Giving Up Grains

Looking at Calories

Have you ever looked at the number of calories you eat? If you look at the grams of food you take in just remember that PROTEIN and CARBOHYDRATE ARE 4 CALORIES PER GRAM. FAT IS 9 CALORIES PER GRAM. Many poeple do not consume enough good fat calories. Especially if you are eating a low carbohydrate diet. Good fats....what are they? Avocado, nuts, olive oil, coconut oil. According to Robb Wolf (www.robbwolf.com) about 15 calories per pound of body weight is good to eat for a leaning out program, maybe even less like 13. Oddly enough, half or more than half of these calories need to be from good fats. The rest from lean meats and non starchy carbohydrates. If you want to learn more about Calories, check out this book by Gary Taubes.

Dairy?

This podcast from Robb Wolf clears up many questions I get about dairy. This is the iTunes podcast link. The first 10-12 minutes of the 12/8 episode is very informational. http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=340221970 or you can get it straight from his site. http://robbwolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Paleolithic-Solution-Episode-5.mp3 In a nutshell......dairy makes you grow! (good if your a body builder or underweight athlete  but bad if you have pre cancerous cells)If you are trying to lose bodyfat and/or have ANY autoimmune disease you want to stay away from dairy. If you are trying to "get big"and are healthy already....some dairy consumption would help. Raw milk and grass fed dairy would be best as it is full of Omega 3's.(we need MORE Omega 3's to help fight the 20:1 Omega 6 to Omega 3 ratio our country has developed) Dairy does give you an insulin spike! You have to use it wisely. My son's Collin (age 7 w/autism) and Ryan (age 3 and typical) have never been able to tolerate dairy. Collin has been on the gfcf diet since age 20 months.  Ryan  always threw up and never slept or felt good when I breast fed him (I ate and drank dairy) and/or when he took  formula as a baby. It was not until he switched to soy that he calmed down. The day we started Collin on the gfcf diet he slept through the night after MONTHS of not sleeping well or even waking up at like 1:30am FOR THE DAY! It was crazy! [caption id="attachment_177" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Dairy?"][/caption]