who's studied the sciences. He goes into detail on hgow highly processed grain based food, some of it GMO'ed and some of it very selective bread, is killing this nation.

I think diet is the most important part for that based on my whirlwind research in the past few days.

I also found this page: https://www.restartmed.com/tpo-antibodies/

I think besides eliminating gluten, dairy, sugar, and alcohol from your diet (and probably some other things, too), the next important step are these nutrients that repeatedly come up like Selenium, Zinc, etc. I found this supplement that has 4,000+ positive reviews on Amazon. I ran it through fakespot and review meta to make sure the reviews are not fake. It got an A grade, passed with flying colors. Searching through the reviews, I found a lot of references to "hashimoto's," "anxiety," and "hair" regrowth. If you search for these quoted terms, you will find the reviews yourself. It appears to be a very good supplement that really helps. I've just ordered it yesterday, so I haven't actually tried it yet.

As far as diet and explanation goes for auto immune diseases like Hashimoto's, this book came highly recommended along with this cookbook. I will probably only get the first book because I never use cookbooks. Just tell me what I can eat and I will make my own meal no problem.

You'd be amazed at the recipe books they have nowadays.

A ten second search on amazon revealed:

Healthy gluten free life. This book has 200 recipes that are soy, dairy, and egg free.

That's just the first result I found when I did a search for "soy free cookbooks".

You should check out your local library for recipe books! You'd be amazed at what they have- and if they don't have what you're looking for, you can always request that they purchase a book to add to their collection. And if they do, they notify you when it's in stock!

Also, you should talk to your doctor. I'm sure they have a pamphlet or something or something somewhere- doing this sort of diet to eliminate/determine food allergies is not unheard of.

I did lots of research back in high school while I was trying to get my health in order, and I discovered one of those sodium studies. It showed that, if you feed Americans about 10 times their usual sodium intake, it increases their blood pressure by about 1/1. This was a statistically significant result, but in most cases hardly the determining factor for heart disease.

You're more likely to have cardiovascular disorders and clogged arteries from a carbohydrate-rich diet, usually heavy in sugars and wheat. In low-to-moderate quantities (0-600 cal/day, for me), carb sources like potatoes, carrots, and fruits appear essentially harmless, but one has only to look at the average American to see the impact of high carb intake.

Tom Naughton's "Fat Head" documentary is an excellent introduction to the subject of proper nutrition. It's also worth checking out the Doctors Eades' blogs and the books Wheat Belly and The Big Fat Surprise.

I'm not sure if you're arguing against the idea of modern wheat being a different breed, or if you're critical of the idea that wheat-free diet would be beneficial. If it is the second argument, I would address you:

There is indeed supportive evidence. On the blog, it references a book called Wheat Belly, and it well reviewed on Amazon.

As an anecdote, as a former medical professional who still keeps tabs on the industry, the notion of going wheat-free (or a variation like paleo, keto or carb/grain free) is an idea that's catching on like wild fire. A doctor recently recommended a grain-free diet in order to lower my dad's cholesterol. I went grain-free for two months, and saw my cholesterol drop from 220 to 160 in two months, with elevated HDL and moderate LDL. (Not that it matters, its been proven that cholesterol levels don't necessarily correlate to heart disease. Plus, I can think and feel better too!

So yes, there's plenty of references and supportive evidence on the more broad discussion of going wheat free.

I kindly direct you to r/Keto or r/Paleo to show a robust community around taking wheat, and more broadly, carbohydrates, out of their diets.

Unfortunately you can't just swap the amount of regular flour for GF in recipes, due to the differences in chemistry created by the lack of gluten. Gums help with this to a point, but sometimes you also need to increase or decrease acid amounts (lemon juice is commonly use) or alter how much moisture.

I suggest picking up a gluten free cookbook. I LOVE this one. http://www.amazon.com/000-Gluten-Free-Recipes/dp/0470067802/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

turns out baked goods even better than ones with gluten in them. My family who is not GF adores these recipes.

I purchased this book from Amazon a little over a month ago:

"Quick & Easy Ketogenic Cooking: Meal Plans and Time Saving Paleo Recipes to Inspire Health and Shed Weight"
http://www.amazon.com/Quick-Easy-Ketogenic-Cooking-Recipes/dp/1628601000

It provided me with a lot of useful health/food information, the recipes were pretty good for the most part and most importantly, helped me realize portion sizes

Buy an obsene amount of cornstarch and the cook book 1000 Gluten Free Recipes. I'm not GF, but my best friend is and the recipes in this book are pleasing to all.

I hear you when you say you miss the beer.

I miss the beer. It is most certainly the hardest thing about dieting, and in the way I do keto it is virtually absent compared to before. I used to drink 2 beers per evening. It was just a habit, but wow did I love my beer. In the first few weeks of keto for me I cut it out entirely, I didn't want it messing with the adaptation process. For a while I drank the low carb beers - some of them taste quite OK. Now I don't drink beer at all.

I got to thinking about how I became so bloated, and I read the book [Wheat Belly] (http://amzn.com/1609614798). I realized that beer is liquid bread, and that the carbs (alcohol not so much) were literally killing me. That was the main reason for my weight gain and for the creeping hypertension I was having.

So eventually I changed my relationship with beer. I started seeing it is something not to crave, but to fear. Drinking beer would send me back into a balloon shape, would raise my blood pressure, would increase insulin resistance and start me down the path of prediabetes.

No matter how great beer tastes, being healthy and slim feels a million times better.

Yeah I think this is pretty common across Lyme patients. The infection (or lingering damage) creates so much inflammation, you need to eat pretty clean to even get close to feeling "normal."


This book on the Autoimmune Protocol Diet has been pretty useful for me in terms of finding some new creative ideas that don't involve grains:


https://www.amazon.com/Autoimmune-Paleo-Cookbook-Allergen-Free-Approach/dp/0578135213

To Dad, as I am Dad of 2 with a currently breastfeeding wife, LEARN TO COOK. It makes everything much easier. I have really increased my cooking skill and have made some awesome food. I have had people ask for recipes after eating at our house.

My wife is dairy free while breastfeeding, so this makes getting fat a little more difficult, but there are plenty of resources here to find options. She also really watches her hydration. Keto dropping the water weight and the breastfeeding.

I started with Gordon Ramsey videos he and have found some more resources. You have to tweak recipes to fit your macros, but it can be done!

Start with scrambled eggs this way and you will not go back hahaha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUP7U5vTMM0

HEADBANGERS KITCHEN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G63FPzpERzs

THE KETOGENIC COOKBOOK - a friend gave this to me and it has much more "fancy" keto meals. I make them when we have dinner guests and I stay keto but the meals are good enough for others to eat and not even realize it is keto.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1628600780/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Same here, for Gluten and Dairy. My levels have remained the same, but my antibodies at last test were insane (almost 5k), but my quality of life improved exponentially. someone recommended this book to me, which I would highly recommend. Good Luck!

Sending you a lot of hugs.

For gluten-free baking, I have done a fair amount as part of my low-carb stuff. Almond flour baked goods are the best, and have a lower glycemic index. Just make sure you DON'T use the Bob's Red Mill brand - something in the way it's milled gives it a grittier texture. Honeyville or the almond meal from Trader Joe's are my favorites.

This cookbook/gluten-free blogger does really tasty things and tries to limit overall ingredients used between different recipes/keep the number of ingredients in any single recipe to a minimum. It makes it much easier to bake things when you don't have to go to 3 stores to get all of the ingredients, and have standard things you can stock your kitchen with! She also has a blog with lots of good recipes. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/158761345X?ie=UTF8&tag=elanaspantryc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=158761345X

Edit: Worded things really strangely, fixed now.

not dairy free, but easy to make substitutions and it is gluten free. recipes have tasted great.

https://smile.amazon.com/dp/1941536883/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_DwVqDbSN83K1C

The hard part is just being prepared for meals, because your eating-out options will be more limited, and there's practically nothing you can get in ready-made, microwave dinners in boxes. So, there's very little room for laziness.

On the upside, you'll be cooking a lot, which is a wonderful skill to have and also makes food taste better. There are a lot of great cookbooks out there for paleo diets. My favorite is this one: http://www.amazon.com/Paleo-Comfort-Foods-Homestyle-Gluten-Free/dp/1936608936/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1341336840&sr=8-2&keywords=paleo

Basically, if you cut out grains, most dairy (all is best), legumes, and sugar (particularly added sugar), you're paleo.

EDIT: If you are feeling lazy, there are places you can go. If you're in California, you can get an In-and-Out burger with lettuce instead of a bun. You can also make this request at Chick-fil-a (just make sure you get the grilled chicken, not the fried.) I tried a similar request at Five Guys, and they were disappointingly inept at making that request. At Chipotle you can order the salad bowl, get some meat in there, skip the rice and beans and sour cream, and load up on pretty much everything else. Their guacamole is good. And don't eat the chips.

Paleo seems like a natural choice, but I've found most of the cookbooks lacking. However, both Paleo Comfort Foods and Make it Paleo are pretty good and full of flavorful and completely grain/gluten-free recipes.

I bought this book (The Healthy Gluten-Free Life: 200 Delicious Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Soy-Free and Egg-Free Recipes! by Tammy Credicott http://www.amazon.com/dp/1936608715/ref=cm_sw_r_udp_awd_teZvtb1SXDN3A) and it has been SO useful. Definitely check it out.

Well if they're staying under 50g (or especially under 10g) it definitely sounds like Keto. I'm not sure how they eat berries or grapefruit though because both of those have more than 10g in carbs per serving.

The nice thing is that paleo people can still eat keto foods so you're safer getting a keto book. There's one called "The Ketogenic Cookbook" that is pretty popular.

I picked this one up because I love baking and didn't want to lose out on that for the Keto/Paleo life my boyfriend and I are on. If you like baking at all, I'd absolutely recommend it :)

I started a modified Paleo diet a year ago and I've seen a dramatic improvement. I'd say 95% improvement. There are days and weeks where I forget I even have HS. The diet change is difficult--I would get depressed at the thought of food--but I adapted to it after 6 months.

Castaway Kitchen (Cristina Curp) and Curious Coconut (Amanda Torres) have very good AIP/Paleo recipes. They both have HS and have put it into remission using diet.I've tried their recipes and they taste very good. I've made the chicken more times that I can count.

https://thecastawaykitchen.com/2018/01/crispy-ginger-lime-baked-wings-whole30-keto-aip/

https://thecuriouscoconut.com/blog/paleo-plantain-flour-pancakes

Also, this is a great book - Mickey Trescott's Autoimmune Paleo Cookbook
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0578135213/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
I use the winter squash soup recipe quite often.

Cristina Curp's book 'Made Whole' is excellent.
https://www.amazon.com/Made-Whole-Anti-lnflammatory-Keto-Paleo-Recipes/dp/1628602945

It's actually the recipe in this book, which I saw in a Barnes & Noble and purchased on a whim. Excellent recipes in there. I can attempt to reproduce it here.

Take 1 large eggplant (or 2-3 small ones), cut it in half, rub some olive oil on it, and bake it at 400 for 45 minutes (in a foil covered pan) face up.
let it cool
peel the top skin off, scoop that shit (minus the skin) into a blender
and 2 tbsp lemon juice
1-2 cloves of garlic
a dash of cumin
blend until smooth
then add 2 tbsp olive oil (slowly blend this in. I added about half a tbsp at a time)
good to go
I dipped cucumber slices into it

I used 3 huge ones and it was very potent, still good though.

I won't get into it because this is something I had to learn on my own, but if you feel like researching it I recommend giving this book a read.

Edit: Also since you're noticing your energy levels have been going down, maybe try cutting out the grains for two weeks or so to see if you feel better. Your call though.

Dr. William Davis is the author of Wheat Belly, which this article doesn't even mention strangely enough. It sounds like the blogger read the book and then wrote this article which is mostly based on it. Wheat Belly is an excellent book which I highly recommend. Davis presents a lot of evidence against the idea of modern wheat being healthy for the general population.

I have reduced my gluten to once or twice a month because of stomach issues. It's really not as difficult as I imagined - things like rice pasta and tortillas really help. I've recently requested this book from my library but it hasn't been returned yet so I have yet to read it. I bet it's very helpful (Julieanna Hever has some good recipes on her blog).

I didn't really have a routine. The only thing I did consistently was the mommy-baby aquacise class 1/week starting at 3 months pp. The book Wheat Belly played a significant role in my diet, and gave me some ideas for not gaining so much next time around (mainly to do with controlling blood sugar and cravings). Exercise was a mix of strength and cardio. Emphasis on strength. Women tend to overdo the cardio, which is less effective.

Also, my favorite GF/DF cookbook is Cooking for Isaiah. The brownie recipe and chocolate chip cookie recipes are really good. I take them to the kids' school for parties and they are fully eaten and no one notices that they are GF/DF.
All of her recipes are good. I think she was the editor for Rachael Ray or something like that.

http://www.amazon.com/Cooking-Isaiah-Gluten-Free-Dairy-Free-Delicious/dp/1606525654

I like her other book Quick and Easy Ketogenic Cooking a lot more. I've also found that I do better with her recipes when I use the exact ingredients she calls for. For example, her recipes are all written to be dairy free and I tried to substitute things like almond milk for half and half, and it just doesn't come out right. Same with the sweeteners she uses.

But I still find myself looking more at her books than actually making anything. The Bacon and Butter cookbook is more practical in terms of things I want to make, but less fun to look at (less pictures and not as fancy looking recipes).

These would go really nice with Jimmy Moores brown butter sauce. From his The Ketogenic Cookbook

To make brown butter syrup, I highly recommend using Swerve confectioners’-style sweetener. You can use pure erythritol, such as the brands Zevia or Organic Zero, but as the syrup cools in the refrigerator, the almond milk will separate from the butter, which will solidify into chunks. If you decide to use a different sweetener, add an ounce of cream cheese to help the sauce emulsify.

• ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
  
• ½ cup powdered erythritol
  
• 1 ounce (2 tablespoons) cream cheese (optional)
  
• ½ cup unsweetened almond milk
  
• 1 teaspoon maple extract or 2 drops of maple oil (optional)
  
• ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
  
  > 1. In a large saucepan, heat the butter over high heat, whisking every few seconds. The butter will foam up to the top of the saucepan and then fall back down. When you see lots of brown flecks, remove from the heat. Watch closely; you do not want black flecks.
  
  > 2. With the saucepan off the heat, whisk in the erythritol until smooth. If you used a brand of erythritol other than Swerve confectioners’-style sweetener, add the cream cheese. Then whisk in the almond milk, maple extract, if using, and salt.
  
  > 3. Store in a glass jar in the fridge for up to 2 weeks—if it lasts that long! This syrup will thicken in the fridge because the butter hardens as it cools.

There's a book dedicated to that topic actually: Wheat Belly, it's a heart doctor who recommends avoiding grains. It's not strictly about the paleo diet as far as I know, but following a paleo type diet (paleo, primal, PHD, etc) will take care of that for sure.

I'm actually a "re-committer" as well, and I can understand that. This time around, I made sure to buy some cookbooks and keep creating. I have made some flops, but have really come a LONG way in creating more variety for myself. I got this cookbook for Christmas this year (thank you, awesome brother) and have been working on recipes through there.

Great question.

I'm lactose-intolerant, so I never ate more than the occasional insignificant amount of dairy anyway. That wasn't much of a change.

Over a 6-month period prior to the first photo in the series (Jan 15), I started reducing gluten consumption more and more. I decided to eliminated it entirely after reading Wheat Belly, which was around the time I started paleo, so eliminating gluten wasn't that big a change, either.

It was really reducing other grains, and legumes, that was more of a change for me. I never ate many processed foods, but eliminating them as a conscious decision, and being more aware of what's on ingredient labels, is a big difference.

Re: IF, that was a big change, but it's really become easy with time (just be consistent for a few days / weeks and your body will adjust). See this comment I made above for more. This excerpt from Taleb's Antifragile is what inspired me to start with IF.

Most cookbooks advertised as paleo, low carb, or ketogenic should fit perfectly within a diabetic lifestyle. I'm a fan of Jimmy Moore and think his cookbook is fantastic.

My boyfriend will eat whatever I cook, he doesn't care what diet or life style it adheres to, which is pretty handy. Usually I'll make a Paleo dinner and if he wants to add some kind of grain or bottled sauce to it, it's his call, I just ask him to do it to his plate only and leave my food alone.

PS: I highly recommend "Make it Paleo" it's a great cookbook (quick, easy, tasty). Everyone I know is getting one for xmas from me. hah!

Okay, something I can actually chime in on. I had to cook gluten free casein free for a while (long story) and the cookbook that SAVED MY SANITY was Cooking for Isaiah. Specifically, her flour substitute is AMAZING and the best gluten free substitute I have found. The stuff in the book tastes like REAL ACTUAL GOOD FOOD.

https://www.amazon.com/Cooking-Isaiah-Gluten-Free-Dairy-Free-Delicious/dp/1606525654

PM me with any questions, it's been a couple of years since I had to do the everything from scratch GFCF cooking but I think I still remember a few things. It's a little bit of a PITA for some things, but you can have food type food even on a GF diet.

But I feel you on the allergies. I'm allergic to several of my favorite foods, and it's hard to have to constantly watch out.

Here's a few I found handy.

Good Gut Healing by Kathryn Marsden.

Listen to your gut by Jini Patel Thompson (can also be found at her site as a downloadable pdf, well that's how I bought it.)

And for general anxiety : Change your thinking by Sarah Edelman

And Wheat Belly by William Davis (maybe not as relevant but examines the effect of the genetic changes to wheat, which can be a common trigger for some gastrointestinal issue sufferers.)

Hope any of these may be of help.

Also a ton of gluten, which is processed and stored as fat more efficiently in the body than white 'table' sugar. Best would be to find those nutrients in non-bread sources.

If you're eating well and exercising you probably don't have to worry about the sugar content of your food, but everything we're learning about bread suggests it's better off out of your diet.

Source

I got this one - https://www.amazon.com/Quick-Easy-Ketogenic-Cooking-Recipes/dp/1628601000/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1482943942&sr=8-1&keywords=keto+cookbook

It's really great as the first twenty pages or so talk about the keto lifestyle and all sorts of different things from sweetners, to proteins. And fantastic recipes!

I highly recommend reading The Migraine Miracle or checking out the My Migraine Miracle website. Dr. Turknett talks about keto diets, but it's more than just that. If you aren't dealing with other issues (rebound headaches, medication overuse, etc), it won't help. I just read the book and am part of a group on Facebook, and there's been many people who've had success with this.

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I knew that the diet fixed this, and obviously I was eating gluten like mad previously (Cheez-its, anyone?). I found out for sure it was gluten when I made a pumpkin bread from an Atkin's mix which has vital wheat gluten as the first ingredient. I swelled up and did my ole vomiting routine, and verified that yes, gluten is the devil. If you have any academic interest in learning more about gluten, the history of wheat and its health effects this book called Wheat Belly is awesome.

My girlfriend was gifted "Gluten is my bitch" and its a pretty good read. Entertaining and should give you some insight into the gluten free lifestyle.

http://www.amazon.com/Gluten-My-Bitch-Ridiculousness-Gluten-Free/dp/1617691577

Best treat I got myself after a couple weeks into Keto was the Ketogenic Cookbook by Jimmy Moore. Lots of great recipes, the steak with brown butter bernaise is to die for!

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Actually a lot of good objective science behind this, check out "Wheat Belly" if you're interested. Very illuminating look at the development of the wheat industry in America and how the modern "store bought" stuff is genetically engineered to be better tasting and longer lasting, at the expense of being EXTREMELY unhealthy and a huge contributor to the nationwide obesity and diabetes epidemic.

Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1609614798

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There isn't any reason I know of that would make IF not appropriate for females. Your body might also be super efficient and make really good use of the calories you give it. I'm not a huge fan of calorie restriction and it's hard when you are exercising as much as you are, but maybe try restricting calories to the low end of your range for at least one week. See if you can do it for 7 days and if there is any change (maybe start after your marathon). If that still isn't working, I would venture to guess that there is something else going on with your physiology. Have you tried a gluten free diet? Some people have extreme gluten sensitivity that can affect fat retention, especially visceral fat. A keto diet is 90% of the way to gluten free so switching over shouldn't take too much effort. Check out the book grain brain or wheat belly for more information and the science behind gluten.

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Modern diet is causing persistently high blood sugar and inflammation. Eliminate sugar and processed grains, especially wheat. I strongly recommend reading Wheat Belly by a doctor who found recommended diets made him worse and now recommends the regimen he used to get healthy. His Track Your Plaque Blog is really good. My own introduction was through the Perricone Prescription and Paleo Diet books. I also recommend Archevore as a resource.

Exercise is great, but if your diet is wrong it won't work. The inflammation that leads to moobs is a major cancer risk, so there are good reasons to get control of your body. Good luck!

I've read that the urine ketone test strips are not a good measure.

I've recently been reading Keto Clarity which has a lot of good information on how to measure.

But they basically say the most accurate way to measure ketones is a blood ketone meter or ketone breath analyzer. Ketones in the urine are inaccurate and could disappear after being keto-adapted for a while.

I bought the Precision Xtra Blood Glucose & Ketone Monitoring System and Ketonix to try it out for myself, so I could figure out my personal threshold. Haven't received them yet, so I can't tell you my results.

I really recommend that book though, it's a really good read so far. They went on to publish Keto Cookbook which I actually picked up first at Costco, and after reading that I picked up Keto Clarity on amazon.

The recipe tastes great. It is from The Complete Idiot's Guide to Gluten-Free Vegan Cooking. After a couple batches, I decided to bake it in a cast iron skillet that I preheated in the oven. That gave it a better edge.

You might want to get Fasano's book: "Gluten Freedom." Lot of good stuff for you to know in there. She'd be really impressed that you took the time to learn all about it.

I recently picked up this brilliant book: Gluten free vegan world eats

and the other one in the series is great too. Some good tips in there.

Gluten free pasta is pretty cheap now, you can get rice noodles too. Vegan gluten free bread can be tricky, in the UK there's a few I've found but they are a bit expensive so I buy corn crackers and potato waffles and stuff like that a lot and have them instead of bread.

edit: ugh messed the links up, don't know why I keep doing that, hold on.

edit: fixed links.

tone: eyebrow raised

I'm not a dude. And Paleo has never endorsed carbs. Taken from the FAQ under "what did Paleolithic man eat?":

> heavy reliance on animals as food, including land animals (game), birds, fish, molluscs, small mammals and insects

> moderate consumption of plant foods, fruit, and nuts/seeds

A couple more questions down, "So what shouldn't I eat?":

> everything made from grains like wheat, corn, rice, barley and oats: this includes all baked goods (bread, crackers, muffins, cookies, etc.), pasta, and breaded/fried items

> sugar in all forms except whole fruit

> vegetable and seed oils like corn oil, canola oil, soybean oil, sunflower/safflower oil, etc.

> legumes (beans, peanuts)

tone: encouraging & informative

Check out the rest of the subreddit for the myriad of questions of "Are rice and potatoes bad? They aren't grains." The overall consensus is that if you want to lose weight, avoid these (and hardcore Paleo lifestyle dieters will typically tell you to avoid them anyway), but if you're hurting for calories, eating them in moderation is okay.

You should also do some research and check out things like the book Wheat Belly, which has also been posted & talked about in this subreddit. It details how your body stores grains differently than other sources of energy, hence the wheat belly (or commonly known as "beer belly".)

P.S. Keto and Paleo are closely related, the main difference being that Keto endorses dairy (because of the fat), while Paleo doesn't and encourages much more veggies.

oh suuuurreee make me get up lol

4 Cups (600g) - watermelon, deseeded and cubed or balled

2 Cups (300g) - english cucumber, sliced

3 Tbsp - fresh mint, chopped

1/4 Cup (60 mL) fresh squeezed lime juice

1-2 tsp balsamic vinegar (optional)

mix stuff up, salt and pepper to taste. It is out of this book I love it. Mine actually has pages falling out because I use it a lot (and the spine wasn't the best quality ever).

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Regarding weight, a recent post mentioned the benefits that come from dropping wheat from your alimentation. Have you considered that?

Edit: that review seems interesting.

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I really like Paleo Comfort Foods

The Autoimmune Paleo Cookbook: https://www.amazon.com/Autoimmune-Paleo-Cookbook-Allergen-Free-Approach/dp/0578135213/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=0B6RPRWS8NKKY07DWKR5

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Great AIP stater book with a meal plan and grocery list for 4-8 weeks.

I've been reading a book lately called Wheat Belly. The title sounds like a lot of hoopla, but there is some really interesting information in it about how the wheat that we are eating today is a genetically modified version of the wheat that was being grown in the US up until about 40 years ago. Apparently there's evidence to suggest that these genetic modifications have made wheat much worse for us than it used to be. It might be anecdotal evidence, but I, too, feel much better when I don't eat a lot of wheat-based foods.

This one is great for beginners, both recipes and explanations

A couple of great books to read:

Why We Get Fat: and what to do about it

Wheat Belly

http://mariamindbodyhealth.com/

Randomly found her cookbook at Costco a few weeks ago, that's what started it all.

Food is all amazing. Even desserts!

Feels kinda weird referring to it as a diet given all the amazing food my wife's been cooking.

After only a couple of weeks I'm down 9lbs, appears to be water-weight, but it's a start.

tl;dr: buy her cookbook

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1628601000/ref=dbs_a_w_dp_1628601000

Yes, the exact same thing happened to me. I had had symptoms regularly for a few years: lots of bloating, gas, trapped gas (so fucking painful), intestinal cramps, some diarrhea, and just general pain that I couldn't pinpoint. I'm embarrassed that I just kind of shrugged and never bothered to get to the bottom of why I was so often in pain. I think I was pretty depressed and just self-medicating with food, and I didn't want to have to give anything up.

But once I started eating healthy food, I just sort of dropped bread and pasta without really thinking about it. Exactly as you describe, my symptoms come back immediately and severely if I eat any gluten. One thing I've noticed is that the sensitivity has gotten worse, if anything...I used to be able to eat a piece of bread now and then and have minimal symptoms, and now if I eat anything that has even a relatively small amount of gluten in it (like soy sauce), my symptoms come back. Check labels religiously. Fortunately there's lots of gluten-free options out there--I just ate some delicious brown rice pasta from Trader Joe's! And Udi's gluten free pizza is a wonderful "cheat" meal.

Here's an interesting book about gluten allergies and a theory about why more and more people are developing allergies and celiacs. Very informative!

Wheat gluten is the first ingredient. Wheat is a terrible thing to eat.

Carb counts aren't the only thing that matters on keto: the type of carbs is important too. It's entirely possible for many people to stay in ketosis while consuming 40-50g of net carbs per day in the form of leafy greens, nuts, and fibrous veggies. Eating a ham and cheese sandwich on two slices of Wonder Bread for dinner, on the other hand, will kick almost anyone out of ketosis, even though the Wonder Bread only has 33g of net carbs.

If you're desperately craving baked goods, there are plenty of recipes online that use alternatives like almond meal or coconut flour. Don't ruin your keto with wheat.

Try it out. I recommend the book Wheat Belly

Here is a podcast with the author, see if it interests you.

You should check out the book Wheat Belly by William Davis. I'm almost done reading it and it provides a ton of research and real-world examples of how people's health problems improved or went away after dropping wheat from their diets. He has a large section dedicated to arthritis and inflammation.

Its my understanding that even whole wheat breads and grains are not great for you when eaten to the degree recommended by the US Government. I found http://www.amazon.com/dp/1609614798 to be an enlightening read on why this is.

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If you want to get fancy the Keotgenic Cookbook is nice
https://www.amazon.com/Ketogenic-Cookbook-Nutritious-Low-Carb-High-Fat/dp/1628600780/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1502407861&sr=8-1&keywords=the+ketogenic+cookbook

An autoimmune Paleo (AIP) diet would be mostly what she's doing. There are a number of sites and recipes available for that. Like this https://autoimmunewellness.com/recipes/


Here's a good book option The Autoimmune Paleo Cookbook: An Allergen-Free Approach to Managing Chronic Illness (US Version) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0578135213/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_9VRODbYWA73TK

Links:

Paleo Comfort Foods

Well Fed

You should read ‘wheat belly’ it was interesting.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1609614798/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_AL-NAbMMMRNGA

1. The stipulative definition given for food faddism "The phrases food faddism and fad diet originally referred to idiosyncratic diets and eating patterns that promote short-term weight loss, usually with no concern for long-term weight maintenance, and enjoy temporary popularity. [1]" does not in any way apply to paleo as the point of paleo is to optimize long term health by removing foods that cause inflammation and allergic reactions.
   
2. The source used to establish the "faddism" of paleo in the wikipedia article is suspect and uses one observational study to dismiss the entire paleo movement.
   
3. There is mounting evidence for the connection between wheat, obesity, cancer, auto-immune disease, and cardiovascular disease.
   
4. Though vegetables are lower in B vitamins and calcium per gram they are also not very calorie dense being composed mostly of water and fiber. For you to argue that eating more non-starchy vegetables will cause weight gain is patently absurd.

Yes.

http://www.amazon.com/Wheat-Belly-Lose-Weight-Health/dp/1609611543/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1343328904&sr=8-1&keywords=wheat+belly

My neurologist recommended giving this a try. The Autoimmune Paleo Cookbook. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0578135213/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1419802096&sr=8-1&dpPl=1&dpID=61ItZmIggTL&ref=plSrch
Just picked it up, but haven't tried it yet?

Dude if you want to make real money, write books that simply tell people that eating gluten is something they shouldn't eat. Even if they don't have any conditions preventing them from doing so.

It starts out with this asshole who's now made millions of dollars convincing people gluten is evil to humans. Then suddenly it's open season, because other folks realize there's money to be made all down the line by writers, nutritional consultants and food manufacturers.

Now we have tens of millions of people who were raised on wheat, but "can't" eat all the breads/pastas/etc. they grew up learning to love, so there's a huge opportunity to manufacture and market a whole class of new foods that emulate wheat.



One of the fucked up things about the whole ridiculous GF fad is that as long as you're not Celiac's or have a legitimate gluten intolerance, gluten is the best part of the wheat. If you want to be healthy, reduce your intake of simple carbohydrates, not protein. I can tell you from experience you can get just as fat eating too much rice and potatoes as bread.

20 years from now the gluten free thing will be forgotten for the most part, and the shysters will have villainized some new aspect of our diet. It'll be something like umami. They'll have discovered that glutamate in any form is deadly, so there will be umami-free diets, and hundreds of shitty new manufactured foods that simulate the taste of meat using some weird new chemicals, and restaurant cooks will be getting tickets for umami-free rib-eyes & Caesar salads from crazy ass customers insisting they had it last week.

you could tell your friends to read the recently released book "Wheat Belly", or you could just stop talking about it and let the results speak for themselves...

The flip side of that is that insulin tells your body to refuse to remove energy from fat cells, and eating a carbohydrate-heavy diet dramatically increases your insulin levels. Thus, people can run a caloric deficit and not lose significant weight, but simultaneously experience starvation at the cellular level if their diet is too carb-heavy.

EDIT: Not sure why I'm being downvoted, because it's factually accurate. Sources: Good Calories, Bad Calories; Why We Get Fat; Wheat Belly. There are more, but these are some of the best, fully-sourced books about the subject.

If you are more serious about going gluten-free, I suggest reading "Wheat Belly" :) I was never tested for celiac's but after I went gluten-free, it alleviated A LOT of issues I was having before.

start removing wheat/gluten as it is very bad for immune system.

I am a vegan with arthritis and getting better since I dropped wheat based food.

read this: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1609614798

This is awesome! I'm not sure what sort of eater you are, if you can get away with eating the same foods for months on end, but if you start getting bored with the standard fare, I'd head on over to /r/ketorecipes, or pick up a copy of The Ketogenic Cookbook, if you're more experienced cooking, and try out some things you see there.

Personally, I try two new recipes per grocery shopping trip (~1 per week). If I like them, they tend to become part of my new standard, and if I don't, I don't sweat it. Even before keto, this is how I kept myself from eating out when I got bored with what was around the house.

The Ketogenic Cookbook (https://www.amazon.com/Ketogenic-Cookbook-Nutritious-Low-Carb-High-Fat/dp/1628600780/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1519138682&sr=8-3&keywords=the+ketogenic+cookbook)

Theres a few different ones from the same author, but this one is a great starter. The homemade ranch is to die for and we tried the deep dish alfredo pizza last night. I bought a copy for my dad too.

Go read wheat belly sheds light on the changes in wheat over the last 100 years
http://www.amazon.com/Wheat-Belly-Lose-Weight-Health/dp/1609611543

If you read this book, you may think he made one of the biggest oops! of all time.

I can't view Youtube at the office, but I get the idea this book is relevant to the topic.

https://www.amazon.com/Wheat-Belly-Lose-Weight-Health/dp/1609614798

Check out this book from the FAQ

https://www.amazon.com/Wheat-Belly-Lose-Weight-Health/dp/1609614798/

Did you mean this link?

http://www.amazon.com/Wheat-Belly-Lose-Weight-Health/dp/1609611543/

Yours didn't work for me.

Amazon link for the lazy

http://www.amazon.com/Grain-Brain-Surprising-Sugar--Your-Killers/dp/031623480X

http://www.amazon.com/Wheat-Belly-Lose-Weight-Health/dp/1609614798

http://www.amazon.com/The-Paleo-Diet-Healthy-Designed/dp/0470913029

http://www.amazon.com/Paleo-Diet-Athletes-Nutritional-Performance/dp/160961917X

http://www.amazon.com/Gluten-Connection-Sensitivity-Sabotaging-Control/dp/1594863873

http://www.amazon.com/Dangerous-Grains-Gluten-Cereal-Hazardous/dp/1583331298

http://www.amazon.com/Healthier-Without-Wheat-Understanding-Intolerance/dp/0976853795

http://www.amazon.com/Going-Against-Grain-Reducing-Revitalize/dp/0658017225

Butter and Bacon has a catchier title, but this is the One Keto Cookbook to Rule Them All.

Well, aside from every book and article I've read when researching gluten intolerance after finding out I am gluten intolerant... sure, here are a few links you can read to educate yourself.

Do Heritage Grains Hold Promise for the Gluten-Sensitive?

Einkorn - Historic hulls unlock healthier diet for all

The Natural History of Wheat

Also you can pick up a copy (or download) Wheat Belly by William Davis for more information about gluten. But since you're pulling fake statistics out of your ass based on what you believe to be true, I doubt you'll actually read any of these articles, let alone a book about the subject.

I second this. I gradually cut way down on wheat after I started using MFP and basically ended up paleo. Now the cravings and hunger I used to feel are totally gone. Even if I do feel hungry, it's purely biological and easy to ignore. Usually, I am so stuffed after I eat, and I easily end up under my net calories. This never happened when I tried to cut calories w/o cutting on down on wheat. (I've lost 12 lbs in 1.5 months)
I recommend this book:
http://www.amazon.com/Wheat-Belly-Lose-Weight-Health/dp/1609611543/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1331087216&sr=1-1

I cut out wheat and wheat products entirely. Not just gluten, but everything bread related. (This book actually changed my entire outlook on food) I've lost 10 lbs in 2 weeks, mostly from my belly and hips. I'm also less hungry all the time, have way more energy, and I'm not chronically constipated for the first time in as long as I can remember.

My first advice is to get some counseling, if you haven't already. Take care of yourself emotionally and mentally.

As for a book, you might find this one interesting. I just bought it the other day (kindle version) and I am salivating. Many of the recipes remind me of my childhood.

This right here: Paleo Comfort Foods

I'm from the south and these recipes are bomb.

No problem!

I bought one book for my sister that's really good.

http://www.amazon.com/000-Gluten-Free-Recipes/dp/0470067802/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1332967126&sr=1-7

SSRIs are tricky stuff and it is outside of our scope of practice make suggestions on what is appropriate for you in concern to your medications.

That said, a healthy diet does have data to suggest it can help with mental health issues and potentially reduce your need for medications and thus the sleep preventing side effect.

Coelicac Disease and Schizophrenia have been documented to have quicker dischargement rate when cereal was removed from the diet this suggests that wheat products have potential triggering effect on mental symptoms. Consider reading Wheat Belly or Grain Brain for more on this subject.

Keto can alleviates depression via reduction of inflammation

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Inversely high sugar diets have higher increased risk with rates of depression and mood disorders A keto diet removes sugar from the diet.

credit to /u/dem0n0cracy for posting sources

Give it a try. Read the ketoscience guide for a simple introduction on how to start:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ketoscience/wiki/guide

It's wheat belly. Cut out (or at least reduce) your consumption of refined grains and other sugars and it'll melt away.

According to this book brain fog can dissapear after you stop eating wheat.

Maybe just try it and you'll see

Christ on a stick. Read this book or watch this movie. But more importantly, don't make assumptions.

It doesn't take a genius to see the correlation between the rise of processed flour and the 'high carb diet' and the rapid increase in weight-related illness.

You don't need the recommended 300g of carbs every day unless you're an athlete. For anyone else, especially those with uncooperative metabolisms, it'll just lead to unnecessary and unhealthy weight gain.

Wheat nowadays isn't the same as it was before. In the past, it was einkorn wheat, which isn't as bad for you (for instance, many with celiac can eat it).

> Your silly statement seems to place bacon as being more healthy than spinach because spinach has carbohydrates.

You're fucking stupid, because I didn't say that. By 'carbs' I obviously mean whole grains and processed starches and sugars. Vegetables are essential in a paleolithic diet and you have to be retarded to say that they are bad for you (although corn and carrots are high in sugar, so moderation in those is good).

You talk of protein and all that yet you don't mention fat at all, which is an excellent fuel source and one that's more reliable and healthier for you than carbohydrates. Eating a steak for breakfast is healthier than a bagel and cream cheese.

Paleo is no wheat and no dairy. I would check there. They will have eggs in some recipes of course, but you could use egg substitute. There are lots of paleo cookbooks out there. http://www.amazon.com/Well-Fed-Paleo-Recipes-People/dp/061557226X/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1450478162&sr=1-5&keywords=paleo

http://www.amazon.com/Against-All-Grain-Delectable-Recipes/dp/1936608367/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1450478162&sr=1-3&keywords=paleo

The Autoimmune Paleo Cookbook

sorry i was so vague, yea sugar is essentially in almost anything, but avoiding added sugars helped me out a lot, fructose and all that bothers me sometimes but nowhere near as bad as added.

There is speculation that dwarf wheat is causing a host of digestive-related disorders in a significant portion of the population. These dwarf varieties of wheat that were cultivated by Norman Borlaug seem to be incompatible with many peoples' digestive systems, leading to high incidence of gluten intolerance, Celiac disease, wheat allergy and other forms of wheat sensitivity. The consequences of these wheat-related digestive problems include obesity, high blood pressure, and diabetes, incidence of which have reached endemic proportions in recent decades, especially in Western nations.

Much of this is conjecture at this point, and I'm sure that I will be downvoted for not citing peer-reviewed sources. At this point, I will suggest that anybody curious on the subject read a book titled Wheat Belly by William Davis, MD. At this stage, this idea is considered highly controversial, and is outright rejected by the medical community. I can only say that there does seem to be a correlation between the introduction of dwarf wheat into the Western diet and the onset of high rates of obesity and diabetes in these same nations.

If you suspect you may have a sensitivity to wheat products, I suggest reading the book and having yourself tested for Celiac disease or the like.

I will probably get downvoted for this unfortunately, but:-

Minimise (don't completely eliminate, but restrict) rice and all other forms of carbohydrates, such as potatoes and primarily starchy vegetables. Conventional opinion assumes (as the people in this thread have) that weight gain is caused by animal fat in the diet, but said conventional opinion is wrong. The lipid hypothesis is BS. Carbohydrates are the real problem; they get converted to sugar, and then directly to body fat.

The Vegetarian Myth. The author of this is a prototypical cultural Marxist, but she provides the best debunking of the lipid hypothesis (why animal fat in the body is supposedly destructive) that I've ever encountered.

Wheat Belly. This is an accompanying book about why wheat and cereals, rather than milk and fats, are the real enemies of weight loss.

The name of their book / blog is "wheat belly". Dude is a dr and basically says putting hit patients on wheat free diets had all kinds of bananas good results. Their main thing I see so far is modern wheat isn't like old school wheat. It's been mixed w/other shit to make it high yield, which also changed other things some of which have bad effects.

What gets me is the 4.5 star rating on amazon (295 reviews) with person after person saying dropping wheat changed their life. Symptoms they suffered from for years and years, gone. And not just "I was fat her der".

http://www.amazon.com/Wheat-Belly-Lose-Weight-Health/product-reviews/1609611543/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

These aren't small "cool book dude" reviews either. These people are telling their fucking life stories. Shit obvious really impacted them.

I found this while goolging some other stuff and after some reading am pretty sure I too have a "wheat belly".

The book Wheat Belly argues that accumulation of fat around the belly specifically is more common when excess calories come from wheat sources - unfortunately that includes beer and cookies!

This dude, for one, has made a shitton of money and is forging a small diet empire on the premise that gluten is unhealthy for humans. So a lot of people now think gluten should be avoided. Similar to when a lot of people thought we shouldn't immunize children a few years ago.

His claims have been debunked, by the way.

I bought The Autoimmune Paleo Cookbook, and found it a helpful introduction. One thing I dislike about is it that it tries to give a 4 week plan, but the recipes aren't made for all seasons. For example, there are some soups I know I won't try for a while. Also, some of the recipes look really good but contain hard to find ingredients (none of my local CA grocery stores carry blood oranges). Many of the recipes are good (made the apple crumble with peaches/blackberries and it was to die for!) but sometimes the obvious substitute recipes fall flat (I'm sorry, but you can't have "garlic mayo" with that much coconut. It just doesn't work). I would buy it again - it was just so helpful getting started.

I also recently bought He Won't Know It's Paleo which is actually an AIP book as well. I haven't had this one as long, but I've mostly tried the baking recipes. If you're looking for an AIP substitute that people won't know is AIP, look elsewhere. But damn, after not eating real brownies for a long time, the cacao brownies taste almost as good to my palate. But there in lies the danger: if you're the only one willing to eat this because of your starved palate, you may end up eating more than you intended. The best dinner recipe in this is for the lettuce wraps, which the author has posted online. I've got to try more of the recipes before giving a full review. I would prob be disappointed if I spent $30 on this one.

There are plenty of sources. "Wheat Belly", "Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It", simple carbs can increase bad cholesterol, "Cut down on carbs to reduce body fat"and literally thousands of other articles and books. Wheat is the worst simple carb for your health, so I eliminated wheat from my diet. But OP was asking for a diet that helped me lose weight, and I don't care if there weren't any science at all to back it up - through a whole month of me not eating wheat, I lost 15 pounds effortlessly.