Heard the word pegan lately? Seen it pop up on Facebook? We know we have! Or maybe you eat pegan?
So what is pegan? It’s pretty simple really… it’s a cross between the paleo and vegan diets. Makes sense yeh?! Pe-gan!
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There’s a stack of research into the health benefits of both eating styles. So yes, this means it gets #confusing!
We follow a paleo lifestyle but we totally understand that many people have ethical reasons for not eating meat, we also know some people just don’t like meat.
We’re definitely all about doing what’s right for you and what makes you feel good.
We vote that the most important stuff to say no to is processed foods! PLUS let’s all eat more veggies and eat better quality, cleaner fresh produce.
By adding more GOOD in to our diets we slowly (or quickly, whatever you like) crowd out the crap! And then TA-DA we’re eating way healthier!
There’s no one size fits all when it comes to diet and food choices… and! Our food preference will never stay the same.
We’ve noticed since going paleo, our food preferences have changed a lot. Especially with our protein and meat choices.
When we first started paleo we stuck to lean meats and ate A LOT of chicken breast, then we loved the more fattier meats (hello delicious pork belly), we embraced red meat all while eating lots of vegetables.
Right NOW we’re totally off red meat and even pork belly! We’re loving chicken and fish.
Maybe we OD-ed on pork belly or maybe our bodies are just craving easier to digest lighter proteins. We even think… one day we might even go pegan?! Say whaaat? Back on to pegan…
We gather this is what a pegan diet looks like:
- Lots and lots and lots of vegetables
- Fruits (probably lots of berries)
- Avocado (yes, it gets it’s own category)
- Nuts and seeds
- Coconut
- Non GMO oils like olive, macadamia etc
Start the conversation… tweet this out to the world!
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We’re pretty sure Dr Mark Hyman invented the pegan diet. Well he said he did and he recommends it to his clients, he wrote about it here.
We’d love to hear your thoughts on this. Could you go pegan, or do you already eat this way?
We’ll sign off with some paleo vegan AKA pegan recipes!
Always merrymaking,
Emma + Carla
Like these slow cooked roasted stuffed eggplants.
Oh, yeah our low fructose salted caramel slice. YUM!
Dairy free pumpkin soup is so pegan!
These egg free choccy muffins are oh so yummy and pegan!
