Picky Gone Primal

Recently I have gotten back into (well I was sort of before) the Paleo/Primal/Whole Foods lifestyle.  This time, it is for life.  I don't like the idea of calling it a diet.  Technically a diet is simply a breakdown of what you eat and not a list of things you can or cannot eat.  For those of you who are not particularly familiar with the Paleo/Primal/Whole Foods lifestyle it basically boils down to a few things and I'll put them in the terms of how I've chosen my own eating lifestyle:

1.Eat FOOD, only FOOD, not TOO MUCH, not TOO LITTLE, just ENOUGH (Thank you Michael Pollan)
2.If it comes in a box, it's probably NOT food (I'll talk more about differentiation later)
3.If it comes from nature and our Caveman ancestor had it available and would recognize it as food, then its probably okay to consume.
4.Exercise is key to any lifestyle.  It helps the body learn to metabolize and trains the heart to effectively pump blood through your body.  Do it! 
5.Fats are NOT YOUR ENEMY.  Just because being FAT and FATS share the same name doesn't meant they equivocate
6.Avoid high Carb counts that come from grains, Rice, Corn, Soy, etc.  There are plenty of other areas you can get carbohydrates that your body openly accepts as food and was designed to break down (I'll talk about the alternatives later)
7.The lifestyle consists of Veggies, Fruits, Meats (unprocessed and preferably local/antibiotic free), Nuts, Berries, Roots, etc...  I include dairy because I cant quite give it up, but I try to minimally use it.  My rule of thumb with dairy is to not go skim (I try to keep the relative Fat to sugar content ratio high). 
8.There is more and I'll discuss it throughout my blog posts.
9. Changing a lifestyle is as much psychological as it is anything else and if anything, is probably MORE PSYCHOLOGICAL than anything.  The human body naturally and anthropologically craves fats, salts and sugars.  The food industry has taken advantage of this.
10. Avoid, Grains, Heavily Carb laden food (especially starches and foods which spike insulin levels), juices, sugary foods, processed foods, artificial foods and sweeteners, Beer, chemicals. 

The name of the blog comes from my past.  As a child I was extremely picky, just ask my mom.  I didn't eat salad until freshman year of college.  I know, unbelievable, the stuff is GOOD!  Vegetables were nowhere in my diet, although I would eat fruit, and most of my diet consisted of highly carbohydrate laden, wheat containing, processed "food" products.  The primal lifestyle has been a huge transition since I've been virtually completely readjusting my body to what it wants to eat since I've been pumping it full of garbage that it anthropologically never wanted for two decades.  High carbohydrate counts in my body have lead to constantly elevated blood sugar for nearly twenty years of my life and now it's time to stop that (Those elevated blood sugar levels aren't just in me, if you eat wheat products more than once a day, your level is probably high too) hopefully reducing my chance of diabetes or other insulin recognition issues, extending my life, raising brain and body functioning, and investing in the longevity and overall health of myself and my life. 

The purpose of this blog is to support my own endeavors to sticking to this lifestyle.  I'll remind you, it's not a diet.  A diet suggests a temporary change to lose weight and then a return back to bad habits.  This is NOT THAT.  I want to take the time to dedicate this Blog to my sister who is having to watch her carbohydrate intake too.  She's been having insulin recognition issues and is being treated for these.  Aside from that, she has continually been a source of strength and support for me throughout my entire life.  Honestly, she is one of my best friends and I have NO IDEA what I would do without her.

What you can expect to see in the future:
1.Discussions about the food industry
2.Exercise discussions
3.Recipes and FOOD suggestions
4.Petitions/Legislational support so that you too can help me reform the food industry
5.Eating out suggestions/warnings/advice
6.FOOD facts
7."Snack" advice
8.Grocery Lists

Live healthy and happy eating,

-Picky Gone Primal (Justin Brewer)

PickyGonePrimal is not a physician, please contact yours before making drastic changes in eating habits.  PickyGonePrimal is not responsible for any adverse affects YOU may experienced during the changing of eating habits or adaptation of anything mentioned in his blog posts.  These posts are put together out of experience and research and recount information that may be helpful towards your more healthful pursuits.  Thank you for reading.