Ok, now as I stated I'm new-ish I see some others are also
Lets talk about Paleo / Primal / Primal Blueprint , Stone age diet ,eat like a cave man Is there differences ?
Getting back to basics and eating like our ancestors did is obviously not new but now "we" have a fantastic plethora of information to tap into
I know some people can get pedantic about almost any thing but I'm still wondering about lots of stuff
and it's all good!
My question for discussion is What's the difference between Paleo and Primal ? What do you think?

Hi Leonnie,

To me I think it's one and the same. I recommend watching this film/documentary
http://perfecthumandi...

Dr Lane Sebring appears in it and I have since stumbled upon this talk he gave which really impressed me. It's a bit long but worth watching in full.
http://vimeo.com/3210...

I don't think it needs to be too complicated.
I hope it helps.

Cheers
Andrew

Dairy is the main difference between Paleo and Primal (to me). Primal 'allows' it, Paleo doesn't, in theory anyway. Don't get too bogged down in the labels. JERF, just eat real food, is a nice easy way to approach things.

Lisa

Primal's like the kindler gentler version of paleo - less dogmatic, and easier to implement in our modern lives.
It's also a philosophy that is about more than just diet and also advocates regular exercise, adequate sleep, etc.

But yeah probably the main difference is dairy.

And I agree with Lisa, don't get bogged down in the details and tweak it to what works best for you!

Great!
Thanks Andrew I found the links very interesting especially Dr Sebring

I also found this one you might like released by The Ancestral Health Symposium
http://www.youtube.co...

My main thing has been avoiding sugar for about the past three months (excluding some during Christmas New Year, although I keep some control I did relax a bit! )
A diet free of legumes, grains and restricting carbohydrates seem to suite my body and particularly the avoiding gluten. I am not so worried about dairy at this stage. I’m looking into fermentable carbohydrates and trying to work out which ones etc (I used to have a lot of problems with Candida but not for many years now thank heavens . )
I like some things raw but I feel instinctively a whole diet of raw food would not suite me. Anti nutrients can be an issue with raw food It makes sense to be cautious with any extremes Unless I had a lot of expertise in the organic chemistry of foods etc I could be doing my body a disservice to eat a lot of some raw stuff

I am very new to this after only 3 weeks on my diet. Mine is basically a modified hunter-gatherer diet consisting of cooked meats, veges, fruit, nut and eggs. Certainly I do not include dairy. I also add oils though to make some of my food a bit more palatable. I do this diet only through the week opting out on weekends so I can have a bit of bread, yogurt, wine and cheese. I am finding that I feel a lot better even after 3 weeks. I am sticking to this plan only following the diet during the week as I know that I would give up if I did it 7 days per week. Although I do not hunt for my own food I certainly gather a lot of free fruit and berries from the suburbs. Anyone else doing this?

Bella

I only know of wild raspberries (I think?) at ANU around the mouth of Sullivan's Creek. Care to share any other foraging locations? :D

Re: gathering food in Canberra. Not sure if enough people would be interested in this from this group but I was thinking of getting a few people together who are keen to do a wildfood gathering session. I found the best places around are Ainslie and the inner north. Not sure about southside. I am currently living in Nicholls and have been eyeing off a few fig trees but haven't seen much else. It would at this stage be fruit and berries.

Bella

Bella - I'm totally in!

Nothing against the ideas around foraging for wild foods etc
And I'm sure you have thought about it but in case you haven't please be careful about collecting as you cant always tell if things are free from chemicals weed sprays etc
The councils will usually post signs if they have sprayed but signs are some times removed and areas near people's private property may not be indicated