Had to dedicate a section to my favorite beverage since some are concerned that my BEER drinking days would be over with this new PALEO Diet. WRONG!!! 1 or 2 Alcoholic Drinks on occasion can actually be beneficial. My previous consumption was not beneficial. I would drink tons of Miller Lite. At EAGLES Games/Tailgate I would drink (Give or Take) 12 Beers and maybe have a Buzz. Add all the other events (Concerts, Phillies & Flyers Games, Summers down the Shore) and I averaged around a Case of Beer every 2 weeks. Obviously I had to make changes here so for the last 2 months I have been drinking 1 or 2 drinks several days a week consisting of Red Wine, heavier Beers (Guinness, Smithwick's, YARDS-Pale Ale, Victory, Yuengling Lager, Blue Moon ) or a Grey Goose Martini. I was actually suprised that Guinness has only 130 calories which is only slightly more than Miller Lite's 96 Calories.
I would like to point out that I realize including alcohol is in NO way PALEO and I'll be the 1st to admit that I'm NOT a PALEO expert but this is what works for me.
P90X Update:
Just over 30 days into P90X workouts: Just when I thought it was getting easier....Some new workouts were introduced this week: Chest, Shoulders, Triceps - which included paper plate pushups really kicked my butt and Back and Biceps - which left me so spent I could hardly curl 20 pounds at the end. Oh yea....I donated Blood 2 hours after that arm workout and my arms were still so pumped I think I filled that bag in record time. I suggested some PALEO snacks instead of their Chocolate Chip Cookies, Pretzels and sodas....Luckily they had water.
Finally a TAX that will not affect me ......Philadelphia's new Tax on Sodas!!!
The inclusion of alcohol in the paleo diet is controversial. Our ancestors would have come upon and eaten fermented fruit. Even spurned male butterflies get drunk on fermented fruit. Some have issues with the yeast. In Wild Fermentation (p. 127 in Amazon.com's Look Inside) there is a recipe for spontaneous hard cider that requires no added sugar or yeast. Now the resulting product (6% ABV) does not last long, but it would be paleo! No published paleo diet includes alcohol. But if you are going to drink it, pick one from fermented fruit and water it down to 6%.
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