Does anyone follow Paleo? What do you eat to fuel your runs and help with recovery?

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[Oldgirl Graduate]

A banana before my run, water and stretches after and a healthy balanced diet which is low in fat. I've been static BMI 22.5 for about a year now and weight is good for my age, gender etc. I just need to watch the wine when I'm on holiday, I do like a glass or 3, . . . . . . . .

[Goatskin]

My boyfriend is doing a paleo diet at the moment, and although he doesn't run he does work out. I dont think he specifically eats anything before/after a gym session, but I know there are quite a lot of free recipes online which he uses for inspiration. These are a couple of websites I found when I was looking into it - it looks good, but not sure I'd have the willpower to stick to it! Hope it helps!

marksdailyapple.com/primal-...

primalbritain.co.uk/top-100...

paleoplan.com/recipes/

paleomg.com/

[Plinth Graduate]

Just looked up the diet. Don't do it! Not only has the excellent recent BBC 2 "the men who make us thin" shown that no diet scheme works, but also this:

nerdfitness.com/blog/2013/0...

Scientists say, eat and live for health and happiness for life. Diets make people (well the majority) put on wieght long term.

[rayagirl]

I agree with oldgirl. I'm most energetic if I have a banana (with a spoon of peanut butter) before a run. It is always good to have some protein (greek yogurt or a protein smoothie) after your run to help repair muscles. Again I'm with ya on the wine oldgirl

[Oldgirl Graduate in reply to rayagirl]

I love peanuts, well nuts of any sort really but I don't like the texture of peanut butter, life's not fare sometimes, I've heard many times that its good for you too.