Does Light Have Any Effect on Our Sleep? (Part 2)

Paleo Diet:The external factors that effect our lives and the different rhythms that we as human beings experience, whats that word ah yes zeitgebers. The one that effects our lives and daily patterns that most is the light dark cycle of the planet earth. This is what effects our sleep cycle and what makes us sleepy at dark and fresh and awake in the light. But what used to be the only big light source (the sun) and therefore natural timings does not so much the only light source any more. Does Light Have Any Effect on Our Sleep? (Part 2) Modern times means that man made lights also effect our patterns. The problem is that our bodies are not that smart to be able to distinguish between...

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Paleo Cookbooks or Expensive Health Supplements?

Paleo Diet:With our society consuming more and more pharmaceuticals and health supplements being taken daily as a matter of course do you ever stop to wonder why our health (at least in the western world) is decreasing at such an alarming rate? It is only my humble observation but we seem to be collectively be heading down the river of no return. Of course much of the Maladies facing the industrialised nations have to do with the imbalance of calories consumed versus calories burned leading to an energy excess never before seen in our species. The convenient lifestyle is taking a dreadful toll and that is why there is becoming a greater awareness of options such as the paleolithic diet and...

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Paleo Lunch Options - Great Recipe Ideas

Paleo Diet:Are you having a hard time finding some Paleo lunch options lately? With our on-the-go lifestyle, you might have a tough time finding foods to eat quickly. The best option is to prepare your lunch meals in advance and take them with you to work. Paleo Lunch Options - Great Recipe Ideas First, what exactly is the Paleo Diet? It's a diet based on eating the way people used to eat, a way that proved to be clean and healthy. There are no, if not very few signs of illness, disease and obesity from those times and that alone shows the health benefits of going Paleo. The Paleo diet revolves around ingredients such as meat that can be hunted or caught and that is preferably naturally...

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The Paleo Diet: A Basic Overview

Paleo Diet:The Paleo diet is based on the fact that the genes that we have today were formed over a million years ago, a time often described as the caveman era. The diet's goal is to replace the modern diet with one that is just as healthy and nutritious and ultimately, better for us. The Paleo Diet: A Basic Overview Plants were first cultivated, and wheat first farmed around ten centuries ago, and it is believed that our bodies do not get much from these food sources as we have not adapted sufficiently to do so. For the human body to adapt to a completely different metabolism and physiology takes a lot longer than 10,000 years, with the result that we are just not adapted sufficiently...

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Are The Ingredients Of The Paleo Diet the Magic, or Is It What Is Not Eaten?

Paleo Diet:The Paleo, or Caveman, diet is followed by many looking to lose weight, rectify digestive disorders, and to maintain good health and prevent illnesses. One of the premises behind the diet is to eat food staples that were eaten by early human ancestors because our bodies are accustomed to those foods, and will be able to digest easier and keep us healthy. With the advent of better food storage and preparation, refrigeration, mobility of food all over the earth, we've added ingredients in those processes that our body has not evolved to for digestion. Humans, like all evolutionary creatures, evolve over time to adapt to the environment and the adaptive process enables all living creatures...

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All The Lies About Rapid Weight Loss Diets

Paleo Diet:Ok, I admit. It really is impossible to put ALL the lies about rapid weight loss diets in one article. There is just too much bogus nutrition information around to gather them all. But here are some of the main dieting myths to watch out for... All The Lies About Rapid Weight Loss Diets Like you, I wish there really were a miracle diet. "Eliminate body fat and get a great shape without effort! Never be hungry! Be healthy the whole time!" Sounds great. I'd also like to resemble [your favorite movie star] without plastic surgery. Unfortunately, reality refuses to cater to my fantasies. Rapid weight loss diets don't have to be miserable. But there are always tradeoffs.Some fad diets...

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Paleo Diet - A Caveman Diet For Modern Times

Paleo Diet:Many people have heard of the paleo diet without really knowing what it is. Also called the paleolithic, caveman or Stone Age diet, it is, as the names suggest, a way of eating based on the lifestyle of our long-ago ancestors. More specifically, the paleo diet seeks to recreate the eating habits of before the Agricultural Revolution, which was roughly 10,000 years ago. Paleo Diet - A Caveman Diet For Modern Times Of course, such a diet is inevitably doing to be inexact. If you think about it, you may wonder if even the smartest scientists actually know with certainty what people ate that long ago. There is some evidence, but also much speculation. For example, we know that humans...

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