Epic Primal/Paleo/Real Food/Ancestral/WAPF Giveaway Valued at $1200+

Holy Crap Man!!! This is… well… EPIC! I’m praying hard I score this win. SO much awesome stuff in there. Seriously, you’ve outdone yourself.

OK… Question #1: What are your top 3-5 tips for someone brand new to the primal/paleo/real food/ancestral/wapf lifestyle?

1) Don’t stress about the numbers. Don’t think about how many calories, grams of carbs, fat, or protein you’re eating. Just eat real food.

2) Along with tip #1, don’t force or restrict yourself- at least not at first. There’s time later to tweak your diet. Just worry about eating the good stuff and avoiding the bad. Weight loss is secondary at this point.

3) Eating the good (real) stuff isn’t an excuse to go hog wild, but don’t be afraid either. Just be sensible about your serving sizes. It’s not magic just because you’re eating real food.

4) Plan ahead so you don’t get caught without options. Lunches for work, grab-n-go breakfasts, quickie dinners- know what your possible hangups are, and prepare for them ahead of time. As the saying goes, those who fail to plan, plan to fail… or something like that.

5) Ditch the microwave. I know it sounds weird, but it certainly makes you MUCH more mindful of your food, cooking, and the process of preparing a meal. When you take *time* to make a meal, you appreciate it more, and it’s more satisfying.

To answer the third question: We need to stop treating convenience as the ultimate way to happiness. One of the biggest complains I hear from people is that they can’t “waste” the time to cook for themselves and their family. Really? You’d rather throw some fish sticks in the microwave and watch some crappy TV show than prepare a healthful meal together as a family? Ugh.

The widget isn’t working for me, I’m on a Droid, is that a problem?

I think society needs to open their eyes and realize that this is a problem, first if all and secondly, that it is in our hands to change it. We have to take responsibility instead of passing the buck. So much about health and nutrition cones down to who makes money on it nowadays, buy we have too see past that and go back to how our ancestors ate.

First tip: read blogs, look up recipes, get informed about paleo lifestyle! Second tip is to prepare meals beforehand. When you already have a planned meal, you won’t keep looking for things in your kitchen to snack. And third tip is don’t surround yourself with temptation! It might mean not ordering a dessert when everyone else orders one. It means don’t fill your kitchen with the bad stuff!

I’m answering the first question (top 3-5 tips for a newbie).
1. Realize that you will probably feel worse before you feel better. This is perfectly normal due to the detox effect of eliminating all the junk foods from your diet. You may feel flu-like for several days and you may want to give up, but just tell yourself that you will feel so much better in a week or so and it will be so worth it.
2. Soaking in a warm bath with Epson salts can help ease the detox effects and draw out the toxins sooner and help you to relax and feel better.
3. If you can’t afford to buy all organic fruits and vegetables, consult the seasonal produce list on the Whole 9 website at http://whole9life.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/whole9-seasonal-produce-2012.pdf This resource shows what fruits and vegetables are in season at different times of the year and also shows which are considered “clean” or “dirty”. If you’re on a limited budget, only buy organic if the produce is marked as “dirty”. If it’s marked “clean” on the list, then conventional is fine.
4. The intense cravings for sugar, breads, cakes, cookies, etc WILL go away after a week or two and you won’t really miss them if you can just hang on and fight the cravings through the first week or two.

Eat real food, run, take it slow, cook, enjoy

Having just finished the Whole30 here’s my bits of advice for newbies.
1: Try it. You’re probably scared looking at it and thinking you’ll never be able to do this, but you can and if you put your mind to it you will. Don’t give yourself any room to go off plan at the start and you’ll be surprised how easy it is to stick to it and how great you’ll feel.
2: It’s not about the scale. If you want my advice, and since you are reading it I have to assume you do, don’t even step on the scale for the first month or so of adjusting. Take before and after pictures if you want a static frame of reference. You’ll probably lose some weight, but you might not, either way you likely lost a good chunk of fat.And that’s what really matters there.
3: Buy the best quality you can afford, but do it wisely. Grass-fed meat is a good investment. Organic squash not really so much. You don’t need to pay extra money for organic for hard things or things you will be peeling. It’s really just not worth it, save your money for the things that really matter, be they food, housing, and etc.

I’ve accumulated some good tips after living this way for a while.

1. Educate yourself. Everyone is going to tell you that you are wrong, and if you don’t know why you are right, they might convince you.

2. Watch your n- 3 n-6 ratio. This means cut back on nuts, pork, and fatty poultry. Ruminants and small fish are ideal protein and fat sources. This may not be huge for body recomp, but you will feel the difference in your moods, energy levels and recovery.

3. Jump in head first. Start with a whole 30 or just an extended period of 100% strict eating and lifestyle. Find your baseline before you start tweaking and experimenting. If you haven’t felt your best, then you won’t know when something is keeping you from feeling that way.

4. Paleo/primal/wapf/whatever does NOT mean low Carb. Try it out, but know that it isn’t the only option.

Keep a journal for the first few days. Jout down how you feel such as energy levels, joint pain, migraines, and illness. You’ll be amazed to watch them disappear! A journal also helps when your willpower is low. You can review your journal and see what foods you’ve enjoyed the most. I used to keep a little list of “fall back” foods in case I was hungry and ready to reach for a bag of chips.

Answers to question 1:
1. Commit to at least 30 days and don’t give up
2. Cut out sugar cold turkey – having a little bit just keeps the sugar cravings going.
3. Join at least one forum and write often for support/encouragement/questions
4. Keep a food journal, possibly even in a forum as mentioned in #3
5. Get rid of all non-Paleo/Primal/WAPF food in the house before starting so there is no temptation.

Top Tips for someone going a primal lifestyle:

1) Simplify the process as much as you can. Change is tough and the more complicated you make it, the harder it will be to keep.

2) Grassfed and locally/sustainably sourced meat and vegetables are wonderful and beautiful. We should all buy them whenever we can and I would never argue that point. To that end, however, when you’re first starting out? Don’t let it be something that intimidates you. If you can’t get it locally or cannot afford it, it does not mean you should throw in the towel!

3)Join the community! There are literally thousands of blogs and resources from paleo/primal/ancestral folks who want to share their passion with you! Don’t be afraid to reach out. It’s as easy as writing an email and clicking send.

What are your top 3-5 tips for someone brand new to the primal/paleo/real food/ancestral/wapf lifestyle?

1. Do it all the way, or not at all. 30-days of pure paleo/primal. If you don’t, you won’t get all the benefits as mind-alteringly effectively as those who do – and you won’t have the same repercussions when you go OFF the plan, and those are the best impetuses to stay on it.

2. Get rid of all the nasty food in your house. Period. Get it out. If it’s there, you’ll eat it. I went Paleo as the only person in my house to do so, and the willpower it took was too much at times (because all the bad food was NOT out of the house).

3. Find a partner to do it with. There’s strength in numbers.

4. Don’t tell too many people you’re doing it till it’s done. You’ll get all sorts of questions, comments, and unsolicited “advice” on giving it up because “all that fat ain’t healthy” and “caveman only lived to age 12″ and such. Just do it, and then rave about the results.

Top 3 tips for starting primal etc. type lifestyle? 1. Embrace fats! 2. Don’t feel bad about eating red meat! 3. Listen to your body!

Tips:
1. Remember bacon IS your FRIEND. Embrace it with arms wide open.
2. Locate your local farmers market and shop there often.
3. If you “can’t stand” a lot of vegetables, juice them.
4. Remember your taste buds will change as your eating does. I hated tomatoes for the longest time, now I love them and have them very, very often.

My top three tips for someone new to Paleo:

1. Learn to read labels carefully and learn the terminology to find the hidden gluten and dairy.

2. Learn to plan ahead when eating out and know the menu before you go and don’t be afraid to ask friends to meet at a different place if there is nothing on the menu that you can eat.

3. Don’t be afraid to experiment in the kitchen and try new foods and cooking techniques.

I think we need to be more vocal and try educate others. The food INDUSTRIES and government have way too much power. I am hoping to make an impact with our local schools by encouraging them to get rid of vending machines, candy rewards and better school luncheons and healthier party foods

My top 3 tips for someone brand spankin’ new to real food:

1. Set a goal, and keep that goal realistic. For example, saying you are going to commit to eating no processed food for 30 days sounds more doable than saying “I will NEVER eat “” again. It’s less final and doesnt seem as restrictive.
2. Let yourself eat as much as you want. Do not portion control your food, at least for the first 30 days. This will help you stave off any cravings you might have.
3. Plan and prepare! Bring your own lunch to work/school and keep tasty snacks on hand at all times! Do this so you wont be tempted to give in to the oh so convenient non food.
4. Share your newfound knowledge about real food with a friend/ spouse and encourage them to dive into this way of eating with you! Having a friend to share the highs and the lows of your journey with can make the overall experience way more enjoyable. Think of it like you are in nonfood rehab, and you need a sponsor.
5. Keep it simple in the kitchen. Find a few good recipes that you love and know how to cook well and rotate. Real food does NOT have to be fancy. This will keep you from obsessing over your food too much, and it will give you more time to relax and enjoy your new healthy lifestyle. (:

Top 2 (I can’t think of 3! :/) questions I have about the real food lifestyle:

1. How do you make a traditionally prepared (meaning soaked and fermented) chocolate bar??! Dying to know!
2. Sourdough baking… How the heck do you do it? {I would just like to say that i have done an insane amount of research on this one, and yet i remain utterly and shamefully confused. I think i am officially sourdough challenged!

In order to turn around the health of modern society i believe the first step we need to take is to encourage others to reconnect with their food, via local farms {aka the good ole’ fashioned way}. Many people see food as something that comes out of a box, or from the aisles of a grocery store. They know nothing of how it got on their plate, and they don’t think about it. This used to be me. The welfare of the animals i was eating never used to occur to me. Buying a package of meat from the store does not require that you talk to anyone who personally knew your animal. And often times packages of meat specify next to nothing about the animal the product comes from or what sort of a life it led. I think if more people knew where their food came from they would connect with their food more. They would enjoy preparing it, feel more fulfilled eating it, ect. Buying more real food naturally reduces the amount of proccessed foods you consume because naturally you do not come across many boxes of mac n cheese at the farmers market! And of course, give the following advice to anyone who will listen: “indulge” in liberal amounts of butter, eat more egg yolks, and enjoy the fattier cuts of meat!

Amazing!! I am new to paleo so my questions are 1. What is the number one guide or book you recommend to someone starting this journey 2. Any quick breakfast tips beyond eggs 3. Coffe creamers replacements for a coffee creamer addict.

3 Tips

1. Fail to plan, plan to fail. Always make sure you’ve got enough quality protein sources on hand for the following day/meals.
2. If you’re still adjusting to the paleo (lower carb) lifestyle, don’t be afraid to up your fats by A LOT. But don’t go through an entire wholesaler sized tub of nuts about it- vary your sources to prevent boredom- coconut oil/flakes, seeds, avocados, etc.
3. If you’re having night-time carb cravings, esp if they’re keeping you up at night, try chelated magnesium before bed. Anywhere from 250 mg to 600mg, play around with the numbers and find what works for you. It’ll help you sleep, keep cravings at bay and also help with leg cramps (to name a few)

What actions do you believe us humans need to take in order to turn around the health of society?

1. (re) Learn to cook
2. Get rid of anything low-fat
3. Make eating social again (family, friends, etc.)
4. Teach our children not to believe all the crap they hear from friends, tv, etc.

1. A. Eat more than you think (when eliminating crap from your diet it is amazing how many calories you don’t eat!)
B. Fat is not your enemy!
C. Yes you can feed your kids Paleo and they WILL love it!

3. We need to get rid of the way we do school lunches and teach kids that real food doesn’t come from a box.

Tips:
1. “Cold turkey” may be too difficult. It was for me. Baby steps are okay.
2. Switch from sodas. I personally used green tea to wean myself off of sodas.
3. Sub sweet potatoes in for white potatoes.
4. If you swear you absolutely COULD NOT live without something because you crave it constantly … that probably should be a number one thing to work on weaning yourself off of. Yes, even if it’s the 6-7 daily servings of fruit.
5. Read. Read a lot. Research from multiple sources. Make up your mind, and experiment, see what works best for you.

Tips for newbs;

1. It’s tough to wrap your mind around a life without grains and other foods you’ve eaten all your life, but it gets easier as you go.
2. Don’t quit! You will absolutely feel better and stronger if you keep choosing to eat right every day.
3. Instead of concentrating on what you’re giving up, get excited about what you get to indulge in!

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What actions do you believe us humans need to take in order to turn around the health of society?”

First and foremost, we need to stop listening to corporations who are out to make money no matter what. We need to stop listening to government bureaucracies, bought and paid for by those corporations, that are telling us what we should be eating.

Finally, we need to educate our friends and family. Spread the word. Laws don’t change people’s minds, but educating them will.

What are your top 3-5 tips for someone brand new to the primal/paleo/real food/ancestral/wapf lifestyle?
1) This is NOT about substituting your favourite “junk” food with a similar item made with “approved” ingredients. It IS about rethinking all the foods you eat & how you eat in general.
2) This is a LIFESTYLE, not a DIET. You commit to looking at how you live your day-today life & finding ways to improve.
3) Once you start, changes happen. some are big, some are small, all are encouraging!
4) There is a huge, world-wide community out there filled with love, encouragement, advice, stories of success & lessons learned, recipes, workouts/exercises, & more. It’s an ever-growing tribe & joyful to be a part of
5) don’t give up. We are all imperfect. We all have set-backs. We all “fall off the wagon”. We all get confused or discouraged. Pick your self up, dust your self off, and get back on that horse! The payoff is your life.

top 3 tips for switching to real food: switch to real butter (no more margarine-barf!), find a source for quality grass-fed beef/pastured pork and chicken, and “if it has a label don’t bring it to the table.” What an amazing giveaway! Thanks for hosting!

What are your top 3-5 tips for someone brand new to the primal/paleo/real food/ancestral/wapf lifestyle?
1. DO RESEARCH!!!! Read informative books such as “The Paleo Diet” by Loren Cordain or “The Paleo Solution” by Robb Wolf. Be prepared for what you are getting yourself into, ask questions!
2. Take it easy, day by day. Changing a lifestyle is not easy. It takes patience, determination and the desire to stick with it. It won’t be easy, but what’s fun when it’s easy?
3. Have patience! Whatever you goal is it won’t come to you as you wish. Concentrate on making progress, getting better everyday, until the point where it’s easy for you and you call this yor lifestyle, then the result will come.

Tips: 1) it IS possible to adopt this lifestyle by gradually giving up things rather than taking the Whole30-type total elimination plunge that many promote. I used many “fakes” in the beginning such as Coconut Dream coffee creamer (loaded with sugar!) and gradually lost my taste for them altogether. 2) keep it simple: you can find new recipes and try to recreate things you used to eat like making meatza instead of pizza, but in the end, some grilled or broiled meat with 2-3 veggies is really going to keep you satisfied. 3) don’t watch that scale, ladies! Most of us experience normal hormonal fluctuations that can breed discouragement if we watch too closely. You are eating for HEALTH not WEIGHT anyway…. think of weightloss as merely a nice side effect of your new lifestyle. 4) remember, this is a way of life, not a d-i-e-t. 5) do what you can. If you can’t afford all grass-fed pastured meat remind yourself you are still eating better than those following the Standard American Diet.

What are your top 3-5 tips for someone brand new to the primal/paleo/real food/ancestral/wapf lifestyle?
1. Give up all processed foods. They are convenient but your life will be so much easier knowing they are off limits.
2. With a little bit of pre-planning real food does not have to be the hassle you think it is.
3. Experiment with new foods, textures, and flavors. You will be so amazed at your options and the variety of foods out there once you give up the grains and processed crap.
4. Have a since of humor when you burn or otherwise maim that $40 piece of meat. It will happen.
5. If you fall off the horse, just enjoy your doughnut and get back to the good stuff. You will find the doughnut just isnt as good as you remember, and will possibly make you sick. That helps keep us honest.

My top three tips for someone beginning this lifestyle are:
1. Don’t try to replace foods you used to eat with Paleo/Primal/Clean, etc. versions of it. Changing your mindset is just as important as changing your diet.
2. Don’t make yourself crazy trying to follow the “rules”. Yes, there is definitely a foundation of knowledge that we all follow to an extent, but it’s ultimately about finding a balance and knowing what works for you.
3. Stand your ground! When others question your lifestyle (oh, and they will), be confident in knowing that you are doing something great for yourself. My question to those who ask is, “When did it become weird to eat REAL food?”

We need to stop buying processed food. They make it b/c ppl buy it. Everyone needs to be educated of the dangers – this will take forever I’m sure and you won’t be able to convince everyone but… I didn’t used to realize and now I do so there is hope for the masses as well.
Noobs need to throw out everything they thought they knew about food and meds and start over. Forget the food “plate” guide thing. Don’t even keep grains in the house. Don’t fret too much about the cost – all those things you *aren’t* buying any more will help to pay for the better things that you are buying.
Thanks for such an, indeed, epic giveaway!
Robin Phillips-Knotts
Vegetarian for 8+ years turned Primal ’12.
Good luck everyone!

Don’t Panic, Buy Coconut Oil in Bulk, Make a Week Long Meal Plan & Keep Picking yourself up after you fail.

What are your top 3-5 tips for someone brand new to the primal/paleo/real food/ancestral/wapf lifestyle? 1. Plan meals ahead. 2. Invest in a good cooler to have with you at all times. 3. Don’t eat out.

Tips 1. take it slow, breathe a LOT, and have faith in yourself
2. think about how you will feel AFTER eating food rather than what your mind craves in that exact moment. Take deep breaths, drink water, and look for non-food nourishment missing in your life.
3. Being paleo is not about being perfect. It’s about getting in touch with what your body has been trying to tell you, but what has been muffled by negative self-talk and refined, processed food. You are worth it and you deserve to be healthy!

Questions: 1. What is a popular form of exercise in the paleo community other than CrossFit?
2. What is the best way to find the right activity level for me? (Recovering from some health issues such as adrenal fatigue, etc)
3. What is your favorite recipe?

Actions> Prioritizing our health and having a positive mental relationship with ourselves and food. Investing in sustainable farming and eating humanely raised pastured animals. Realizing that good food, made at home and raised with care, is better than any medicine.

What actions do you believe us humans need to take in order to turn around the health of society?

I think our society has completely used the idea of fast food and applied it to everything else in life. Everything has to be fast paced these days or convenient, otherwise it is “a waste of time”. Cooking takes time, planning meals takes time, sitting down to eat meals with your family also takes time. These are important things and once you realize that then you start to understand that this fast-paced lifestyle most of us lead is not ideal. I also think putting all the technology down once in a while would also help the health of our society. I love my tablet and my smart phone and laptop too but these things are not that important. So, in short, I think we should slow things down a bit and not try to live in the fast lane all the time and reconnect with our surroundings or for some of us just connect with our surroundings.

Advice for the newbies:
1. Clear out all the grains/processed food/sugar/legumes/industrial oils in your house. Donate it to your local food bank, give it away, just get rid of it. If it’s not there, you can’t eat it.

2. Find your local farmer’s market. Nothing like grass-fed beef straight from the source.

3. Learn everything you can about physiology, biology, nutrition, and why all this stuff works.

4. If you don’t know how to cook already, learn! Tasty, healthy food is easier to make than you think.

5. Don’t beat yourself up if you have a “cheat.” Take Mark Sisson’s advice to heart: “Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.”

What actions do you believe us humans need to take in order to turn around the health of society – If it has anything processed put it dowm!

I am still a newbie.. so my suggestions to myself would be.. empty the entire house of crap. now!.. concentrate on what you CAN eat.. not what you cant.. and eating out does not come easy. it’s not better. its not faster. and its definately not worth it

As a society we have got to get away from the processed food in our mainstream areas. school lunches are ridiculous. Food stamp programs allow people to buy nutrient deficient food – and it’s cheaper. subsidies need to be ended to processed food companies. real food needs to be shown, taught how to cook and make. we’re in major trouble when we have the cake mix doctor cookbook!

my tips:
1. get rid of the junk and grains
2. Find local real food when possible
3. Sweets is not needed in life and you can stop
4. sweet potatoes do not need sugar
5. Read for recipes and find one you like

Do you best

What are your top 3-5 tips for someone brand new to the primal/paleo/real food/ancestral/wapf lifestyle?
Personally, I’m still fairly new at this whole way of living. But I have found some tips that help me.
1. READ/research. I spend time reading as much as I can get my hands on. I found blogs/FB postings of people who eat this way and I soak up what they have to say.
2. Don’t beat yourself up if you slip up. I keep telling myself 80/20…be strict at least 80% of the time. I know I feel so much better if I’m closer to the 100% of the time though.
3. Listen to your body. After being heavy most of my adult life, I lost a lot of weight, before I found paleo. I’m able to maintain my losses eating this way. But the thing that is amazing is now I can tell if something I eat doesn’t agree with me. After not eating gluten for almost a year I thought I would have some pizza. WORST mistake ever! I was up all night sick to my stomach. Before I probably would not have associated the gluten with the upset tummy…now I can tell if I introduce a new food if it “agrees” with me or not.
4. Drink your water and get your sleep…
5. try new foods. I HATED brussel sprouts growing up…tried a recipe I found on a blog and now I LOVE them. I find recipes online and think “hey, I’ve never had that _____”…and then all of a sudden, I start having cravings for it! I even bought sardines cuz I started having cravings for them after I read about the great source of omega 3′s they have. Ok…I will admit I haven’t eaten them yet (can’t get over the thought!!)…but I’m still CRAVING them…weird!

What is the paleo diet? What can you eat and what can you not eat? How do you manage to consume all that meat and not gain weight? Why no grains (or is this just refined grains)? We need to be responsible for our actions. Eat more whole foods, control portion sizes.

Tips:
1. Eat in as much as possible
2. Only buy good whole foods and that is what you will eat
3. Prep food ahead of time!

3 Tips for newbies:
1. GIve the Whole 30 program a try. It’s easier to dive in and change your unhealthy eating habits all at once withouth any “cheat” days. That way you don’t fall down the slippery slope of “just this once.”
2. If you are the meal planner/prepper for your family don’t try to make yourself a seperate meal from them. Just make what you are going to eat and let them know that if they want something that is not on your meal plan they can get it themselves. I have managed to convert my household this way because they are too lazy to make their own food and it made it easier on me so I didn’t have to deal with watching people eat something I can’t have. Not to mention you are helping them to become healthier people too!
3. Have fun with it! Think of this as embarking on a life altering adventure. THink of all the wonderful, healthy foods you are going to eat and all the cool recipies you will get to try or alter to fit your new lifestyle as opposed to thinking about what you will give up. If you focus on what you can have as opposed to what you can’t it will make the transition so much easier.
4. While you will more than likely loose weight eating this way try to focus on more than just that aspect. If you pay close attention to how you are feeling you will find that the other benefits, like sleeping better, feeling better and being in a better mood, far outweigh the numbers on the scale. That one is a hard one for me, but now that I am trying to focus on things besides the scale I am finding it easier to alter my lifestyle.
5. Take the time to research you local meat/seafood CSAs. I had no idea what a huge difference having quality protein could make. The taste alone will make you a convert and if you do enough research you can probably find one that doesn’t cost too much more than buying the same products at your local grocer.

What are your top 3-5 questions that you have regarding the primal/paleo/real food/ancestral/wapf lifestyle?
1. What would be the best to follow?
2. Can a person with cardiac problems follow any of these lifestyles?
3. Do you avoid all carbs and processed foods in all these lifestyles?

We need to get rid of mega grocery stores and replace them with smaller stores that focus on real food.

Question: What actions do you believe us humans need to take in order to turn around the health of society?

Answer: We need to reverse the dire health crisis of our people by reverting back to REAL food. More home cooking with fresh and local organics – MORE PRODUCE. No more frozen dinners or boxed pasta meals. We also need to erase gmo seeds and crops from our farms.

What are your top 3-5 tips for someone brand new to the primal/paleo/real food/ancestral/wapf lifestyle?

1. Plan your meals.
2. Make sure you have a well stocked pantry full of paleo friendly foods.
3. Give up on eating out, and convenience foods.

What actions do you believe us humans need to take in order to turn around the health of society? – Get back to all-natural: food (duh), beauty products, fun, activities, etc. And GIVE more than we TAKE

Tips for going paleo:

1. Go through your kitchen, and look at every label – get rid of everything not paleo, particularly processed foods which probably have sugar, chemicals, and other junk not even listed on the label.

2. Stock up with healthy foods, including snacks.

3. Commit to trying it as best you can for 1 month to start.

4. Be patient and don’t expect perfection immediately, but see if the major changes are helping you.

Good luck!

What actions do you believe us humans need to take in order to turn around the health of society?
1. get educated
2. get a diet
3. get accountability//friends//community
4. get crossfit
5. start small//baby steps//start loving it

I’m only getting started myself but here are some tips:

* Coconut butter rocks my world.
* I get a rush from eating fatty deliciousness (like coconut butter). I can’t decide if it’s a physiological thing, or simply the thrill of saying “hahaha, I’m eating *fat*, take that SAD!” Either way, good stuff.
* About three weeks after cutting out sugar, I started appreciating the sweetness in nuts and other non-sugary foods. Wow!
* A slow cooker is your friend. It is so, so easy to toss some meat in there, maybe some onions/celery/carrots. After it does its thing, you have multiple meals’ worth of protein, all set.
* Beef heart is a good thing to buy, and not particularly weird after you cut it into anonymous chunks. Plain slow-cooked beef heart needs added fat to bring out the flavor: coconut milk + the broth from cooking makes it into a tasty soup.
* Packaged pre-washed baby kale is awesome. Toss a handful in soup (see previous tip!), add to a smoothie, or if you really like it, snack on it straight.

1st question: “Empty your cup”, listen carefully to what your body tells you, think (and research) for yourself.
2nd question: Can I walk naked like a Caveman in the streets of this summertime oven-like Madrid? Is dog meat paleo? Because I think I’m going to hunt/roast/eat my neighbour’s little f*%&=$g puppy (I sweare I love dogs… Just not this one) Will I be ancestral when I’m 64?
3rd question: Us humans in the primal/paleo/real food/ancestral/wapf lifestyle: “Predicar con el ejemplo” (Lead by example), I’ve learnt that when I start telling (if he/she is a friend or a relative to me, sometimes yealing, ups…) someone that he/she is not eating right, he/she should do this or that to be healthier… They usually give me the look (you’re nuts and you don’t know what the heck you’re talking about, long live the Conventional Wisdom!). But if I just try to be myself, make good food choices in front of them and cook for them healthy and tasty foods (www.spartangourmet.com, sorry folks, in Spanish…, tough you can check out my youtube videos in English!) in happy, full of energy, positive way, they usually start asking questions and, more important, listening to what I have to say about what I’ve learnt…

3 Tips
1) Plan your meals (and snacks). Possibilities are limitless if you have a plan.
2) Be ready to face strange looks – and be happy about it! You know something they don’t!
3) Variety will keep it fresh!

Question # 1

The paleo diet saved my life. Well,
that sounds a little dramatic but it really could be true. Since
switching to this wonderful way of living, my health has dramatically
improved. I have more energy, I am happier and I have been able to
reverse many health issues I was having in the past. There is so much
crazy diet and nutrition dogma available today. It’s hard not to be
confused about which one is correct. The primal diet is the only diet
out there that represents food and diet that way it was always meant
to be; real, whole and nourishing.

Making the switch from a Standard North
American Diet to the primal lifestyle can be tricky for many people.
Society promotes nutritional information that is often untrue or
oversimplified. It is hard to live in Western society and not give
into the convienence and availability of refined and processed foods.
I think one of the biggest mistakes people make when they attempt to
make a switch in their diet, is that they try to do it all at once.
Some people can do this but many cannot.

So my first tip for someone wanting to
make the switch to the paleo/primal lifestyle, is to take things
slow. Do not focus on all the things you can no longer eat. Focus on
the new things you need to add to your diet. In the beginning do not
try to cut anything out, just try to add the good stuff in. Once you
teach your body what it needs to be obtain optimal health, I believe
you will begin to choose the good foods first. I think with time you
will stop wanting and craving the process foods and truely want the
healthy nourishing foods your body deserves.

My second tip is to have an open mind.
Be open to adding these new foods into your life. At first, a lot of
the foods might seem a little weird or gross (ie. Raw milk, organ
meats, fermented foods, etc.). But be open to trying new things and
you might be surprised. I never would have thought I would be eating
raw liver or making yoghurt out of raw milk. Just roll with it! Be
open and your body will love you for it!

My third tip would be to find a
reliable source for organic, pasture-fed, naturally raised meat and
buy it in bulk! It depends where you live, but generally good sources
of meat aren’t readily available at the grocery store. I buy 25lbs of
beef from a local farmer every 6 months or so. And I buy 3-4 chickens
every few months from my neighbor. I stock my freezer and I got meat
forever and ever! This way you won’t break down and buy grocery store
meat because it’s more convienent. What’s more convienent than your
own freezer?!

Forthly, my advice would be to prepare
food in advance and put it in the freezer. If you lead a busy
lifestyle then it can be exhausting to spend your evenings off
preparing food for the next day, especially is you eat as much food
as I do! I like to put aside a few hours on Sunday and prepare my
food for the week. I turn up the music and have a big of a dance
party and cook up a storm! I might make a hearty stew and freeze it.
I’ll make a big salad and hard boil some eggs. That way all my food
is ready for the week and I always have something to snack on if I
need it.

My last tip is to get some support.
Find a friend who wants to live the primal lifestyle with you. Get
your boyfriend/girlfriend on board. Making the switch is a lot easier
when you have a partner in crime. You guys can cook together, go in
on meat orders together, and gossip about paleo living. If you can’t
find someone in your life to join you on your journey, take advantage
of all the support groups on the internet. Start reading the Primal
Toad blog! I am always reading blogs on the topic to learn more and
to share recipes. It’s amazing how many people are making the switch
to the paleo lifestyle, so remember, you are never in this alone!

Question # 3

I think the healthy of human society
can be turned around in 2 words. “Eat Locally.”

Well, it’s probably not that easy, but
it’s a good place to start. In this world were we recieve food
products from all over the world, many societies are losing their
natural abilities to produce their own food. Fields formally used for
food crops, are now being replaced to grow export crops. It doesn’t
make sense to me that people are buying blueberries from the grocery
store in August which are imported from California, when there are
about a million growing in the forests near my house. Unfortunately
society is set up in such a way that it is almost impossible to have
food security in our communitues. There are rules on gardens,
restrictions on owning chickens and for many of us, we just can’t
afford to pay double the price for our meals. But what if we could
all grown our own food and trade amongst each other. The food
industry has failed at ending world hunger and providing nutritious
food to the general public. The more we treat our food like a
business, the more we damage the health of ourselves and our
children. I live in a pretty progressive community in British
Columbia, Canada. People are passionate about building a sustainable
society. Most of my friends have gardens, I can get meat from my
neighbor and they availability of quality local products is amazing.
I am lucky. But most people are not. We need to start promoting these
ideas elsewhere and setting things up to make eating and living
locally feasable. Sustainable communities would mean that people
would never starve, that people always recieved tons of nutrients
from their food, and money would be less needed because we could just
trade the goods that we produced with other local goods. I am not
sure how to go about promoting these ideas to the greater of society
but I think it is possible. How do I know? Because I see it happening
everyday in my own community. If we can do it, you can do it too. We
need to start living simply again, the way we as humans were meant to
live. It’s time to learn about the environment in which we live in
and I bet we would be surprised at what we found. Our world is
amazing and it was meant to provide for us and sustain us. We need to
start letting it!

My tips are: 1. invest in a good freezer, so you can purchase grass-fed pastured meat in bulk which is more economical. this will absolutely save you money down the road 2. buy produce weekly at your local farmers market. you will need a lot of produce if you’re going primal/paleo – you should seek out local organic produce. you will also find local pastured eggs and raw honey there too. 3. when you are prepping foods for a meal, prep extra for tomorrow’s breakfast or lunch. this is something i do regularly and it really saves time. when i get home from the farmers market, i wash and prep eveything so it’s grab-and-go during the week.

My 3 tips – 1) Cook at home as much as possible, 2) when eating out at lunch order salad with grilled or roasted proteins with lemons and olive oil for dressing, 3) use anamil fats as much as possible when cooking

What actions do you believe us humans need to take in order to turn around the health of society?
I believe we need to heal our gut health, eat the good fats, normalize birth and demystify nudity and learn how to raise the type of people that can change the world for the better.

my top 3-5 questions that i have regarding the primal/paleo/real food/ancestral/wapf lifestyle is how it could help emotional eating, if it’s stil called “paleo” if you just take the principles but still eat grains once in a while, and if it’s a lifestyle that people can keep for their whole lives.

Top tips for people just starting out:
1) It’s helpful to track your food at first so that you can see, understand and plan for trends in macronutrients and to understand what carb area you fall into (low/no/regular.) I use myfitnesspal because I found that they have most of the foods I eat already in the database.
2) If you are going into ketosis make sure you are getting adequate salt. The salt you need to keep you from hitting a wall is probably going to be more salt than you think.
3) If you are hungry you probably didn’t get enough fat for the day. Find some fatty snacks that are a range of sweet and savory so that you don’t get bored.
4) If you are having a hard time getting rid of your old non-paleo food in the pantry, wait about 2-3 weeks until you are really feeling the benefits of the diet, then ride that great feeling and donate away all of your non-paleo food. It can be harder than you think but it feels great once it’s done.
5) Read, listen and talk about the diet as much as possible. Immerse yourself as much as possible in cookbooks, blogs, podcasts and community.

What are your top 3-5 tips for someone brand new to the primal/paleo/real food/ancestral/wapf lifestyle?

1. Start reading everything you can. The good thing is the Paleo/Primal community all work together for the common good, so if you subscribe to one blog, or facebook page etc, you can usually access tons more.

2. Don’t try to do so much at once that you get discouraged and quit. I kind of went cold turkey as I have an autoimmune disease that I would love to get relief from, or even healed at some point. But choose one or 2 things you know you can live with and when you get used to those add something more.

3. Find a mentor, or nutritionist, or someone you trust to help you establish a plan if the idea is totally new to you. I am lucky to have found 2 trustable sources that help me a lot.

4. Read Robb Wolff’s book The Paleo Solution. The reason I like that one, is it is an easy read, it is humorous, but most of all it gives you the why’s, and how too’s. I refer back to it all the time.

Tips for eating paleo:

1. Make your own lunch for the week on Sunday. Bringing lunch from home is cheaper and healthier!

2. Bring something you can eat to share when you go to parties or social functions. Everyone loves guac and veggies!

3. Learn this phrase “I feel better when I eat this way.” When people want to argue about how you need whole grains or shouldn’t eat too much meat, “I feel better when I eat this way” is the easiest way to shut people up who are not interested in having an open conversation about why you chose the paleo lifestyle.

What are your top 3-5 tips for someone brand new to the primal/paleo/real food/ancestral/wapf lifestyle?1. Stop reading and just start!2. Don’t sweat the small stuff in the beginning or you’ll just be overwhelmed.3. Don’t keep convenience foods ‘just in case’ (or you WILL use them.)4. Remember you are only human…if you slip up-let it go and move on.

What actions do you believe us humans need to take in order to turn around the health of society?

Tips for Newbies: 1. Stop eating trans fats 2. Stop eating high fructose corn syrup 3. Start eating real fats.

What actions do you believe us humans need to take in order to turn around the health of society?

I believe the health of society encompasses mental as well as physical health and as a society I believe we must regain our societal moral compass (starting with what we are exposed to on a daily basis primarily by media but also in our daily travels, including our schools which contribution to societal decay); I also believe that processed foods should be avoided in lieu of healthier and natural foods …and I believe family needs to regain its natural place as the cornerstone of our society.

What actions do you believe us humans need to take in order to turn around the health of society?
We all need to stop taking advice from the conventional medical system and the government (AMA, ADA, FDA, Big pHARMa, Big Ag, etc.) and become independent thinkers, able to investigate information for ourselves.

Tips:
1. Think about your grandparents (or maybe great-grandparents) – what foods did they eat? Remember the stinky sauerkraut your grandma used to fix with sausage? It was/is good for you! My grandfather used to talk about milking the cow and waiting to get a taste of the wonderful cream on the top. During the ’70s, ’80s, ’90s, he was told that was awful – and he should instead eat plastic like margarine. Go back to the basics! Find an old cookbook from the ’30s.
2. This ALIVE – can I find this alive in nature? A steak – yes – you can see a steer. Mac + Cheese – no, pasta trees went extinct long ago.
3. It’s not that tough. Sometimes it seems daunting – like you have to make everything yourself. Well, you do have to put in some effort, but people have been living this way around the world …for millennium. It’s not that tough.

What actions do you believe us humans need to take in order to turn around the health of society?
GROW more of our own foods- if you don’t have a lot of space, container garden- grow some vegetables! Grow herbs inside. Befriend a FARMER if you can and get your beef that is grass fed, chicken fresh eggs and pork. Go back to the basics and quit eating junk!
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Answer to question #1:

Educate yourself as much as possible!
Focus just on the diet part first, then start adding in other stuff slowly (exercise, stress management, etc) when you’ve got your diet dialed in. This will make the transition seem a lot more approachable and less overwhelming.
Do the best you can with your budget, don’t sweat it if you can’t jump right in and buy the grass fed beef or source all local, organic food. Just do your best! A store bought fried egg will ALWAYS beat out that oatmeal you used to eat, so don’t worry about it for now!
If you ever get even the slightest impulse to ditch your new lifestyle, just Google a picture of a shirtless Mark Sisson, and your resolve will be restored. I promise.

What are your top 3-5 tips for someone brand new to the primal/paleo/real food/ancestral/wapf lifestyle?

Start slow
Internet is a great source for recipes and tips
If you can’t do it all, just start with one thing and then add others. Meat is the most important thing to get in high quality as it has the highest concentration of pollutants

What are your top 3-5 questions that you have regarding the primal/paleo/real food/ancestral/wapf lifestyle?

We’ve eaten wheat for several hundred years, why is it now a problem?

What actions do you believe us humans need to take in order to turn around the health of society?

Where to start? Need to stop polluting. Need to treat the earth better. Need to stop growing monocrops

Top 3-5 Paleo tips
1) Many people say to cook large meals for the entire week on the weekend so you will be sure you’ll have something Paleo each day. This is a great tip, but I want to add on to it. THE MOST important thing about making large meals for the entire week is to make sure you choose something you KNOW you’ll want to eat for the rest of the week. You may not have much time during the week, but the weekend cook-all is not the time to try out new recipes that you’re not quite sure how much you’ll love. When I first started out I used to do this sometimes – find some recipe that I thought sounded pretty good, but was outside of the norm of what I know that I love. I would then make a lot of it to last me through the week, but I would end up not loving it enough to have it every day, so a) some of it would end up going to waste because I couldn’t finish it before it went bad, and b) since I didn’t have time to cook properly I would have to rely on what was available at work or at restaurants. Both of these factors lead to wasted money, and me not being as healthy as I wanted.

2) Know what kind of eater you are. Be honest with yourself and don’t assume Paleo will fix any existing issues you have with food. A lot of people who come to Paleo don’t have any problem here, and it really is just the types of foods they eat that need to change. However, there are some people (like me) who have a history of disordered eating who try Paleo because they hope it will help them fight their eating disorder. IT WILL. It helps immensely. However, if you are someone with a dysfunctional relationship with food you can’t expect Paleo eating to fix it magically. Likewise, it will make any binges (obviously not the only type of disordered eating, but one I am personally familiar with) on wheat items worse than normal, so realize what type of eater you are, and make sure you nourish yourself accordingly. I, for example, have a hard time following 80/20 because once I start down the 20% it’s hard to reign it in. A great resource for new Paleo women (and really anyone who is fighting with body image issues or eating disorders) is http://www.paleoforwomen.com/.

3) Instead of trying to find a farm (or multiple farms) to buy food from directly, find a popular farmers market in your state. I struggled for a long time with where to find reasonably affordable grass-fed meat. Whole foods is too expensive and resources like http://www.localharvest.org are great, but there are a lot of areas, like CT, where the farms require you to buy in bulk, and since each farm is specialized you would have to visit 5 – 6 farms to get all of your shopping done (and often on a week day in the middle of the afternoon). Sometimes there also just isn’t enough information about the farm to determine if it’s the type of place you want to buy from. It can be really intimidating to figure out all of that missing information, especially if you’ve never contacted and spoke to a farmer directly before. This is where a really good, popular farmers market will help you. It will aggregate your shopping to one place, and a lot of the good ones have a newsletter telling you exactly what will be available that weekend, and the growing practices of the various farms. This will at least give you an idea of which stands to visit, and whether they’ll have what you’re looking for so you can be confident you won’t be wasting your time when you decide to drive half-way across the state. My real-life example is discovering the Coventry Farmers market, which has its own site, a newsletter that goes out every week before the market, and is so popular it even has a shorter winter version that runs for a few months. Also, get there EARLY on the first day (i.e. plan it so you’ll arrive maybe 15 minutes before it starts, or right when the market opens). Parking can sometimes be a pain (especially with the more popular markets), and you want to make sure everything is still available when you start shopping. Even if you get there before the sellers are allowed to begin selling, some stands will often allow you to set aside items to purchase later if you have a large list, and this is the perfect time to see what’s available if it’s your first market – while the crowd is minimal.

What are your top 3-5 tips for someone brand new to the primal/paleo/real food/ancestral/wapf lifestyle?
1. It’s a big change to go against conventional thinking, so don’t beat yourself up if it takes a few tries to get on board.
2. Don’t go cold turkey. Your body is probably very used to processing a lot of carbs and if those suddenly disappear, you’re body will protest.
3. Embrace the new way of eating. Fat! Protein! Veggies! very yummy.
4. Be informed because there’s a good chance you’ll come up against a lot of resistance from others.

Actions humans need to take:
Stop eating heavily processed and fake foods such as white foods (flour, table salt, sugar, pasteurized milk), feedlot meats/eggs, MSG, GMOs, vegetable oils, artificial dyes/flavors, preservatives, etc
Start eating real foods.
Grow some of your own food.
Detoxify your body with super foods, infrared sauna, supplements, fresh vegetable juice etc.
Get some exercise.
Be of service to others.

What actions do you believe us humans need to take in order to turn around the health of society?

As a society, for the past few generations, we have gotten addicted to convenience, at the sacrifice of quality. There are convenient disposable alternatives for for all sorts of products – water bottles, diapers, silverware, flatware, glassware, bibs, towels, the list goes on and on. Most of us would much rather grab a cardboard-y tasting bag of fast food or throw a tv dinner in the microwave than to take the time and energy to source fresh, healthy local food and prepare a meal for our families. Our addiction to convenience is causing our health and our environment to suffer in numerous ways, and we are reaching the point of no return. We need to spread the word on the damage these products do to us, and to help others rediscover the joy there is to be found in preparing truly healthy meals of real food and in sharing them with our families and loved ones.

What are your top 3-5 tips for someone brand new to the primal/paleo/real food/ancestral/wapf lifestyle?
1. Commit wholeheartedly to it. No “Well… I’ll just plan to have some cake at that party next week, and when Johnny comes home from school we’ll go for ice cream as usual…” It’s those “small” slips that ensure you continue in bad health.

2. Seek out other people who eat this way for support, motivation, and help. Join a CrossFit group or get a group of friends together for weekly Paleo potluck. Hang out at some Paleo blogs if you can’t find people in real life.

3. Make it taste good. The secret to sticking with any eating plan is finding recipes and foods that work for you so that you don’t feel deprived and unhealthy. The books listed above are a great way to start.

4. Consider taking vitamins to get you over the sugar-cravings hump. The cravings-busters that worked for me are cinnamon extract, gymema sylvestre, and banaba leaf. Believe me, if you’ve been a sugarholic, you’ll need a boost the first couple of weeks. (I’m not a doctor, so you should do your own research before popping pills, though.)

5. Have fun! Why else are we here? Find something outdoorsy to do with all the extra energy you’ll have from eating the foods your body was meant to eat.

Top 3 tips for beginning a real food lifestyle:
1. If God didn’t make it, don’t eat it. That is a simplified way of saying that if a food, or even an ingredient in a food, could not exist without modern industrial technology, you can assume we were not designed to consume it. That includes high fructose corn syrup, genetically modified anything, polyunsaturated vegetable oils (when was the last time you squeezed a corn cob and oil came out?), hydrogenated oils, chemical preservatives, flavors, colors, dough conditioners, etc…, hydrolyzed proteins, ingredients you can’t pronounce, cold breakfast cereal (ask: would this shape/texture occur in nature or could it be achieved in my kitchen?), improperly raised meat or animal products (would animals naturally crowd into manure filled pens and eat genetically modified corn and soy, or take in synthetic hormones?), ultra pasteurized or homogenized milk, etc…
2. Make friends with your local farmers market(s) or join a CSA (community supported agriculture program) to more easily and affordably source local, responsibly raised meat, eggs, dairy, vegetables, and fruits. http://www.localharvest.org is a great tool for locating these resources near you.
3. Pay no attention to government sourced recommendations regarding diet. They are not based on real science or common sense, but on an allegiance to the the industrial agriculture and industrial food industries. The USDA recommendations (and that of the American Dietary Association) are designed to sell products, not to make people healthy. Indirectly, those same recommendations also build business for the pharmaceutical industry because as the health of the nation declines, the dependence on drugs to control symptoms of ill health increases. Get off of, and stay off of the crazy sickness cycle.

What are your top 3-5 tips for someone brand new to the primal/paleo/real food/ancestral/wapf lifestyle?
-cut out all grains, and added sugars
-K.I.S.S (keep it simple, stupid!)lol
-If you question it and you are not sure, don’t eat it! follow your instinct!

What are your top 3-5 questions that you have regarding the primal/paleo/real food/ancestral/wapf lifestyle?-what is the best way to get my child involved with out making my entire extended family and friends think that I am abusing my children by not giving them what I think is unhealthy crap!?-I have a high body fat, low muscle build. Should I try to build muscle first? or lose all the fat first?-Living in a big city, and having an unemployed husband (and 2 kids) what are the best things to skimp on? We live paycheck to paycheck and are very broke alot lately. We have a garden on our tiny fire escape but nothing is growing veggies. Should we cut down on our portion sizes to keep track? what are the first things I should skimp on??
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What actions do you believe us humans need to take in order to turn around the health of society?I think we need to stop being lazy and stop eating pre packaged foods with crazy labels. if you can’t pronounce it don’t eat it..
I also think we need to stop wearing camoflauge (taking Rx’s from our doctors) We take all these Rxs that just cover up the real problems and dont fix them! But I guess Big Pharma would go broke if we all got healthy all of a sudden.. I mean How would our poor farmers be able to keep up with all the people wanting to eat healthy veggies and grass fed meat? lolol jk

What are your top 3-5 tips for someone brand new to the primal/paleo/real food/ancestral/wapf lifestyle?
1. Don’t be afraid of fat. Switching over and cutting out grains can be hard without replacing it with some fat.
2.The first few weeks can be a little hard. Stick with it and you will feel better.
3.There are a lot of good paleo recipe blogs out there. When you are craving something do a search and you can probably find a good substitution.

Tips I would give a noobie:
1. Don’t be overwhelmed. You don’t have to start this with an all-or-nothing approach. Start with breakfast (bacon and eggs- yum!).
2. Experiment. I have never really liked vegetables, but each week I pick one and work it into my meal plan. I prepare it different ways (raw, cooked, roasted), and by doing this, I have found ones that aren’t so bad!!
3. Don’t give up! Some days will be harder than others. One bad decision, in and of itself, doesn’t mean failure. Be aware of why you made that decision (convenience, stress, peer/family pressure) and move on.
4. Plan your meals. I find that if I make a meal plan (snacks included if eaten), I stay on track and I eat what I should. If I haven’t made a plan, I tend to grab whatever is available (and 9 times out of 10, it isn’t Paleo).

What actions do you believe us humans need to take in order to turn around the health of society?
Stop resting on the notion that the only foods that are quick and easy are processed box foods or fast food. With a little planning ahead of time, or even just by keeping the firdge stocked with good food, you can make a quick meal that is much healthier than the fast food stuff.

I am incorporating into my lifestyle my Cahuilla ancestor’s primary
summer and winter foodstuffs, respectively mesquite and acorn. Acorn has a Glycemic load of 4, very close to
meat. Does this conflict with a goal to
be no carb/low carb, or is it ok as slow carb?
Are carbs even the issue?

Is there any discussion on the benefits of uncultivated food
versus cultivated?

Are there any indigenous paleo sites or groups
out there?

I feel to change the health of our society we need to focus on the people who want to change, help them makes the necessary adjustments, encourage them when discouraged, educated them a bit at a time and remember you used to be in that spot too.

For the people who don’t want to change, we need to not be critical or have the attitude that what works for me must work for you. Let them see the results and decide for themselves. Do not say things like I told you so, you should have listened to me rather encourage and educate.

Here are a few things we must do to turn the health of society around:
End subsidies for the industrial food complex and provide incentives for organic, sustainable farmers. Our government has been funding the least healthy foods for decades, while telling us to eat more of them via the food pyramid. It is time to level the playing field so that the true cost of food production is revealed. Big business should not be getting a handout while small family farms are struggling to produce healthy, organic alternatives.

Learn to cook and make as many home cooked meals during the week that you can. Because we are surrounded by convenience foods, we have forgotten how to buy ingredients and prepare simple, delicious, healthful meals from scratch. Yes it’s easier to buy fast food or some processed junk in a box, but you will pay for that convenience with your health. Its not that difficult to roast a chicken or make a beef stew that will feed your whole family and it’s cheaper, healthier and more satisfying to make it yourself. Making a meal also provides an opportunity to eat together which we have also lost as a society.

Go Paleo of course! Not only does following a Paleo/Primal lifestyle change your life, it makes each one of us an ambassador of education to the people around us.  Once you learn about nutrition, how your body functions and how good you feel when you provide your body with everything it needs (and remove the things it doesn’t) you can’t help but want to share that with everyone you know. The paleo revolution is truly a bottom up, grassroots, word of mouth experience that grows exponentially whenever one more person takes the plunge. Say it loud, say it proud…I’m Paleo.

Tips: Have lots of avocados on hand and learn how to cut them; take frequent breaks to go outside; eggs and bacon is an easy breakfast; eat dinner with family

Questions: Should Asians approach paleo slightly differently from white people? Why do legumes get a bad rap while nuts don’t, seeing as both have protein and bad phytates? Most Asians will become lactose intolerant if they don’t drink milk after weaning, but should an Asian who has always had milk continue to do so?

My top 5 tips:
1) Be patient, and eventually it becomes so easy!
2) Don’t eat any food that has more than one or two ingredients.
3) Learn to cook…. this is a must, or you will resort to convenience foods that are not the best for you, even if they are approved foods. Cook up a big batch of food, and freeze portions for an easy meal.
4) Don’t be afraid to skip a meal or two… if you are somewhere where there is not ideal food, just don’t eat. You will survive until your next meal, when you can have something good for you.
5) Eat dark chocolate! It is my lifesaver when I’m craving a sweet, which really isn’t very often.

My top 3-5 tips for someone brand new to the primal/paleo/real food/ancestral/wapf lifestyle;
1. Dont make it too complicated – Veggies, Meats, and Fruit, as well as eggs and tree nuts, in any combination. Its that easy to make a meal. One of my favs; Grilled antibiotic, and hormone free, free range chicken, with Pico de Galo, homeade salsa, homeade guacamole, shredded lettuce, and the must, half of a lime squeezed over the mix. YUM, and a great combination of what you body needs.

What are your top 3-5 tips for someone brand new to the primal/paleo/real food/ancestral/wapf lifestyle?
1. You need a support network to make this lifestyle enjoyable. Whether it’s friends, family, crossfit family, or your kids, you need a team that knows why you’re doing what you’re doing and supports it.

2. The understanding that this is a lifestyle approach that requires patience and time, tinkering, and learning. The understanding that it’s not a protocol or set of instructions to achieve any one set of outcomes — everyone’s outcomes necessarily will be different. Promoting the lifestyle as a ‘diet’ does the whole movement injustice and this should be emphasized by more people leading the charge.

3. The necessity to be self-reliant in sourcing your food or growing your own food to obtain the nutrition necessary for paleo to actually be healthy. Sourcing food from the chain grocery stores will short-change you and will not usually be optimal.

Top tips:
1. Eat real food.
2. Focus on what you can eat, not what you can’t eat.
3. Look for Paleo cookbooks at your library.

What are your top 3-5 tips for someone brand new to the primal/paleo/real food/ancestral/wapf lifestyle?
1. Reduce and manage stress by prioritizing your life and getting rid of things/activities you don’t need to do. Sleep and relax more with your extra time.
2. Reduce or eliminate fast food, soda, candy, chips, energy bars, etc from your diet.
3. Manage health holistically by improving diet, sleep, stress levels, physical fitness, and mental and spiritual well being.
4. What works well for some people will not necessarily work for you. Which doesn’t mean that the method/diet doesn’t work, it just means it doesn’t work for you. Keep trying various methods/diets until you find what works for you. It helps if you can measure your progress through a journal, tests, heart rate monitors, etc.

As a registered nurse and paleo enthusiast, I am constantly trying to tell my diabetic patients to eat real food.(tip#1) I tell them to get rid of the grains, processed foods, cereals and frozen “diabetic” meals (tip#2). I tell them to stop the 1/2 cup of rice/potatoes delusion.(tip #3) I tell them to get a slow cooker. (tip #4) I tell them that not all vegetables are created equal. (tip #5) I tell them that if they follow these tips that they may get their blood sugar under control Many of them have.

Thanks for this offer and opportunity!What are your top 3-5 tips for someone brand new to the primal/paleo/real food/ancestral/wapf lifestyle? WAPF is my chosen path of eating currently…I recommend taking it slow, introduce one or two new things into your routine. For example I started making Bone Broth..very simple and so many benefits I could reap from it, from daily nourishment by drinking broth in the mornings, to cooking my soaked grains in it for added digestion and assimilation to including it into many, many recipes! Soaking my seed foods was another big change I introduced which made my digestion of those foods so much better. In order to nourish ourselves better I think we have to question our lifestyles and slow down our pace so we can be in control of our nourishment! So really asking myself what is more important… having food that heals and supports me or making meals mostly of carbohydrates that cook up fast but deplete and drain me of my energy that I work harder to digest? I rather invest my time and energy into nourishing meals that take me a few hours to prepare, but last me the week in servings and a lifetime in nourishment!What are your top 3-5 questions that you have regarding the primal/paleo/real food/ancestral/wapf lifestyle? I’m very interested in the Paleo movement and want to understand more about not eating dairy…or that is something I think the paleo diet includes!What actions do you believe us humans need to take in order to turn around the health of society? I think we need to know each other better, if not, know each other really well…that means we have to listen to our neighbors and relatives and friends to learn how they got to thinking the way they do. When we dictate our food / health choices onto folks it doesn’t have the effect we hope for. Instead our connections are the best way to support one another and learn from one another…so that we can grow together because we care about one another- across economic and social, religious, etc barriers.

Tips:

1. Plan ahead!! This is the one place spontaneity will work against you.
2. Don’t beat yourself up if you ate something you shouldn’t have.
3. Focus on the foods you CAN eat and ENJOY!

Tips for noobs:
Go slow….sugar is an addictive poison…your chances of success are greater if your kind to your body.
Instead of freaking out and throwing away things use them mindfully. Go ahead and bake that cakemix…..and meditate on what it’s doing to your body while you eat it.
Start be replacing instead of eliminating…..replace your white sugar with organic coconut sugar then gradually cut back on it.
Find a good restaurant that serves grass fed meat and local produce and eat there as often as you can afford
Buy the best blender you can afford and don’t scrimp. If you can afford a Vitamix…buy one.

My questions:
#1 Besides the obvious (lack of toxins and drugs) is there any benefit to pasture raised pork fat? Or should pork fat be completely avoided?
#2 Pre-agriculture isn’t it reasonable to think that humans DID eat grains and seeds albeit uncooked?
#3 Is there any fish that is edible today? In other words….do the benefits of fish oil from eating fish even out with the pollution in them?
#4 Is there even any point in eating fish if your diet is primarily pastured, humanely raised beef ?

In order to turn around the health of society, we all need to completely delete packaged, convenience, and processed foods from our diet. We need to stop eating wheat and grains as it no longer resembles the wheat/grains of our ancestors. People need to start realizing that Big Food and Big Pharma are in bed together to keep you fat and sick. When people realize this, we can break free of their chains. People need to stop being zombies and believing everything the media puts out. People need to stop putting all their trust in doctors and turn to homeopathy and natural remedies. People should realize that healthy fats don’t cause heart disease and high cholesterol and learn to embrace a traditional diet. If we do all this, I believe human kind has a chance.

Eat Real Foods.
Clean out the crap.
Try growing your own food.
Play more
Relax.

What actions do you believe us humans need to take in order to turn around the health of society?
I think we need to stop feeding our families the boxed chemicals that companies are passing off as food and start eating real food. Start growing some of your own, if you have the space.

What are your top 3-5 tips for someone brand new to the primal/paleo/real food/ancestral/wapf lifestyle?
a: get all the crappy food out of your house.
b: make paleo friends
c: log your food!
d: eat more fat and protein than you think you need to.

What actions do you believe us humans need to take in order to turn around the health of society?

a: we need to start educating people about the flaws of conventional farming.
b: we need to push people to eat locally and ethically raised foods.
c: we need to stop subsidizing grains and factory farmed foods. People need to get used to paying for their food again.

Tips: 1. Do what works for you. As your begin experimenting with eating Paleo/Primal, be mindful of what is best for you–not what everyone else is doing. 2. Prepare and do your homework to find high quality ingredients. 3. Keep researching and reading about Paleo/Primal. It will open your mind to new and creative ideas, and make you more knowledgable in the process.

Questions I have:

1. How do I afford this lifestyle and keep everyone full? When I make a veggie and meat only dinner, I usually have people telling me they are still hungry or they want to eat in 1.5 hours.

2. My kids still want junk. How do I get them to stop wanting it/complaining that we do not have it?

3. What are some fast and inexpensive snacks for my kids to eat?

What are your top 3-5 tips for someone brand new to the primal/paleo/real food/ancestral/wapf lifestyle?

1) Do the best you can from day 1 onward and don’t quit after one or two “bad” meals. Remember that sometimes you have have to be paleo/primal “enough” to make it through to a real meal.

2) Keep lots of frozen veggies and butter around. If you get peckish and need a snack it’s super quick and pretty darn nutritious.

3) Stop fearing fat! If you’re often starving when starting out it very well could be because you’re having trouble coping with the quantity of fat to eat. If you start to get scared of fat go straight for the bacon or buttered veggies until it subsides.

What are your top 3-5 tips for someone brand new to the primal/paleo/real food/ancestral/wapf lifestyle?
Get rid of everything in your pantry (except the coconut oil)
Buy coconut oil if you don’t already have it – lots and lots of coconut oil. Yum!
Cook meals in big batches so you have leftovers and won’t be tempted to grab takeout when you don’t have time to cook.

Question 1. Eat food, real food, not stuff from boxes and plastic bags. Cook your own food, stop eating out so much, control your ingredients. Enjoy lots and lots of bacon.Think and research for yourself and don’t blindly follow what “THEY” say is healthy or not healthy. Thanks for the contest!

Tips for someone starting out:

1. If it seems overwhelming, start out slow. I started by cutting carbs slowly (i.e. under 300 carbs a day, under 250 a day, etc.) until I started eating mostly just meat and veggies.

2. You might feel like crap for a couple of weeks but once you get past that it is smooth sailing.

3. Try to avoid fruit because that also can give you cravings to unnatural sweets.

For people new to Paleo I usually loan them my Paleo books, Rob Wolff; Practical Paleo; Eat Like a Dinosaur, or send them good podcast links so they can listen. I’m not a scientist or Dr so I try to give people resources they feel they can trust : )

My top three questions are:

1. What are some very practical ways to be grain-free without going broke. I have four children and am a nursing mom. When we started GAPS a year ago, our grocery bill skyrocketed (we were already following a TF diet before that). I haven’t successfully lowered it yet.

2. How do we reconcile grain-free ideologies with the fact that there are traditional cultures who ate plenty of grains?

3. What kind of concessions are others willing to make when it comes to eating out and eating in the homes of others?

I believe that the biggest action we can take is to simply take care of ourselves and our families. People on the outside will notice that something is different, and it might be utterly obvious if you’re at a gathering where there is food. Curiosity will push them to find out, and that is the perfect time to gently share!

What are your top 3-5 tips for someone brand new to the primal/paleo/real food/ancestral/wapf lifestyle?
Don’t be afraid to take small steps, dip your toe in the water if you’re feeling overwhelmed. Any step in the right direction is going to have a positive impact.

What are your top 3-5 questions that you have regarding the primal/paleo/real food/ancestral/wapf lifestyle?Balancing time/food prep/budget and not becoming overly anxious about food and ending up disheartened.

What actions do you believe us humans need to take in order to turn around the health of society?
Personal responsibility, research we can trust, people engaged in finding out real answers.

What actions do you believe us humans need to take in order to turn around the health of society?

Accept you’re mistakes, do not let one day of non-compliance throw off your mental game. Find others who are positive influences to surround yourself and challenge yourself with.

What actions do you believe us humans need to take in order to turn around the health of society?

Well, in the U.S. for starters I think we need to continue to put pressure on the government to stop interfering in our ability to make the food choices we want to make for ourselves and our families, and get the heck out of our kitchens.

We need to continue to educate people on the evils of commercially farmed/raised agriculture and livestock.

Lastly, we need to change our thinking about health from disease diagnosis and pharmaceutical “fixes” (which really aren’t) to disease prevention starting with what we put into and onto our bodies.

3. Humans in general, Americans specifically, need to watch Fat Head and Food, Inc. (documentaries). Both of these explains why the Food Guide Pyramid is completely wrong and what drives the AHA and FDA to such false promotions. That alone could turn around the health in America (but only if the people who watched it actually did something and changed their ways).

1. What are your top 3-5 tips for someone brand new to the primal/paleo/real food/ancestral/wapf lifestyle?
Follow the KISS principle. Keep It Simple, Stupid! For a newbie, the amount of information can be overwhelming – you get excited about cutting out grains, sugar, soy and eating plenty of yummy, saturated fat. Then, you start to notice all of these variations touted as The Way to Eat in the various forums – no dairy allowed, no fruit allowed, dairy and fruit encouraged, no nuts, no starch . . . unless you’re an athlete and need to do carb re-feedings . . . how about IF and leptin resets? The conflicting opinions assertively stated as Fact can be dizzying and make you question your choices.

My advice is to ignore all of the above and initially concentrate on eating non-processed food. When you have a grip on that (and really look at what you consider to be processed) and have kept steady for 6 months or so – re-evaluate your current state of health and your goals. It is impossible to assess how your body is responding to clean eating if you continue to throw it curve balls based on this week’s latest and greatest theory.

Allow your body the time it needs to heal and adjust with whole foods, exercise and quality sleep. Learn to truly listen to what your body tells you about its health before barreling down the path of iodine supplements, leptin resets and other “N=1″ experiments. Your body has been telling what it wants since you were born – let it have the loudest voice.

What are your top 3-5 tips for someone brand new to the primal/paleo/real food/ancestral/wapf lifestyle?

1. Find a forum such as MDA for support in your primal goals.

2. Take small steps, but be serious about reaching your goals of cutting grains, processed foods and sugar, sometimes doing it all at once can be overwelming.

3. Read the Primal Blue Print

The actions that humans need to take in order to turn around their health (society then follows), is to take responsibility for their own health, eat what is truly healthy.

What are your top 3-5 tips for someone brand new to the primal/paleo/real food/ancestral/wapf lifestyle?
Don’t try to eat less or “sensibly”… eat enough good healthy food that you feel satisfied, while you are changing what you eat.
What actions do you believe us humans need to take in order to turn around the health of society?

Stop allowing corporations to influence policy/research/government agencies, like the FDA and USDA.

What are your top 3-5 tips for someone brand new to the primal/paleo/real food/ancestral/wapf lifestyle?

Don’t get overwhelmed by trying to perfect all the time. Some find it easier to start with one thing at a time – get rid of sugar, dump the grains, and then bad oils, and so on.If possible make friends with your butcher or, find a local farm for meat and eggs. It benefits your local economy as well.Join a Veggie CSA to get local, in season produce or visit farmer’s market whenever available.

What are your top 3-5 questions that you have regarding the primal/paleo/real food/ancestral/wapf lifestyle?
I am just starting this lifestyle per my chiropractors suggestion, so I have a lot of questions…
1. I live in an area of Florida that is practically devoid of things like farmers markets, fresh veggie stands (though citrus fruits are abundant) and even community gardens. Is there a benefit to buying organic in the grocery store?
2. Are frozen veggies ok to use (either purchased fresh, then frozen or buying pre-frozen) ? (It is just me so buying fresh every few days is not very practical.)
3. Is there a benefit to eating veggies raw versus cooked?

Tips for someone brand new to the primal/paleo/real food/ancestral/wapf lifestyle:
1. Figure out what health issues you are trying to improve to determine which lifestyle and how rigidly to follow it would work best for your goals.
2. Read blogs/books to get informed but don’t spend so much time researching that you are too tired/overwhelmed to implement what you learned.
3. Don’t invest much money at first until you’re sure it’s something you really will use. Try to take advantage of free resources such as borrowing primal/paleo cookbooks from the library first to determine if you want to buy them.

Tips for those just starting out:

1. Go whole hog. No cutting out one diet soda a day, no toast grain-training wheels 3 meals a week. Make the big change, all at once. Dive in!

2. Plan your meals. It gets much easier to make good choices on the fly as you progress, but planning my meals and shopping/prepping/cooking ahead of time keeps me sane and on track.

3. Read, listen, learn. Supplement the big ‘bibles’ with website, blogs, and podcasts. Support yourself with knowledge.

4. No ‘fake treats’. Just because you can concoct a delicious donut that is technically totally paleo doesn’t meal that you should, especially when you’re trying to work through the transition in the first place.

Oh wait, actions, plural. I dunno, put a goat in every backyard?

1. Just do it. It took me a year to decide to give up gluten and another 6 months to realize I needed to give up grain. I wasted all that time as it was another 6 months before I decided to adopt a primal lifestyle. I feel so much better. So ditch the grains right away. 2. Suspend what you think you know about nutrition and read, read, and read some more. 3. understand that while real food may seem more expensive you are either going to pay on the front end eating real food or the back end with your health. 4. grow some vegetables yourself, regardless of where you live. if you live in a city grow basil, tomatoes, and some lettuce in pots like they do in Europe. 5. Walk wherever and whenever you can even if you don’t want to. 6. your kids may complain at first but they quickly adopt your way of eating when they help you prepare food, they understand why the changes are being made, and they see you enjoy preparing food for/with them. Even two year olds can understand the difference between grow foods and foods that will keep us from being healthy.

What actions do you believe us humans need to take in order to turn around the health of society?
To me, part of the biggest disconnect that has led to our health crisis is that people no longer know what goes into their food. If everyone were to grow at least some of their own food to not only educate themselves about where food comes from but ensure that they are putting the highest quality nutrients into their bodies, we would go a long way towards solving the obesity epidemic. If all schools got on board doing the same it would be epic.

Tips for newbies:
1. don’t settle for “substitute” foods (figuring out ways to “paleo/primalize” breads and cakes
2. Be vocal with friends and family about why you’re doing it to help avoid peer pressure
3. Go into it with a sense of experimentation and be completely aware of your body. The most exciting part of this experience for me has been discovering how my body reacts to things and moving forward from there.

Tips of the trade:
1. Start slowly. Pick one change to make at a time and transition at your own pace.
2.Cook your own food. Even if you’re not good at it, you’ll get better with practice.
3. Do some research to figure out how to customize the diet for your yourself.

My 3-5 things people starting primal should know-it’s a process,be kind and patient with yourself and tweek it for your body,continually educate yourself about the possibilities this lifestyle has to offer(squatty potty,crossfit,fermented foods,samba,IF..) and don’t let naysayers keep you from trying all of it-you aren’t going to immediately clog your arteries and die or have serious problems if you don’t take their meds.

3-5 tips for someone just starting out on a real food (or similar) diet:
1. Give up packaged foods! And if you can’t give them up altogether, start reading the ingredients list on everything. It will be an eye-opener! And know that healthy packaged foods will likely break the bank and do not taste as good as fresh food.
2. Start checking out your farmers markets. Learn what grows in season and start building your meals around that.
3. Take baby steps and cut yourself some slack. Commit to learning 2-3 new basic skills per month and then work on getting them into your routine. Skills like fermenting, making sourdough, culturing dairy, making stock, etc.
4. Redefine convenience foods (or fast foods). This will make a huge difference when you find yourself in a tough spot. For us, convenience foods are fruit and finger veggies from a supermarket (or even a gas station if in a pinch; organic is best but even non-organic is better than a drive thru!). For meals, fish cooks fast and doesn’t need a long prep period. Lunch can look like a handful of snack foods like carrots and nut butter, an apple, raw cheese and a tall glass of raw milk.

I think new people should start by spending some time doing some good research into the following 2 topics: grains and fat/cholesterol/heart disease/fake vegetable oils. Since these are likely to be the two topics that go most strongly against CW, people should be confident in the ancestral/anthropological reasonings, the relevant science and research, etc.

As a third tip, I would probably recommend people do something like a “whole 30″ and just focus, for a bit, less on the scale or weight loss and more about getting in touch with how much better their body feels on real/ancestral food. People need to take some time to detoxify, relearn what real hunger is, get rid of sugar/processed-carb cravings, etc.

To turn around the health of our society we need to take responsibility for our own health. Sounds simple, but many do not do this. We cannot put junk into our bodies and expect someone else to heal us. Stay away from industrialized food products (that aren’t really food) and eat nutrient dense foods, like pastured eggs, raw milk, grass fed beef, organic vegetables and fruits, healthy oils, like olive or coconut…

Tips for beginners

1) start slow. you will feel like you are going to die and inevitably quit if you stop eating all your junk at once. set a goal to phase it all out over the course of one month. cut back week to week or day to day.

2) exercise. hard. i mean it, lift something heavy.

3) learn as you go. you don’t need to know it all before you start. do what works for you and keep tweaking it until you find yourself right where you want to be.

Top 3 tips for beginners:
1. Keep it simple to begin with. Combine healthy fat, protein, and frozen veggies in a pan and have dinner ready in 5 minutes.
2. Don’t let conventional wisdom hold you back what to eay. Look around – how far has conventional wisdom gotten us so far?
3. Cook big portions and have leftover for several meals. The biggest obstacle for me was the extra time needed for cooking. But with a little planning, it can be managed.

Tips for New Paleo/Primal/Ancestral/WAPF Eaters:

***The 80/20 Rule to Prevent Food Fascism: 80% of the time follow your chosen diet very strictly. 20% of the time, loosen up. (So if you keep paleo 20 meals a week it’s OK if you ate tacos and drank hard cider at Friday night happy hour; and maybe cheese isn’t technically paleolithic but we’ve been eating it for 10,000 years and it’s probably perfectly healthy to do so; and people who tell you that nightshades aren’t authentically paleo can keep their judgment to themselves.) Stress is bad for you and stressing about your diet is no way to be healthy. This is a nutrition regime, not a religion.

***Learn to Love Spices: Try to acquire a small collection of basic spices. Single-spice jars give you the most flexibility but acquiring some blended spices can give you a lot of options with a smaller initial investment. When you take out all the sugar and beige foods, you might feel like your food isn’t fun or exciting anymore. Experimenting with different spices and heavily spicing your food can bring that fun and excitement back to your food. Many common spices also have medicinal benefit, such as being powerful antioxidants or anti-inflammatories. I’m partial to turmeric, cumin, and coriander.
***Just Leave Out the Grains: You don’t need to buy a fancy paleo/primal cookbook, although there are some awesome ideas out there. To start your journey into paleo, just think of a dish you already like, and simply make it without the grain, perhaps increasing the meat and veg portions to compensate. Do you like tacos? Make some seasoned beef and eat it out of a bowl with some lettuce, cheese, salsa, etc. Do you like Thai food? Eat the curry without any rice. Do you like sandwiches? Roll deli meats and sliced veggies up inside a big lettuce leaf or serve over a bed of greens. Burgers? Wrap the burger in lettuce or just eat it with a fork and knife like it’s a steak with lots of toppings. Pasta? Toss the meat and veg in oil or whatever by itself. There’s no need for fancy or complicated recipes unless that’s something you enjoy. Most grains are eaten less for their own sake and more as a vehicle for other foods or a filler to pad the plate. Just skip the vehicle/filler.
***Everything Can Be Made from Coconut: Coconut oil is the best oil to cook in since it’s stable at higher temperatures. Coconut flour is totally paleo, and coconut vinegar is sugar-free. Coconut water makes a great smoothie base while coconut milk is a perfect curry base, and coconut cream is a super decadent dessert. Of all the coconut products, shredded coconut and coconut cream have the strongest and most distinctively coconut flavor, followed by coconut milk. Coconut water, vinegar, flour, and oil have lighter and more subtle flavor. In addition to being delicious and versatile, it’s a nutrient-dense superfood.
***Eat a Lot of Avocados: They’re another delicious nutrient-dense superfood. They’re one of the only sources of healthy plant-based fat. During a detox where you might temporarily dramatically reduce your meat intake, avocados can help keep you satiated and keep a steady supply of healthy fat available to your brain.

Top tips to myself for changing my health habits and influencing others:
“What you think of me is none of my business.” That is the title of a book, but sometimes a book title is so good, that’s all I need.

“Nothing is more important than I feel good.”
“Somebody has to be the last to figure it out, as long as it isn’t me.”
Sound excessively selfish? I was taught to put others ahead of myself, but that is not how nature works. The strong thrive and thus can be of the greatest help, but only if healthy themselves.

Do what you believe is right for yourself and SAY NOT ONE WORD about it. Just do it.
Silence creates curiosity, especially with children. It may take months or years, but their curiosity will lead them to ask questions or want to try it themselves. What they will remember and admire is not what you told them but what you did. What you accomplish will be what others want, and out of those, some will be willing to take the actions.
And some will not.