Here’s a quote from Charles Poliquin from the Biosignature certification I did recently:

80% of diseases known to man can be healed by treating the pancreas and adrenal glands.

Now that’s a juicy little nugget to think about.  Please post thoughts to comments…

Here are some shopping strategies from My Paleo Kitchen.

Please start thinking about what you’ve accomplished over the past 8 weeks so that you can put it into words for your final photo/testimonial submission.

Post shopping strategies and snacks to comments.

The challenge ends on Sunday, March 14th.  After that, you have a few more days to send in your AFTER pics along with your mini-essay.

McClean’s does an article on the paleo lifestyle, and it even mentions CrossFit.

Please post snacks to comments.

For everyone searching for Paleo versions of food or just some new recipes in general, attached is a compilation from various websites.
recipes

A few of you have mentioned Larabars.   Obviously unpackaged real food is best, but for those times when you need something ready to go, here are a few options.  NOTE:  This is still the REAL FOOD CHALLENGE and this post is not license to replace real food with packaged food, but since you brought it up…

Larabar – Quality ingredients, but quite sweet and higher in carb content because of the dates.

Paleo Snax - Includes bars and pre-packaged jerky and nuts, good stuff, but the bars have whey protein, which you might want to avoid if you have a dairy allergy.

Elevate Me Bars – Good macro-nutrient breakdown, high in anti-oxidants and delicious flavours, including a few chocolate varieties.  Again, these have whey protein.

Raw Organic Food Bars – Organic quality ingredients, but watch out for the agave nectar, which gives it a nice sweet flavour but ups the carb content.

Just one more week!

Check out these instructions for a $10 jerky maker…  I can’t say I’ve tried it but it looks kind of cool.

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We’ve got about a week left in our challenge and we’re seeing amazing results.  Some of you have made stunning changes in your appearance, others have totally ramped up their performance.  Let’s start thinking about snacks.  I’ve noticed that some people can easily choose healthy snacks while others see this as a real sticking point.  I think a lot of it has to do with environment.  If you’re at the office and your neighboring coworker happens to keep a stash of chocolate bars in her desk, you might be in trouble.  On the other hand if you work at CrossFit Winnipeg, you’ll see lots and lots of tupperware.

Primal Snacks

Please post snacks for the day as well as snack ideas to comments…

I’m just going to throw it out there, I’m a little disappointed. Where is everyone?? Why are fewer and fewer people posting and where does everyone go on the weekends? Most of us have routines that we adhere to Mon-Fri which makes it easier to make healthy food choices but once the weekend hits…

Here are are few tips on how to stay on track on the weekend.

Control Weekend Splurges

10 Tips for a Healthy Weekend

Surviving a bad weekend

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Sugar Sugar Sugar, why is it that sugar is the one thing we always turn to for ‘comfort food’?

Scott Kustes from the Fitness Spotlight provides with some insight on what exactly is happening when we consume sugar.

Real Sugar Vs. Artificial Sweeteners: Which Is Better?

Throughout our lives we have been taught low fat, whole grains and count those calories. Yet, if this was the way to eat why is our health care system so taxed? Why is obesity an epidemic? Why is diabetes on the rise?

Scott Kustes from the Fitness Spotlight:

Real Foods Take On Fake Foods: Butter, Bacon, And Eggs

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