cave man diet??

[OMEGA]

any one try it?


it only cosists of

protein, (any kind)

fruits, (preferably low glycemic)

vegitables,

tons of water/



any thoughts

has anyone tried it.

I did and lost unwanted weight fast,

butfound that my muscle mass also decreased alittle

 

[Grizzly]

Of course your muscle mass decreased. It's because you didn't have any glycogen in them. That's also why you lost a lot of "unwanted weight." Most of it was water from not enough carbs. Did your body composition change dramatically? That's the only real measure. Who cares if you weigh less if you still have the same or close to the same amount of bodyfat? It's a fad diet. Stick to the basics.

 

[OMEGA]

not that I disagree with you,

but how did cave men survive??????

also evidence shows that heart disease, was all but non existant in those times,

and they actuall never had problems with body fat.

also the only reason that they did not leave longer than us, is do to our medical advances, not our diet,

just dicussing.

 

[riskybizz007]

i'd have to agree... from all i've read they were much more muscular and healthy than us. But i've read their suppossed diet and supposseably they ate a shit load of fiber, protein, and fruits/veggies. They also drank much more water than we do, but at the same time they did much more physical activities than us.

 

[D00fy]

i think i tried the caveman diet it was

whake up for school in a hurry to get to class no time to get BFAST
lunch?dam i am one broke college student ,plus had no time to prepare lunch....
after college PIG OUT ,EAT SO FREAKING BAD OMG ,U CAN GET SERIOUSLY FAT FROM THIS :/

this was before i started eating clean:/ like september i experienced this

 

[OMEGA]

yae they ate a lot more too.

about 3000 to 500 Kcal

a day.

so that would be like eating a bowl of fruit, and a chicken breast every hour or 2.

I don'y know

about breads and pastas, I mean I love the way they taste, but when your trying to get superlean,(naturally)

its' was alost impossible, at least for me it was.

as an experiment, I ate only complex carbs in the form of oatmeal, wheat bread, and some potatoes(starch)

I ate these for a 3 months, in the hopes getting super lean,

while I did get leaner, it was quite difficult.

then when i heard of the cave man diet,

I got the same results in a month rather than 2 from the above diet.

I.m not saying whats right or wrong,

I just want to share my experience.

 

[riskybizz007]

i know they ate much more calories than us, but they were much much more active than us. Even look right now how much time we spend on computer, watch tv, study, etc. Back then they were out searching for food. Well i don't know about that binging you're doing, it doesn't sound too good. ANyone try this caveman stuff lol?

 

[THE BOUNCER]

I think you guys are missing the point. We are not cavemen, are bodies have evolved. We don't have the dense bones that they did, we don't have to kill are food to survive. The point is that, what worked for them probably won't work for us. Just like the whey we eat every 2 hours probably wouldn't work for them.

 

[diamonddiceclay]

no carbs=no muscle or strength

 

[DanielBishop]

I think there's a lot of sense to it.

In another post, I made the analogy about a carnivorous animal.... and how they don't seem to have problem with bodyfat levels (eg. a wolf) yet they're pretty muscular and their diet is almost pure meat and fat.

When I cut, I eat mainly meat and egg whites.... with some vegetables (I should eat more, I know).... and a very small amount of complex carbs like oatmeal. And I don't eat fruit. And it works great for me. Yeah, I lose some muscle but it's worth it for me.

The difference between my diet and the caveman one is I eat SOME (very little, ie. a small bowl in the morning) of oatmeal and no fruit.... and my fat intake is extremely low, almost nothing.

But it works for me.... I've been dieting now for.... I dunno, I think 8-9 weeks and I've lost about 27lbs. I know some of that is water and some is muscle, but not enough to make me worry about it. It's the 3rd time I've tried a diet like this and all 3 times it's worked pretty well....