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hi im shawn im tring to join the service and i need to lose 3% bodyfat do you have a suggestion

Answer
Well,if  you're trying to join the army(or the police?), it's going to be a bit of a problem following a Raw Palaeolithic  diet unless you're not in the front-line, and I presume you're not following one now. However, here are a couple of simple suggestions which will  make it much easier for you to lose the fat:-

1:- Eat 1 large meal only once every 24 hours, within a 4-hour period. Constant digestion just encourages the body to lay down extra layers of fat, and causes fatigue in the long-term. And you don't need the huge amount of   food that a 3-meal a day routine  provides.

2:- Stick to eating protein and especially (animal) fat. The more carbohydrates you eat, the harder it will be for you to lose weight, as they encourage insulin insensitivity which in turn stimulates the formation of extra layers of fat.Also, carbs(raw or processed) give you a high initially due to raising blood-sugar levels unnaturally, but the body, in response, quickly causes blood-sugar levels to drop, thus causing fatigue a short while after eating the carbs. Fat provides the most energy so will keep you going for longer, and you'll feel less hungry, even with smaller amounts.

3:- Do a little weight-training, but more importantly, do a lot of bodyweight-training every day(ie running/push-ups, curls etc.)and vary types of exercises as often as possible.

You might want to have a look at the following 3-part article,  for an interesting type of (cooked-Palaeolithic)diet:-

http://www.biblelife.org/stefansson1.htm
http://www.biblelife.org/stefansson2.htm
http://www.biblelife.org/stefansson3.htm


Should you be interested in following the RawPalaeo approach(which I've found is even better than cooked-palaeo at keeping optimum weight) you should have a look at these 2 books:- Aajonus Vonderplanitz's "The Recipe for Living Without Disease", and Price and Pottenger's book "Nutrition and Physical Degeneration".
You might also want to have a look at this webpage:-

http://www.rawpaleodiet.org/

Hope This Helps
Geoff Purcell
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/rawpaleodiet/  

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