As any person that has switch to the paleo lifestyle will tell you, your going to have to switch your tastes up on some things. With that being side I was definitely not varying up my choice of meats before I began paleo. My staple meats, well really my only meats, up to this point have been only beef and chicken. I mean I had the occasional turkey or pork, but I would say that would be together less than 5% of my yearly meat consumption.
So, I am going to depart with my childish food preferences. That's right, I am going to start eating fish no matter what. I don't know why I entirely dislike the little swimming creatures but I know it has something to do with how juicy fish is. I once had the chance to try to smoked salmon and remember actually enjoying it, it reminded me of jerky.
With that being said I will start testing the waters (no pun intended) with salmon since I already know I have enjoyed it in the past. A quick look over at my favorite nutrition info site really helped me build up my motivation to branch out. I work out often so I really enjoy eating foods that are packed with protein and I am surprised I never realized that half a fillet of salmon has 39 grams of it!
Since I no longer am getting a ridiculous amount of Omega-6 from all the vegetable oils I used to use I am not too worried about the 1185 mg the salmon will have. The addition of the over 4,000 mg of Omega-3 will be a nice addition to my fish oil supplements I am currently taking, but if it becomes a staple meat I may have to cut down on the supplementing a bit.
In any case I will be using frozen salmon to start out with, it is a little cheaper and a good way to begin I think. I have a strong feeling this will be one of the more positive experiences with switching over paleo only foods. I will report back with the results.
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