What is Paleo?

Ok, so to quote from, in my opinion, a truly awesome website- 

"The Paleo Diet is an effort to eat like we used to back in the day…WAY back in the day.  If a caveman couldn’t eat it, neither can you.  This means anything we could hunt or find – meats, fish, nuts, leafy greens, regional veggies, and seeds. Sorry, the pasta, cereal, and candy will have to go!"

As I mentioned yesterday my husband had been diagnosed with ulcerative colitis and was looking at ways to prevent a bout of illness. He found that although wheat & gluten can't cause a flair up of UC they can prevent the body from getting over it, so he wanted to eliminate them from his diet.  This was a problem for me being vegetarian - I lived off pasta and there was no way that we could afford to buy food for both us so after a lot of research I agreed to give it a go.

The following websites provide an amazing amount of information about the paleo diet, recipes & other peoples experiences as well.

Nerd Fitness  - The name says it all! Everything explained on a really easy to understand level.

Marks Daily Apple  - A more in depth approach to the paleo/primal way of eating.

PaleOMG  - A girl with a great sense of humour & love of puddings.

Everyday Paleo  - Brilliant recipes for the whole family.

Paleo Diet Lifestyle  - More amazing recipes & articles.

Civilized Caveman Cooking  - More recipes again but you must read this guys story - truly impressive.

Elana's Pantry  - Not strictly paleo but a great source for brilliant gluten free recipes.

These are my go-to websites that I use on a regular basis, you'll find that I quote them over and over again - especially Nerd Fitness! I cannot recommend them enough!