North Shore CrossFit

Dairy…Good or Bad?

As your Coaches we research many subjects on nutrition in hopes to give our members accurate information as simply as possible. When it comes to the paleo diet you can go to many different resources and it is made very clear that items like sugar, cereal grains, legumes, processed foods, and industrial vegetable oils should be completely avoided; if they can’t be consumed in their raw state then they are not meant to be consumed.

Dairy on the other hand seems to be the one food group that is not so black and white.  We encourage you to read Mark Sisson’s blog on the ‘Definitive Guide to Dairy’ http://www.marksdailyapple.com/dairy-intolerance/#more-10433 . Although he does not state dairy needs to be completely avoided he makes it clear it is not the best source of calcium and vitamin D as we have been lead to believe and that all dairy is not created equally.

The choice is ultimately yours but we feel it is our job to give our members the recourses and information to make an educated one.

“My body is the home in which my mind or soul has to live from birth to death. It is the chief instrument by which I act on the world and achieve my purposes. Its state of health and efficiency not just at this moment, but for the rest of my life – will influence everything that I think, feel, say and do.”
J.G Bennett, Transformation

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Nutrition Resource Links

At North Shore CrossFit we promote a paleo zone diet.

This means we promote eating within the guidlines of the

Paleo diet with a Zone Diet formula.

Paleo Diet

• The paleolithic Diet Page (what the hunter/gatherers ate)

The Zone

• Zone Block Calculator Click here
• Zone Diet Home page
• Zone Fish Oil

• Buy Zone Diet Products

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The Simple Truth about Grains

The ‘Simple’ truth about grains

First let’s start by recognizing that grains only became a part of our diet about 10,000 years ago. This may sound like an enormous amount of time in relation to our life span but in relation to evolution it is a drop in a very large bucket. Our genetic nutritional needs have changed very little over the past 40,000 years but our diet has changed dramatically. There is a significant amount of research and data suggesting that the human genetic makeup and physiology may not be fully adapted to high levels of cereal grain consumption. This doesn’t mean that most of us are unable to tolerate grains; it means our bodies were not designed for them and they are not as healthy as we have been led to believe.

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World-Class Fitness in 100 Words

Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch and no sugar. Keep intake to levels that will support exercise but not body fat. Practice and train major lifts: Deadlift, clean, squat, presses, C&J, and snatch. Similarly, master the basics of gymnastics: pull-ups, dips, rope climb, push-ups, sit-ups, presses to handstand, pirouettes, flips, splits, and holds. Bike, run, swim, row, etc, hard and fast. Five or six days per week mix these elements in as many combinations and patterns as creativity will allow. Routine is the enemy. Keep workouts short and intense. Regularly learn and play new sports.
~Greg Glassman