PALEO SMAYLEO

Was looking for a cutesy title. Probably failed miserably.

So there is all this hype about Paleo diets nowadays. When I first heard about them I thought "cave man." Really. Then friends started talking about it, and I'm like, I really don't have time to learn another "system." But I did some research (color me curious.) I learned:

1. Paleo really is "cave man." I about ROFLOL when I found that out. It is short for Paleolithic, the "cave man" era. 

2. Obviously, if we are talking "that far" back in the day, it is largely fish, meat, eggs, vegetables, fruit, nuts. 

So far, not too far off the beaten track from what I do now. (Boy, I am full of idiomatic expressions today.)

3. Research on the "paleo" diet/lifestyle has been over the past 30-40 years. I was pretty surprised by how much has been done. I really thought this was one of those "fad" cooking types, like the Atkins diet (if you're old enough to know what that is.)

4. I know "real" Paleo does grass fed blah blah blah. Me and my limited resources are going to have to pass on the "grass fed" parts and just get "normal" parts. 

5. I do like that part of the research which speaks to the maladaptive issues in a normal american diet. I remember well the years I lived in Hong Kong, eating 90% vegetarian. I came back to the States and literally could not eat the food here....it was so starchy. So based on my completely non-scientific background, I think there is some truth here which Paleo might address.

Where to go from here? I just bought this eBook (I'm a sucker for online, instant gratification) called "The Paleo Recipe Book" (yes, clickable book name.) I figure, might as well Go Big (350+ recipes) or Go Home. It was only $27 which is pretty inexpensive IMO. I like that I can access it on my tablet/iPad/smartphone (you can do it on a PC as well, which is nice for printing out stuff.) 

It seems pretty simple and straightforward. I'm looking forward to trying it out. Wish me luck!