I've been looking into the Paleo diet lately. Not due to wanting to lose weight but rather because I think many of my health issues relate to lectin intolerance so the reducing of grains, nuts and processed foods sounds like a good place to start.
With regards to how much meat and animal products to consume compared to how much fruit and veg, I saw an interesting documentary recently that went into this very topic. It is called Forks over Knives. As with many of these types of doco's it does appear to be very one sided and all the science discussed should be independently verified but overall it did make for interesting view.
Funnily enough the end result from that doco is that one should eat lots more grains!(along with fruit and veg etc) So I'm trying to combine the two philosophies now with lots of fruit and veg, with meat on a few times a week and mostly fish/seafood and only occasionally red or white meant and cutting out most dairy.
Information about the doco can be found here for those who are interested;
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1567233/
With regards to how much meat and animal products to consume compared to how much fruit and veg, I saw an interesting documentary recently that went into this very topic. It is called Forks over Knives. As with many of these types of doco's it does appear to be very one sided and all the science discussed should be independently verified but overall it did make for interesting view.
Funnily enough the end result from that doco is that one should eat lots more grains!(along with fruit and veg etc) So I'm trying to combine the two philosophies now with lots of fruit and veg, with meat on a few times a week and mostly fish/seafood and only occasionally red or white meant and cutting out most dairy.
Information about the doco can be found here for those who are interested;
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1567233/