30 Day "Primal Diet" Results 

What type of diet protocols do you follow? Is there any diet you want me to try out and report back on? IG ► instagram.com/thestrengthside

It might sound dumb, but one of the best things you can do for your diet, is to avoid anything that you see advertisement for.

My two favorite Tarzan's. Beautiful movements. I''ll give primal a go this month. Just quit alcohol after drinking for 10 years daily. 4 days no alcohol....can't believe how much better i'm already starting to feel. One of the hardest things i have ever done

I would love to see a video on the ropes. Not only does it seem a good way to get moving, it can enhance the mind/body connections.

The mental game is real when giving up favorite foods, and developing the mentality to keep yourself on track is work that gets done every day. Thanks for this video. Would definitely like to see some videos on the ropes!

I've been doing keto for 7 years. One thing I would recommend before starting any dietary plan is a basic blood and lipid panel before and 30 days into it. Make sure everything is moving in the right direction.

I've been eating paleo for over 2 years. It's made a huge difference in my health, weight, energy, and joint pain and my blood work and blood pressure. I love not feeling tired and achy. I'll never go back. Occasionally, family gatherings require that I eat something unhealthy. I just go back to paleo the next day and start with a short fast to cleanse my body. As Josh said, the most important thing is to eat with intention. He's right that it's hard to eat out. 99% of restaurant food is unhealthy and full of sodium and sugar. Paleo makes a documented HUGE difference for folks with chronic inflammatory conditions and food sensitivities and all chronic modern diseases. I recommend the book by Dr. Terry Wahls. She's THE authority on paleo and reversed her own MS with it. She offers multiple levels of restriction. I'd also offer caution eating too much processed food labeled as "paleo". While it has healthier ingredients, it's usually still processed. Become a label reader. If you can't understand or pronounce the ingredients, put it back. The best thing you can put in your body is fresh whole food and nothing processed or full of chemicals. And avoid dairy, grains, and all forms of sugar except some whole fruit. Use mostly virgin olive oil and avocado oil and some coconut for cooking. You can also eat clarified butter that has the milk solids removed. It's easier and tastier to make your own with a double boiler than buy the nasty rancid ghee they sell in jars in the stores.

I’ve been off and on Paleo over the last 10 years and intermittent fasting for the last 5 along with it. I can honestly tell you this. I absolutely hate life when I do not take care of myself, or feel and look like a tub of shit. I fall into really bad habits due to just being lazy, which in turn creates anxiety followed by depression, weight gain, self pity and an overall poor outlook on things. The Paleo diet with a 16 - 8 intermittent fasting schedule, working out at least 3 days a week absolutely works for mental health, physical health/weight loss, attitude and overall outlook. There is something about sticking to it that maybe builds a confidence that creates momentum which in turn has no choice but to become a habitual way of living. Great video.

I'd be interested in the rope flow. I'll be 70 in 3 days. I've been running for 50 years. I started lifting weights about 10 years ago. I wish I had started this earlier. I've been watching your content because of the mobility and flexibility along with strength.

Love it bro!! As someone in mid 20s I can say that unless you're clouding your mental clarity with too much caffeine, bad sleep, media over stimulation etc.. youll already feel a MASSIVE difference in capacity, recovery and bounciness of overall life! Love sticking to paleo as a baseline and minimally going left & right to make use of momentum that 'giving in a little' gives. I currently value the momentum of saying YES more than the rigidity of NO. For ex. there's a "warming" effect to some grains like oats or heavy fiber-bound seeds like buckwheat or quinoa or black/red/wild rice. You can lightly ferment these to significantly reduce the sugars in them too :D !! When I do go for oatmeal for ex. I wont do 90% oats but maybe 30%. Rest can be seeds like shredded flaxseed, chia, chopped up nuts galore and some cooked fruit like apple (cooked especially because it releases pectin fiber - great for gut) or banana. Keep tinkering

I"m glad this woe worked out for you. I've had to eat carnivore for over 4 years. I'm allergic to gluten and feel best when eating no plants. I'll eat an occassional brussel sprout, pickle or olive. I can tolerate them. I work out generally 5 days a week at the gym. I eat little fruit or sugar. I'm 70 years old and feel great.

Tell us about the rope. I’ve been eating keto for the last 3 months. About to jump into paleo. Excited to see how my body responds! Thanks for the content!

Nice video- let me offer some insights. There are a couple of problems with the paleo diet. 1- there was no single diet shared by our paleo ancestors. Hunter gatherers who migrated to different climates varies significantly in their macro combinations. The Inuit are a diet that was primarily composed of fats, the Polynesians ate mostly carbs, and the Native Americans of Montana ate a protein heavy diet, for some examples. They are all healthy diets that matches their respective climates. Another issue is that humans have domesticated all of our foods from fruits and vegetables to our animal foods. Look up the wild cousins of the carrot, potato, etc and you’ll see what I mean. Also, animals have changed quit a bit since we began herding livestock instead of hunting wild animals, and one side effect of this is that domesticated animals have a much higher fat content, as just one example, so eating a lot of beef today will put a lot more animal fat in your diet than eating the same portion of a wild bison steak. My other critique is that humans have adapted since paleo times to be able to eat grains, beans, and yes, even dairy, if you are descended from north European whites, so it is not true that we cannot eat these foods, as the paleo diet suggests. Evolution did not stop after the paleo era. I hope some of this is helpful for your understanding. I recommend checking out the books “Paleofantasy” and “Diet Cults”- they are both excellent and cover these topics in detail. Cheers.

What I recommend is something proposed in “Diet Cults” called Agnostic Healthy eating. This means you start with a list of the healthiest foods and use trial and error to deduce the best diet for yourself. Each human has a u Jair ancestry and looking to your ancestors and their climate can be helpful as well. Try different combinations of macros, at different times, etc. Since you will have a unique genetic makeup and different lifestyle, exercise needs, age, sex, etc, likewise, there will be a unique optimal diet for each person. One person may thrive on dairy while another better to be vegan, etc.

Thanks for another great tip guys! I like the sound of this and will be sure to keep it in mind for in the upcoming g months. I'm still on the "no sugar, alcohol, coffee" month for now, but honestly I need to pace myself... after a decades of eating all sorts, not necessarily terribly but not well balanced to say the least! Having done things like oats to hold onto rather than sugary cereal of deaded bread with a (albeit otherwise paced healthily) sandwich rather than a "subway"is I feel a necessarily stepping stone. I think its important to point out whilst what you point out Josh is absolutely correct and very true, swapping everything overnight in attempt to better ourselves will have a large ratio of failure imho because lets be frank here, it's far more easy to take these in s steps rather than a straight up 180. Slow is smooth - smooth is fast! As i say I'll definitely keep this in mind for the upcoming months, one step at a time in order to achieve a lifestyle the we can each be proud of to have made happen! Sorry for the monologue haha, as someone who's spent his 20s abusing alcohol, junkfood and social media at the cost of my mental and physical fitness its nice to have the subtle clarity to step back and being able to pick out right from "easy" Love from the UK guys, thank you for making the world a better place!

I have tried them all. Some are just plane stupid. Some are just telling us to leave the bags of crap out of our carts. now at 71, I am a flexitarian.

I'm 40 years down the line, and you are spot on!

Into paleo diet for 9 years now, and no chance to go back. Meat, eggs, fruit, vegetables, natural fats, nuts and occasionally dairy and alcohol. Works like a charm.

Great video, I'm going for a walk to think about this.

I was actually thinking about doing some food “purging” and trying the paleo diet for a month so, crazy how you release a video like this during that time lol. And yes would love to see a video about rope flow

Well put Josh. Real foods. Nothing processed and no sugar. No more than 5 ingredients that you know and understand.

For past two years I been doing a variant of keto, Paleo and carnivore +18/6 intermittent fasting. My body fat on most days around 10.5%. the only dairy I get is raw milk, kefir or raw cheese. Feel pretty good for a guy in his mid 50's. I regularly run 4 to 8 miles as well as road bike and some weight lifting / core work. When I try to tell family or normies what I do they think I'm crazy.

A rope video would be cool! Please 🙏 I personally eat a whole food, plant based diet and feel great doing that. I think avoiding processed food is key.

Thanks for the vid. Really like that you are coming at it from a personal and tried angle and not “preaching or shaming”. Gives us an insight and the tools to make a decision to explore the idea further if we want. Would love to hear more about the ropes and your journey and method with it please.

I like your face without the smoothing filter bro. Your a very handsome man and your profile is unique in that it has a beauty of it's own. The filter makes it perfect but takes away the different uniqueness that your beauty comes in. But also love your video. Much love!

This is such an awesome vid. I'm super interested in a rope video. These videos on the results of a 30-day diet are really helpful too. You guys are awesome at showing the gentle truth, while showing some phenomenal benefits from the process. Thanks for doing what you do!

Im at 2 meals a day scheduele. Also only with whole plant based foods. Works super good for me.

I’ve been on the paleo autoimmune diet since January and I haven’t looked back. With each food I eliminated I felt better and better. Alcohol, dairy and gluten were first years ago. Then this year all other grains, nuts and seeds, eggs, nightshades, poly unsaturated oils… I’ve never had so much energy. I’ve added back in a the occasional brown rice or aged cheese and nightshades, but thats it. I am mostly blown away on how much easier cooking actually got. Way less options, but they all taste absolutely delicious and are relatively easy and quick to prepare. Just fruit, veg & meat. Easy. They taste so good and leave me feeling vibrant so it’s hard to get sick of the small selection.

Been on paleo now and I LOVE it..Ive tried many styles. Vegan for 7 years, vegetarian a few, Mediterranean, and now this. WITH THE EXCEPTION of grass fed organic dairy only, I feel great with it so i don't cut it. I feel the mental clarity too, its my favorite benefits.

I'm a vegetarian and I eat 80-90% whole foods. I eat kind of low carb because I don't eat rice, rarely eat pasta, but usually have a slice or two of sprouted grain bread. I eat tons of veg and fruit but and rely on eggs, cottage cheese and Greek yogurt for the bulk of my protein. My diet isn't as clean as paleo but since I cut out alcohol, sugar and most processed foods I feel great. I've been vegetarian for almost 20 years and have always eaten fairly healthy, but when I did a 30 day no sugar diet a while back it really changed how I eat.

Great info! Thanks! Yes, please do a rope flow video. A beginners plan would be good. Just got my own rope. 💗 your inspiration!

I'm the biggest cheese lover you'll find, so I eat dairy all the time, milk, yogurt, etc. Dairy is good and healthy for most people

I think cutting out dairy is wise if you don’t have access to Raw dairy products. From what I’ve seen most people with dairy intolerance can consume raw dairy.

So true, less cravings and crashes. I feel happier with paleo.

Awesome video! I like Keto/wholefoods myself with a pinch of Intermittent fasting 🤪 You guys definitely got me intrigued about that rope and YES a video would de fantastic! ✌🏼😎👍🏼

I follow a carnivore diet. Plan to add fruits in the future. Been seeing great results since I started about 4 years ago (40kg weight loss).

Do you ever just do rope jumping as exercise? I found that when I was younger, say in my 20’s, that jumping rope for 5, 10, and even 15 minutes was some of the best exercise I’ve ever done. However, now that I’m 60 I’m not sure I can jump rope due to hip, knee, and ankle issues. 🧐

I've been doing keto diet and no alcohol for a month and in addition to losing a size that I'd gained during COVID, I also feel like I let things roll off my back a lot easier that would have used to bother me. For the no alcohol, I realized I missed the ritual of opening a bottle of wine and pouring myself a glass after a stressful work day, so I started to buy de-alcholoized wine and there must be a visual cue since I instantly start to de-stress once I pour the imitation wine. For Keto, I had been doing no baked goods but I recently found this keto bread at Whole Foods (Base Culture--4g net carbs- made with arrowroot and almond flour) and toast it and put avocado, everything but the bagel seasoning and a little parmesan cheese on top for a perfect keto avocado toast.....so now I'm super happy I can still have my avo toast.

The primal diet cured my increasingly worsening joint and muscle pain in just a few days. Sure, it could be a coincidence that it stopped right after I started this diet, but I highly doubt it.

One thing I recently noticed is how much more calories loaded in bread and pastries comparing to other sugary things like ice cream and chocolate. A single slice of bread is already more than 100 cal, a muffin is over 400 cal. At the same time three scoops of ice cream or three squares of chocolate are only 100-130 cal. So now when I am craving for something sweet, I give preference to a couple of squares of chocolate or sometimes a scoop of ice cream instead of a slice of cake, a muffin, a cookie or a jelly toast. I noticed it became much easier to maintain my ideal weight this way.

Definitely interested in the ropes. Also best way to get really into calisthenics. Basics! There’s sooooo much to go through! And definitely feel the best 16/8 and as close to strictly paleo as I can pull off. Though it’s been a long couple years!

I believe that you are on the right side of sustaining health for a lifetime.

I am currently doing whole 30 which is more restrictive than Paleo and I enjoy it a lot. Once my 30 days are up I will probably switch to regular Paleo because it is easier to sustain long-term. Tbh I am a million times less gassy and my mood has been fantastic. I struggled with depression for years and I think part of it may have been my diet. I can't say for sure but I definitely enjoy it

Would actually be really interested in a video showing your meals and prep etc whilst doing this

Thank you for this video. I started three days ago and my mood swings are gone. Also the pull to food is gone. For a binge eater, that's a big deal. I notice that wheat, grains and sugar is addictive for me. I listened to a podcast and the Interviewer said, "What do you say to people that say I want to enjoy sugar and flour from time to time and be happy?" The woman replied, "sugar is a poor proxy for happiness". That was so profound. Food is not happiness and is it worth the hit only to be miserable and overweight? For some of us, sugar and flour products are like a drug. I feel so much healthier just in three days. Depression and anxiety has completely lifted. Plan to continue. I had to be real with myself and admit that those things are triggers for me. I'd much rather feel happy mentally and be comfortable in my skin.

Good day, you video have inspired me to stretch daily. I'm even practicing more floor routines to help with my balance & preparing for possible falls. I'm 66 and recently had a stroke and need more balance, flexibility and mind excercises. Your videos help with all these. I do like you rope routines and would like to see more. Thank you so much for your teachings.

I’m interested in food freedom & pro metabolic. Eating anything your body craves, in the best quality you can get without sweating it. As a menstruating woman…I find nourishment the most important path towards health, I want my body to trust me.

Really appreciate this video. Believe it's so important to be a conscious eater and Paleo seems to have some great benefits. Thanks to you I got into rope flow and it's been a lot of fun these past couple of weeks. So yes please do a Rope flow video. Thanks to you and Trevor for sharing great movement information with us.

Since January, I'm strictly carnivore, after 10 years suffering from autoimmune disease, I'm having impressive results.

Your channel is generally great I’m so tired of the hipster anti gluten bull shit.❤

It's actually not completely true that we sustained ourselves on lots of animals. Early humans mostly survived because of starch. Starch is what us able to evolve in the early days.

Early humans' diet: tree bark here, a berry there, a bug and some grass. Some meat if they lucked out. Starvation and functioning on the verge of survival just to make it to the mating age was the early human way. I think we're romanticizing it a bit. I'm also pretty sure early humans didn't count reps.

I follow a whole food plant based lifestyle. I'm doing well. Great videos!!!! I love watching you!!!

Nice video!!! I recently started eating like this but had no idea it was called Paleo. The fourth day in I had the worst cravings but then I was good. I implemented a cheat day in my week but by the time I got to that day I wasn’t really interested in the things I used to crave anymore. Not sure how long I will continue this but I definitely feel great.

most fitness influencers have no idea about this stuff!!! this is great content bro, all they talk about is macros and counting calories to be healthy, but in reality, getting rid of processed foods and eating whole foods is the key!!

I’ve done the paleo diet (without eating potatoes) and I loss a ton of weight. It’s takes a few days for your body to adjust and start to feel good though. I recently started it back up again and I’m already feeling good.

Since I went "hyper carnivore" 70-80% animal products definitely been feeling more constant energy, no hunger cravings between meals, better sleep, better skin plus being a coeliac I don't eat gluten anyway!!

My body is sensitive to stress so it's very easy to see what is not helping or not. I switched my diet toward more fats that are not necesarily paleo, nuts, avocado, olive oil and I reduced flour, rice and when I eat them I make sure there are some fats in there as well. This seems to work better for me.

Thanks for the diet update Josh! If you ever go back to more grains and legumes, would you consider trying soaking / sprouting / fermenting them to reduce anti-nutrients and report on your results? I guess this would apply for nuts and seeds as well.

Love your videos, and this was a good one. I was completely drawn in by the cool rope moves and was immediately trying to figure out how I was going to copy those moves. I would really appreciate a video on that. I'm turning 60 and months ago I quit drinking, eating sugar and bread. I have done this before and I feel so much better every time I do. I didn't realize I have been eating paleo, but I am and it's very satisfying. Once you cut out the crap like alcohol, bread carbs, and sugar you feel like a high end machine.

Excellent speech on nutrition. I never heard about Paleo diet before, something similar not called Paleo. Bread 🍞 is hard. The rice 🍚 is not so hard to give up. Coffee ☕️ was and could be a little challenge and I can do it. Sweets I can do without. The Holy Spirit will teach and show me to fight 👋the temptations. The stretches are necessary and like weight rope as well as weight handle ball. They are great to use for work out. However 😏at this time I will use my resistant bands. 🙏🏽📖😇

I have multiple sclerosis and this is similar to the wahals protocol. It's helped so much

Yes, rope video please. Good stuff on this channel, keep 'em coming. Thank You!!

I would like to see a video on the lifestyle like carnivoreMD. Great video keep up the good work!

whole food plant based has worked the best for me . been this way for over 10 years. feel amazing

I love this way of eating. It's a great framework to start eating healthy...once you've reached your goal you can flexibilize a little bit

I have been running a whole food plant diet for 12 years. Super clean.

Roto diet: the point is that human digest system depends on ferments, which updated every 4 days. It means, that you need to consume one type of protein not more then over 4 days. For example:1st day animal protein (Chicken), 2nd day growth protein (beans), 3d day fish protein, 4th day vegan, and only then you can reply the same protein like in the 1st day....

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Love the content, you've been a real inspiration in me and my friends' lives. Thanks to everyone who helps produce this channel :) Just curious, is there a backstory to the hash tat?

I tend to follow the Mediterranean Diet. It’s been rather easy for me to follow and it’s got 50+ years of research behind it. I’ve tried the paleo diet from time to time, but I never kept it up for long periods of time. I felt pretty good while on that as well.

I do good with grains and dairy but the key for me for lower inflammation is to only eat organic bread and organic grains. Regular wheat products in particular is gmo and sprayed with glyphosates which trigger system inflammation. And the dairy I consume is local and organic only, but outside of that a Mediterranean/paleo mashup. Food is highly individual and mainly based on our ancestry and what we are evolved to eat.

Great video man! I'm currently on another healing journey with food and Paleo has always been the savior of my mind and body. Currently dealing with a shitty diagnosis and really need to get to a place of health again 🤘 Gonna subscribe!

You guys are awesome!! Looking forward to the ropes video.

I’ve tried every diet…Paleo is by far the best for me.

You just have the best attitude. Love your videos.

Humans from Europe have been consuming dairy for millennia. Dairy is fine if you are predominantly of European decent.

Read Mark's book years ago when I was training a lot, but gaining weight and feeling tired. Really benefitted me, became leaner and more energised. Slipped in resent years but back on the programme now. Mainly veggies, nuts and seeds. A little oily fish. I don't agree with everything Mark advocates these days, but just find what is right for you.

My rheumatologist put me on paleo and said no potatoes as it’s a carb that cavemen didn’t have. And it causes swelling joints.

Listening to you made a lot of sense, I knew deep down bread wasn't good for me but hot buttered toast was my go to breakfast, I gave up bread for a week and felt better I'm still adjusting to a new way of eating but definitely feeling the benefits

Thanks Josh, great advise as always! 👍

I followed 95% Paleo. I say 95% because every once in a while I eat some goat cheese.

I'm up for a flow rope video please ! Thx for all you do guys ! Gratitude!🙏

That ropes workout seems interesting, i never practice diagonal jumps like that when i jump rope and looks like it works a lot the core in that way

would love to see how you feel trying paul saladinos animal based diet, its similar to paleo but with diary and honey, its great

The fruits we eat today are much higher in fructose and far less acidic than those our ancestors eat.

@strengthside I am not saying the following to be critical, as what you did, was overall fairly good. 'primal' diet would be raw organs, wild meat/grass fed, eggs and raw dairy, beef dripping, raw honey etc. Mark Sisson, while he eats way better than most people, used the word 'primal' for marketing. The REAL primal diet is written about by aajonus vonderplanitz. Real primal is eating raw liver from a carcass & drinking blood (such as Inuits) or Masai (blood and raw milk) for example.

it's very easy leave out of your diet cereals legumes dairy industrial food and sugar and you cannot fail

Nuts, seeds and fruits cause inflammation :) fruit sugar is still sugar :). Love the concepts behind this video.

Very inspiring. Thanks mate.

You doing fantastic job man keep on doing a great job on doing for body movements and exercise stuff up there

I started with Paleo 3 years ago, and now I eat Mediterranean + dairy. Paleo is great if you want to be healthier and lose weight, but you gotta exercise too to be healthy not only eat healthy

3:38 haha thats me right there

Would love to hear about your experience with the ropes. I got mine ordered and should be starting next week!

Bravo, boss! :D Great work on your nutrition! If you drop the potatoes and nuts, I think you’ll be doing keto, except that might invite butter back in. Yes for getting started with rope flow!

Hi, yes I would love to see a video to learn more regarding the ropes. Thank you

Thank you!

This has to be some of the best advice on diet I’ve heard period. I definitely agree with your points and takeaways. Thanks for sharing 🙏🏽

Yes! Please make a rope video. Thanks for the takeaways on your paleo journey.

I think you should try the carnivore diet mate, I had great succes with it, mental clearity and feeling stronger than ever