Wonder if Paleo is Right for You?

Anybody that knows me, even barely, knows cooking is one of my great passions in life.  I love to cook for my husband, my children and myself, but for so many years I served traditional meals without even worrying if they are healthy or nutritious for our bodies, as long as they were satisfying. As I was nearing the end of my graduate school studies, I was overweight and struggled with some health problems that were caused by the excess weight.  

WEIGHT LOSS, DIABETES AND TOTAL HEALTH

When one doctor told me I was dangerously close to being diabetic, it really struck home.  I researched healthy living, and I was fortunate enough to meet a friend who brought me under her wing and showed me some methods to prepare healthy meals and get on the right path.  

Healthy living has been an obsession of mine every since!  I didn’t want my family to suffer the consequences of cooking without taking into account nutrition and the right food to keep us healthy.  So much of today’s food is over processed and artificial.  Seeing my kids snack on foods that contained GMOs drove the point home even further.

I experimented for a long time before trying various cookbooks that were on the market, many of them dealing with healthy eating.  One of my favorites to this day has to be Paleo Restart developed by a group of nutritionists and personal trainers committed to the paleolithic diet lifestyle.  What I really liked about the approach was that it wasn’t just a plain cookbook that drilled boring recipes in your head.  It used a specific method of fat burning that made recipes productive and not just ordinary food to satisfy your cravings.

WHAT IS PALEO COOKING?

The paleo or paleolithic lifestyle evolved around the notion that modern humans consume a wide variety of highly processed foods that our bodies just aren’t designed to consume and ingest.  This is why we have seen such a rise in heart disease, diabetes and a host of other health problems associated with a poor diet and a lack of true nutrition.  Paleo cooking counters this trend of eating processed foods by returning to a more wholesome way of eating, focusing on fresh food, protein, fiber, and reducing carbohydrates that make us bloated and lead to weight gain.  The food is wholesome, and dramatically reduces the intake of GMOs and over processed and artificial foods. 

WHY IS PALEO RESTART THE BEST WAY TO GET INTO PALEO?

To be honest, it changed the way I thought about food and about cooking.  It wasn’t about plain old nutrients or calories anymore, it was about the ‘metabolic’ power of the food, that allows it to burn fat and train your digestive system.  What I loved about the program is it allowed me to experiment with different recipes but still kept me on track, and allowed me to keep tabs on how we’re doing.

The Paleo Restart system utilizes the food itself to burn fat as we consume it by changing the way our bodies process the food based on the combination of ingredients.  An added bonus was that the food was incredibly easy to make and delicious!  Even my children enjoyed it and we’re healthier because of it.  The program came with my own interactive online tracking journal, daily meal plan and even a private dashboard.  It even let my family get in on the fun by including them. I knew I found a winner when I spotted my husband Matthew and the kids just inhaling dinner one night.

If you’re still a novice to healthy eating or Paleo, I highly recommend Paleo Restart because not only does it have tons of healthy and nutritious recipes, but it trains your body from the onset to digest food in a way that increases fat burning and tones by getting rid of excess fat that builds up over the years.  

Head over to the official site and check it out for yourself.

It’s INTERACTIVE, meaning it’s not just another boring cookbook to get lost around the house.  You can log in and track your progress.  

So what’s the final judgment?

PROS:

-Very interactive and fun; allows you to track your daily progress and restart whenever you feel like it

-Makes Paleo simple to understand and fun

-Delicious meal plans and recipes that aren’t boring

-Great weight loss results and overall feeling of health

-Lets families start the plan together

CONS:

-Takes commitment and a desire to lose weight and get healthy