Number one health tip...

[Joshua Naterman]

You're going to find people all over the place on that one, here and everywhere else.

For me, I find that a good bit of fruit right before and some jellybeans during my workout works best for me, and I put fruits into my PWO shake. It works well for me. I also have more carbs Wednesday, since it's the middle of the workout week.

[Jason Stein]

I read one paleo book ...

Dgibbons,

Paleo-style eating does not mean no sugar or low-carb, although those are permutations of it.

It means no grains, legumes and dairy, and even the last (dairy) is a bit flexible.

So 'sugar' in the form of yams, sweet potatoes, bananas, etc are considered Paleo.

Paleo is designed to give structure to your choices regarding the quality of your food.

At that point, there're infinite variations as far as the macronutrient composition of your food, the ratio of those macronutrients, and when and how much you eat.

best,

j

[mud2]

legumes

Hold on. Are you saying peas are not paleo? Dammit, Ive been eating peas everyday for the last 2 months.

[Jay Guindon]

Peas would depend on the lectins in it, both type and amount. All plants contain lectins, not all are harmful. Legume and wheat lectins are generally harmful and usually highly concentrated that is why it is good to avoid these food sources. Saponins are a similar to lectin. Here is an interesting list of mg of sapponins per kg of food types.

From Loren Cordain

Dietary Saponins in Foods:

Legumes

1. Haricot beans 4100

2. Navy beans (P. vulgaris) 3800

3. Kidney beans (P. vulgaris) 3500

4. Runner beans 3400

5. Broad bean (Vicia faba) 3100

6. Chick pea 2300

7. Green peas 1800

8. Bean shoot 1100

9. Lentils 1100

10. Yellow split pea 1100

11. Butter beans 1000

12. Field beans 1000

13. Lima beans 1000

14. Canned baked beans 1100

15. Green beans (P. vulgaris) 1000

16. Mung beans 500

17. Peanuts <100

Dietary Saponins in Foods:

Soybeans

1. Soy protein Isolate 10600

2. Textured vegetable protein 4510

3. Soybeans 4040

4. Soybean flour 3310

5. Tempeh 1530

6. Tofu 590

7. Soy milk 470

Dietary Saponins in Foods: Tomatoes

1. Unripe, small immature green tomatoes 548

2. Unripe medium immature green 169

3. Pickled green tomatoes (Brand A) 71.5

4. Unripe pickled green 28

5. Pickled green tomatoes (Brand B) 28

6. Green salsa 27.5

7. Sundried red tomatoes 21

8. Unripe green large 16

9. Unripe large immature green 10

10. Sungold cherry tomatoes 11

11. Fried Green tomatoes 11

12. Microwaved green tomatoes 11

13. Yellow cherry tomatoes 9.7

14. Ketchup 8.6

15. Red Sauce 5.7

16. Yellow pear cherry tomatoes 4.5

17. Tomato juice 2.8

18. Red cherry tomatoes 2.7

19. Condensed tomato soup 2.2

20. Red pear cherry tomatoes 1.3

21. Medium yellow tomatoes 1.3

22. Large yellow tomatoes 1.1

23. Stewed canned tomatoes 1.1

24. Ripe red beefsteak tomato 0.9

25. Green zebra tomatoes 0.6

26. Roma 0.4

27. Standard red ripe tomato 0.3

Dietary Saponins in Foods:

Potatoes

1. Fried skins 1450

2. Chips with skins 720

3. Chips (US potatoes) 180

4. Frozen baked potatoes 123

5. Frozen skins 121

6. Baked potato w/jacket 113

7. Dehydrated potato flour 75

8. Boiled peeled potato 42

9. Canned whole new potatoes 34

10. Frozen fried potato 31

11. Frozen French fries 29

12. Dehydrated potato flakes 23

13. French fries 8

14. Frozen mashed potatoes 5

15. Canned peeled potato 2