Our good friend (and culinary wizard) Sarah Fragoso from Everday Paleo will be stopping by the podcast to bring a mother’s perspective to the whole paleo gig. Please submit questions for Sarah in the comments section of this post. We will close the comments this Friday December 17th so we will have time to prepare for the show. Thanks!
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Hi Sarah, I’m a busy chiropractor and my wife does all the cooking for our family. We have been eating paleo about 2 years and my wife tells me she is “running out of ideas” and tends to make similar meals over and over. What can you suggest for keeping paleo cooking fun for her and for keeping her inspired in the kitchen.
Thanks,
Kevin
p.s. We made your paleo pumpkin pie and mmmmmmmm it was great!
If you follow Blood Type 0 Recipes, there is a book called Cook Right 4 Your Type. Blood Type 0 recommendations are mostly paleo. You can also go to Dadamo.com and look at the Type 0 Recipes there..
The only worthwhile contribution of the bloodtype diet IS the O concept.
I have two daughters, 8 and 2. It was hard getting them onto the paleo bandwagon at first but I’ve always found that if you starve them long enough, they will eat! So after a few refusals of what was served and they got hungry, they started eating. My question though is lunches. Especially for my 8 yr old. I pack her a snack and lunch everyday of the week except Thursdays. It’s a compromise. Thursday is pizza day at school. I’m letting her have that one.
What do you pack your kids for school lunches? and more importantly, HOW do you pack them? We have a lunch bag, several plastic containers and a few thermos. I think I’m just stuck in a mental block of what a “lunch” is and I need to think outside the “sandwich”
I’ve followed your blog and have tried some of your recipes. I love that you state brands and specifics. We do 80% of our shopping at Trader Joes so it’s great to see you using products I’m familiar with.
Thanks so much!
Shantel
Hi Sarah,
Sort of in addition to this question, what do YOU do when it’s “pizza day” at school? Do you ever have any problems with the kids feeling “left out”?
Thanks!
Adam
I am a breastfeeding mom who is out of shape and 25lb over my normal healthy weight. This is my third baby and he is just over 3 months and has been a slow gainer the whole time so keeping a good milk supply is my priority. I have read that pregnant and breatfeeding mom’s need more fat and carbs than the typical paleo diet. I am wondering how the paleo solution can be modified for breastfeeding moms. So far I have not been able to find the right balance of extra carbs and fat. When I ate less carbs and fat my milk supply went down so I added more but I am still not loosing any weight so maybe I added too much? It would be great to have some guidance on how to do paleo as a breastfeeding mom.
I am also interested in this topic. My baby is 6 weeks old and breastfeeding is going well. I had problems with breastfeeding my first so making sure my milk supply is strong is my number one priority. However, since this is my last child, I am ready to get on the paleo bandwagon as well as doing crossfit to achieve a healthier lifestyle. So will eating strict paleo decrease my milk supply? I have already excluded dairy (except grassfed butter) from my diet and my milk is still going strong. Or is it a matter of making sure you get a certain amount of calories and fat(for example, 1800 calories for breastfeeding mothers)? If you can be specific about how many carbs, fats, and proteins for breastfeeding mothers would be helpful. Also would being in a state of ketosis leak ketones into breastmilk?
Thanks!
Melissa
HI Sarah! LOVE your blog! I wanted to hear just about starting your family out on Paleo eating. I’ve heard Robb say you just were really tough about everything in the beginning and there was some uprising at first, but then everyone got on board. Ok, that’s great and all, but I (and many other MOms) need some specifics- I have a very picky eater and a good eater. 5 and 3. Please give a timeline and suggestions for getting families off to the right start. Keep up the great work!
Kat Grosshaupt
Crossfit Central Women’s blogger
Hey Sarah, I second this. I’m definitely interested to hear more about how you’ve involved the kids in the cooking process to get them excited about their food.
Thanks for your blog! It definitely kept me going the first month I was paleo…
Best,
the other Sarah
Hello, Sarah! Thanks in advance for any advice, etc.
My wife has vowed to start a strict 30-day Paleo Solution™ regimen, beginning January 1. She is and has been a typical SAD follower until her entire life. My private thoughts are that she’ll be blown away by the improvements and therefore stick to this for life, but we shall see.
She’s early 40s, very average weight, fitness level, etc.
Oh yeah, my question!
Are there any problems that tend to pop up for females just beginning this path that might not be there for a guy, and is there any thought or consideration that you might have for my wife as she starts out on this wonderful journey?
(Sorry for the crap question, but it’s the best I got.)
Thanks again and Happy Holidays!
Hi Sarah,
I love your blog!
I need more lunch ideas for picky eaters who go to a “nut free” school. Eliminating nuts really limits our options. Thanks in advance..
Suzanne
I’m the Paleo nut, with a wife and two daughters (10 and 6) who eat healthy by mainstream standards (organic, 80% non-processed), but far from Paleo (way too many grains & carbs, not enough meats or healthy fats). How do I bring them into the Paleo lifestyle without driving us all crazy, or creating all kinds of neuroses about food?
(My wife grew up w/ an eating disorder, so she’s super-sensitive to any pressures about food, but I know my girls, while lean, are not heading down the road of the kind of health they could enjoy.)
Help!
I second this question as I am in a very similar situation. I have been able to eliminate gluten out of the house, but still not the carbs.
My wife didnt have an eating disorded but she comes from a family that lives off of carbs so it’s a hard nut to crack.
I would say the best way is to set the example yourself. Emphasize how paleo makes you feel soooo good. You can’t change others and force them to do things against their will, unless you think your kids holding onto resentment is healthier than eating Paleo (it’s not).
Just be the example and just occasionally dramatize how good and happy your meal makes you feel.
Hi Sarah/Robb/Andy,
Love the Podcasts! Working my way through them all.
My Question: How do I get my Mum and Dad to go Paleo?! My twin brother and I are 18 and have been Paleo + Dairy
( None of that Pasturied Milk nonsence, just full fat Greek Yogurt and full fat cottage cheese due to their growth promoting properties) for 6 Months now after reading your’s and Poliquim’s work. We managed to persuade our parents to buy the correct foods for us but I lack the knowledge on how to convince them to go Paleo also which would make things so much easier! They currently eat the traditional Irish Diet of Crap. My Mum has been recently diagnosed with Epilopsy and My Dad has High Blood cholesterol and recently got Varicous veins removed from his leg. They are relying on their doctor to save them and are not saving themselves by changing their diet!
I would really appreciate your advice and thoughts and could possibly get them to listen to the podcast in which you answer this,
Cheers,
Hugh,
Dublin
Hi Sarah (and Robb and Andy)!
My young family has been finding our Paleo footing since September, and has been thriving, but we are quickly approaching a bump in the road. My oldest daughter will be turning 3 and starting half day preschool in January. She has never been in care outside the home, and so her food choices have always been strictly controlled. The school she is going to is private and small, so they provide snacks and lunch to the kids. The problem is, they are standard “kid” food – Cheez-its, Peanut butter crackers, graham crackers, etc. I have no problem sending her snacks and lunch, but my question is this: How do you (or did you) deal with the, “I want what all the other kids have” from the kids and the, “how can you be such a heartless parent” from everyone else?
Thanks for being a great example of a healthy American family!
Hi everyone!
I’m writing here because I need some help with a large school project I’m writing about grain consumption. I sent Robb an e-mail as well but I figured that maybe I would have a greater chance of getting an answer here as I know Robb is very busy.
Ok, so I need to do some kind of chemical explanation of the impacts on the body of dietary lectins. I read The Paleo Soultion so I understand the concept of leaky gut, autoimmunity and so on but since I’m doing this project in the subject chemistry I need a more “chemical” respons. What I’m looking for is the chemical processes which are triggered when we eat lectins and I fail to find any sources explaining this.
I hope you understand my question and I would really appreciate any answer or input from Robb or any of you wise paleo proponents can give me.
Best regards,
Svend Poulsen
Copenhagen Technical High School
Denmark
Cereal Grains:humanities double edged sword.
PDF here:
http://www.direct-ms.org/pdf/EvolutionPaleolithic/Cereal%20Sword.pdf
Hi Sarah,
One year old breakfast ideas, go!
Love your site Sarah.
My family eats 95% Paleo (Wife will sneak bread). A huge part of our success is because of your wonderful recipes, so thank you.
But, we are having a problems with my 17 month old son not eating veggies. All he ever wants to eat is meat. I know this isn’t the worst thing in the world. But ever since we introduced meat into his diet he stopped eating his veggies. I have tried to sneak them into meatballs but he finds those little chunks of veggies and picks them out.
Any advice.
Thanks
Kyle
Hi Sarah!
My wife and I love your site and use your recipes all time.
My question is about daycare. More specifically, if you have any advice about how to circumvent the mother of all paleo cock-blocks that is kids getting pasta/pretzels/bagels etc…4 days a week. At least they don’t get juice or chips at our daycare, but the daycare providers are basically counseled and overseen based on food pyramid guidelines. I was out of work in 2009, home 100% and could control food for the baby and toddler. Feeding them Paleo worked great. Now, they can just hold out or pick at food until daycare and eat crap instead of what we choose to eat/provide. I don’t know if there is a solution outside of packing every bleeding meal/snack and then having them be the weird one at daycare. I am the weird one and I am OK with that, but making a kid be segregated…not so sure that is good. My wife and I have anorexic sisters and we don’t want our daughter (who starts kindergarten in 9 months) being neurotic if we can help it. At least in school we will be packing her food, and that just leaves the (now)2 yr old boy.
I love Robb and his site/book/blog, and have been to one of his seminars. The kids element is missing somehow though when circumstances of life come in. I know our situation is not unique. We probably just have to do our best. Maybe I just need a support group because this makes me want to repeatedly head-butt a wall covered with broken glass sometimes.
I’m so excited that the guys have decided to have a Paleo mom on the show (although honestly, I think that Robb’s take on the kids/breastfeeding questions has been pretty spot on, considering that he is not a parent yet!). My question: what is the best way to respond to clueless daycare workers when they suggest that your kid is deprived because you don’t feed him cereal in the morning??? Honestly, it’s so frustrating! I’m also keen to hear about school lunch ideas for my eldest so he doesn’t feel deprived compared to all the other kids with all their little factory packages/boxes of crap.
Two questions:
1) have you seen changes in pms since going paleo? If you still have some how do you deal with them?
2) I have two teens and feel with all their changes (girl and boy) I need to make sure they have extra good foods. Any suggestions on paleo foods to focus on?
Paleo completely eliminated my PMS and menstrual cramps (along with a bit of magnesium and fish oil)
I love everydaypaleo.com and use it as my Bible when making dinners. My question deals with teenagers. You often mention how much your younger kids love veggies, as mine also do. My problem is getting my teen daughter to eat better. Does your teenage son follow Paleo? Do you just try to get good food in him at home and deal with the junk he may eat with friends? I’m worried about talking and pressuring too much, since that could affect her self/body image.
Hi Sarah! I love your blog and can’t wait for your podcast! 🙂 I’m wondering about the best way to transition my three boys- cold turkey or more of a gradual switch? My oldest is 10 and will eat almost anything, but my younger two are extremely picky (I know they say a child won’t starve to death, but I don’t think they’ve met my 4 year-old!) when it comes to veggies and even some meats. I’ve stopped serving starches and grains with dinners, but it’s the breakfasts and lunches I worry more about. Also, is it ok for them to eat as much fruit as they want, or should I be worried about the fructose for them? Thanks so much!
Robb and Andy,
Love the site and podcasts. I’ve been on-board since episode 1 and haven’t missed one yet. This stuff has literally changed my life and the lives of my athletes.
Sarah,
I’m a collegiate strength coach in the LA area and my wife and I have 2 young daughters, ages 2 3/4 and 10 months. My wife was a high level competitive gymnast for 16 years and after that took up running for her activity. Now that we have 2 girls, ashe is struggling to find ways to workout/run. She is healthy and lean because of the way we eat (5’0″ and about 100lbs), but she doesn’t have the muscle mass she used to have. What would be your recommendations for her as far as ways to work in some bodyweight exercises and/or running a couple days a week? How many days do you workout during the week and how long do you train each time you workout? Thanks so much for your help. I love your site and my wife is warming up to it — it took me a few years to get her on the paleo gig, and being an italian who cooks a lot, she hates using other peoples recipes and ideas, as if it is a shot to her ego or something. Anyway, keep up the good work!
Hi Sarah,
I have a 5 1/2 month boy going well on breast milk (my wife’s not mine! ) and we’re thinking about getting him over to Paleo style solid foods in the next few months.
Q’s
1) When is best to trans from breast to solids? I recall Robb mentioning something about this way way back in one of his early podcasts, but not sure it was fully covered and can’t fin it now.
2) What types of solids to transition him into, and how to prepare them?
3) Fats, for a baby, which ones?
Cheers
Wayne
Hi,
Not so much a question about parenting, but just questions that would only pop up for a women –
1. Ketones during birthing – 8 years ago when I gave birth to my son, using a midwife for assistance giving birth at home, they had me peeing on ketostix the whole time. Rational was that if your body was burning ketones for fuel, it would stall labor (for reason that weren’t clarified at the time). Sure enough, after a long labor when I wasn’t able to keep food down, things did eventually stall and they put me on a IV glucose drip which turned things around. Is this the case only for women who are not keto-adapted, or was it all a load of bunk to begin with, or is there actually science behind this?
2. Placenta – the midwives I was receiving primary care from strongly recommended the consumption of the placenta by the mother after birth. Although google will turn up some nasty recipes, they advised cooking, drying, pulverizing and putting it into gelcaps, which I did do. The claim was that the hormones contained in the meat would be extremely helpful for recovering from childbirth and preventing any post-partum emotional downswings. Is this valid? They pointed out that almost all mammals in the wild will eat the placenta after birthing, so there is that theoretical framework from which to build.