This an easy method for calculating your required daily dose of Omega-3 fish oil, as outlined by Robb Wolf in his Paleolithic Solutions podcasts and seminars. GREAT link!
The CrossFit Dietary Prescription
“Protein” should be lean and varied and account for about 30% of your total caloric load.
“Carbohydrates” should be predominantly low-glycemic and account for about 40% of your total caloric load.
“Fat” should be predominantly monounsaturated and account for about 30% of your total caloric load.
“Calories” should be set at between .7 and 1.0 grams of protein per pound of lean body mass depending on your activity level. The .7 figure is for moderate daily workout loads and the 1.0 figure is for the hardcore athlete.
What Foods Should You Avoid?
Excessive consumption of high-glycemic carbohydrates is the primary culprit in nutritionally caused health problems. High glycemic carbohydrates are those that raise blood sugar too rapidly. They include rice, bread, candy, potato, sweets, sodas, and most processed carbohydrates. Processing can include bleaching, baking, grinding, and refining. Processing of carbohydrates greatly increases their glycemic index, a measure of their propensity to elevate blood sugar.
The Caveman/Paleo Model for Nutrition

Modern diets are ill suited for our genetic composition. Evolution has not kept pace with advances in agriculture and food processing resulting in a plague of health problems for modern man. Coronary heart disease, diabetes, cancer, osteoporosis, obesity and psychological dysfunction have all been scientifically linked to a diet too high in refined or processed carbohydrate. Search “Google” for Paleolithic nutrition, or diet. The return is extensive, compelling, and fascinating. The Caveman model is perfectly consistent with the CrossFit prescription.

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