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Title: Crossfit Athletes
Post by: kurite on March 09, 2010, 07:14:14 am

Just thought i'd show this video I found. I just found it funny that almost all of the worlds most athletic people eat a diet thats pretty close to a paleo diet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY9ceulkVzs&NR=1

Title: Re: Crossfit Athletes
Post by: pc701 on March 09, 2010, 08:25:39 am

I have doubts about your claim kurite that most top athletes eat a somewhat paleo diet.

Title: Re: Crossfit Athletes
Post by: van on March 09, 2010, 11:07:56 am

almost all said that they eat lean meats with fats from avos,nuts, and seeds, olive oil....    makes you think

Title: Re: Crossfit Athletes
Post by: kurite on March 09, 2010, 11:50:49 am

pc701 did you not watch the video? Almost all said they eat meat, fruit, veges, nuts, fish, and eggs and no grains

Title: Re: Crossfit Athletes
Post by: KD on March 09, 2010, 11:57:18 am

I think from what I gather from surfing Mark Sisson's site is that more athletes ARE doing a cooked paleo/primal approach - even endurance athletes to some degree - but I agree I think its untrue that most athletes eat paleo.

but yeah Crossfit -from past research - seems to be very much tied to Cordain-type paleo diet

Title: Re: Crossfit Athletes
Post by: pc701 on March 09, 2010, 11:57:46 am

You mean just the athletes featured in the video or do you mean the majority of the worlds athletes across the globe?I am willing to bet that most top athletes eat a Neolithic diet

Title: Re: Crossfit Athletes
Post by: kurite on March 09, 2010, 11:59:36 am

No all I meant were all the ones featured on this video. I found it interesting because this isn't a paleo video its just a video about these athletes diet.

Title: Re: Crossfit Athletes
Post by: PaleoPhil on March 10, 2010, 12:13:10 pm

Quote from: KD on March 09, 2010, 11:57:18 am

...but yeah Crossfit -from past research - seems to be very much tied to Cordain-type paleo diet

Yes, probably because the most influential CrossFitter on diet was Rob Wolff (he has since left CrossFit), who is a friend of Dr. Cordain's. Ironically, Dr. Cordain's team is gradually evolving away from the lean approach:

"The bottom line is that we do not recommend cutting down saturated fatty acid intake but rather decrease high-glycemic load foods, vegetable oils, refined sugars, grains, legumes and dairy." --Maelán Fontes, Paleo Diet Q & A - Saturated Fat, http://thepaleodiet.blogspot.com/2010/03/paleo-diet-q-saturated-fat.html

Title: Re: Crossfit Athletes
Post by: miles on April 03, 2010, 02:19:30 am

Harley?

Title: Re: Crossfit Athletes
Post by: RawZi on April 03, 2010, 10:58:47 am

Quote from: pc701 on March 09, 2010, 11:57:46 am

I am willing to bet that most top athletes eat a Neolithic diet

   She ate a neolithic diet apparently:

    http://www.findadeath.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1891 (http://www.findadeath.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1891)

    Can't dispute she was a top athlete.