Forget Three Meals a Day

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As my daughter ate a small hotel package of butter this morning, I had to repeat to myself in my head what I read in the "The Paleo Diet" (L. Cordain): You can only eat so much pure butter until you had enough... Maybe this rule doesn't apply to my little girl, must be genetic, her daddy has the same condition.

Forget Three Meals a Day

So I said to myself: "Relax, just remember that most of the time, she is asking for fruit, fresh juice, bread or nuts." She even eats the occasional raw carrot between meals. She hardly ever asks for cookies, nor will she overeat on chips. That's the power of radical unschooling for you.

I must admit, there was a time when I was convinced my daughter was only going to eat healthy things and would never get chips, peanuts, cookies, pie, cake, ice cream and what not. That time is long gone. By choice!

When I first started reading up on radical unschooling, I found a blog post about food. Radical unschooling basically means you hand your children the right tool kit and trust them to make the right decisions for themselves in all aspects of life. Food is one of those things. Basically it comes to this where food is concerned: let them have it, tell them about the nutritional value of each food and then allow them to make their own choices. Now with a 20 month old, you can imagine there's not a great deal of explaining about the nutritional value of food, but we do leave her to decide. She can have whatever is around (with a few exception such as raw meat/fish/seafood and non-edible stuff, of course) and surprise, surprise! She hardly asks for cookies or chips.

When my daughter gets hungry, she'll go to the kitchen and point out what she wants, either from the fridge or the kitchen cabinets. She'll have a bit of chocolate when we're having some. She eats potato chips when we're out and about and they're on the table. But given the choice, 3 times out of 4 she'll pick an apple instead of a cookie.

And if you are still worried: You are doing the grocery shopping, not them. Maybe you should reconsider your own diet if you are worried about what your children might or might not be eating. Think about it: if you are worried about your child eating something you eat, then why are you having it?

I really believe that, given the choice on a regular basis, even that small, children can make the right decisions for themselves. Same goes for the amount of food they eat.

For Flying Spaghettimonsters' sake, stop pushing your kids into a three full meals a day schedule! Be a hobbit, will you! It's not even right for us! Let them eat when they're hungry and eat until they're full! If they're happy and healthy, there's no need to be worried if your child doesn't eat a full serving at dinner. They are much more in touch with their body then we are. Our parents' mania of three meals/ finish your plate etc completely out of touch with our body's needs and makes us overeat, eat the wrong things and go hungry between meals. Next to eating the wrong food, not listening to our bodies' needs is one of the main reasons so many people are obese in Western society.

Trust your kids! We trust our pets to eat the right amount of food and let them fast if they so desire, so why would we force feed our children?

Three meals a day is a practical thing, not a health choice. It's so much easier to have scheduled eating for schools/employer. It is also easier on the designed cook. It is not better for your body.

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Diets That Target Belly Fat

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As you may already know, the key to getting rid of belly fat is learning how to burn it off. One of the obstacles for many people is leaning how to eat in order to lose weight and keep it off. Fad diets are essentially a waste of time. It is possible to experience temporary weight loss but what often happens is after the diet is over, the weight is put back on and then some. A much better method of eating is one that you can stick to in the long term.

Diets That Target Belly Fat

Dieting does not have to be a struggle and food doesn't have to be unpleasant. It is simply a matter of finding an eating plan that you can stick to and also a matter of adapting to your new lifestyle.

Below are two diets that I have researched and feel would work well for targeting belly fat. First it's important to focus on what foods keep us overweight. The main culprit is sugar. The average person probably eats sugar all day long without realizing it. Besides the obvious sugar filled items like soda, cakes, cookies, etc., sugar can also be found in bread, cereal, and most processed foods.

Two Diets That Help Eliminate Belly Fat

The two diets that I find myself leaning towards are:

• Paleolithic diet
• Clean eating diet

The paleo diet is also referred to as the "caveman" diet. Grains are not a part of this diet. It focuses on lean meat, seafood, fresh vegetables, fresh fruit, nuts, and seeds. Clean eating is a way of eating that is similar to the paleo diet. Clean eaters avoid any type of processed foods and typically eat 5 to 6 small meals per day. Bodybuilders are well known for this way of eating.

The reason these two diets work well for helping to burn belly fat is because they do a good job of avoiding sugar, bad fats, and empty calories. They also keep food fun to eat. You are eating real food that still tastes delicious. There are groups of people devoted to both types of eating so if you need a support system, you can find groups online. People share their experiences as well as recipes that keep your meals interesting.

Before changing up your eating habits, it's a good idea to speak with your health care provider to be sure your new diet is one that is best for you.

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The Caveman Diet - Foods to Avoid

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While the official name is the Paleolithic diet, most people know it as the Caveman Diet and it is quickly becoming one of the more popular diet plans in many health and fitness circles. There is good reason why the diet is popular - it works and it is based on a relatively simple plan. Specifically, it deals with eating foods and vegetables that would be a staple of the cavemen that lived 2.5 million years ago.

The Caveman Diet - Foods to Avoid

Does that mean that the types of food you eat in this diet are tough to find? No, you will ne be required to eat dinosaur meat. You would be eating meats, fruits, and vegetables that are natural and common to the natural world. In short, chicken breast and salad would be common items in such a diet. However, you would not be adding any ketchup or Caesar salad dressing to the mix. Nor would you be drinking a soda with it and you certainly would not be eating a slice of cake. After all, none of these things existed 2.5 million years ago. That is the key to the food you want to avoid on such a diet. You want to stick with foods from the Paleolithic era and stay away from those items that are products of the modern era.

And the food of the modern era is certainly not what you want to deal with because they are loaded with processed items. It is these processed components that are often the villains that pack on the excess fat we all wish we could avoid. As such, anything that would be considered an "evil construct" of the modern era needs to be avoided. This will enhance your ability to drop weight quite significantly. So, what are some of the common foods specifically best avoided? Here is a look:

Anything with refined sugar is a real no-no. Refined sugars and their cheap cousins such as corn syrup and high fructose corn syrup are best avoided since they do nothing but pack on fat.

Any type of carbonated or processed beverage is to be avoided when engaging in this diet. And alcohol is strictly forbidden since it is nothing but a health hazard and a high source of calories.

Organic game meats are highly advised to eat but those meats that have additives and processed ingredients need to be strictly avoided. Again, a common theme with this diet is that you perpetually avoid eating anything with processed items in it. These are commonly the source of rapid weight gain which is why they serve no purpose in a health conscious diet.

Grains and dairy products are avoided because they were not used as a food source during the era. Some may find the exclusion of these items curious since they are not associated with harm to the diet. However, they can pack on weight and cause other problems which are why the Caveman Diet eliminates them from the menu.

The Caveman Diet may seem restrictive in terms of its food choices but it really isn't. There are many items you can eat. You just need to be mindful of those foods to avoid.

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