Paleo food guide
| Category |
Not Allowed |
| Alcohol | If you’re going to drink, do it with distilled liquors like vodka, brandy, rum, tequila, or whisky, or with a dry white wine. No mixers but ice and water! Check Essences and Extract labels |
| Dairy | This differs depending on where you look. For most Dairy is an absolute NO. Some add organic, free range and omit the fat free or low fat versions. |
| Fats | Canola oil, Corn oil, Cottonseed oil, Peanut oil, Rape seed oil, Sunflower oil, Sesame oil, Sunflower oil, Soybean oil, Rice bran oil. Trans Fats. |
| Fermented Foods | Soy Products |
| Food Additives | No preservatives, colourants, flavourants…. eg: Aspartame, benzoic acid, carrageenan, MSG, Sulfates, sulfites, nitrates, nitrites, guar gum. |
| Grains | Oats, Rice, Millet, Quinoa, Wheat, Rye,Barley, Maise… |
| Legumes | Dried Beans, Lentils, Chick Peas, Soy/Endamame and Peanuts |
| Meat | Processed meats may contain wheat, preservatives, emulsifiers and colourants and may be sulfur cured. |
| NSAIDS | No anti-inflammatory tabs such as ibuprofen, naprosyn, naproxen sodium, ketorolac etc |
| Sugar and Sugar Replacement | Refined Sugars. Avoid artificial sweeteners such as Aspartame, Sucralose, Cyclamates, Saccharin, Acesulfame Potassium |
| Category |
Allowed! |
| Alcohol | Substitute by making Flavoured Waters, Water Kefir & Kombucha |
| Dairy | Use instead coconut milk (without additives), coconut oil and rendered fat |
| Fats | Avocado Oil, Coconut Oil, Lard, Duck Fat, Olive Oil, Rendered Fat. |
| Fermented Foods | Kombucha, Sauerkraut, Kimchi, Water Kefir | Fruit | All fruits are allowed in moderation |
| Grains | No grains allowed although there is debate about rice |
| Legumes | Snap Peas, String/Green beans. |
| Meat | Beef, Bacon (check it is wood smoked & sulfur free), Turkey, Fish, Ostrich, Game. |
| Nuts and Seeds | All are allowed except peanuts which are legumes |
| NSAIDS | Not allowed |
| Sugar and Sugar Replacement | No refined sugars read more |
**Himalayan salt is over 84 minerals and trace elements, it is said to contain 95% of the minerals that our bodies need as apposed to table salt which is mainly sodium chloride with sometimes iodine added into it. It has unhealthy anti-clumping agents and is bleached.
