Home of The Monkey Guild » Diet & Health http://monkeyguild.org Monkeytastic Meanderings Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:14:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Chiropractor Needed http://monkeyguild.org/diet-health/chiropractor-needed/ http://monkeyguild.org/diet-health/chiropractor-needed/#comments Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:48:00 +0000 Noah http://monkeyguild.org/random/chiropractor-needed/ I seem to have a nerve trapped that doesn’t appear to be freeing itself any time soon. I’ll be paying a visit to ye olde doctor to make certain it’s nothing more serious, but assuming that it is what I think than I need the help of a chiropractor (and possibly a skilled masseuse). Any local recommendations for either?

]]> http://monkeyguild.org/diet-health/chiropractor-needed/feed/ 2 Vegan Paleo http://monkeyguild.org/diet-health/vegan-paleo/ http://monkeyguild.org/diet-health/vegan-paleo/#comments Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:45:05 +0000 Noah http://monkeyguild.org/?p=1651 Since my recent foray into the paleolithic diet, I’ve been thinking about the possibility of keeping to a said diet and still staying vegan. The biggest problem as I see it would be in making certain you’re taking in enough essential amino acids to make up for the lack of meat. Obviously you could eat soy, but soy is the devil (doubly so if you’re going paleo) so that’s out. Using a bit of Google-Fu (aka Wikipedia in this case) you’ll find that the essential amino acids are: Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine, Methionine, Phenylalanine, Threonine, Tryptophan, Valine, Histidine, Tyrosine, and Selenocysteine (with the last three not always actually essential). I’ve found the following vegan food sources that provide amino acids without violating the paleo principle:

Isoleucine – seaweed
Leucine – walnuts
Lysine – spinach
Methionine – garlic
Phenylalanine – banana
Threonine – apple
Tryptophan – banana
Valine – seaweed
Histidine – seaweed
Tyrosine – avoacdo
Selenocysteine – walnuts

The one that I can’t seem to get a straight answer about though is whether or not seaweed actually counts as paleo. Your thoughts?

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