{"id":13975,"date":"2020-09-10T20:47:15","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T00:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=13975"},"modified":"2020-09-10T20:47:17","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T00:47:17","slug":"plant-paradox-phases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/plant-paradox-phases\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant Paradox Phases: 3 Steps to a New Lifestyle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What are the three Plant Paradox phases? How does each one help create a new lifestyle?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn about the three Plant Paradox phases and see how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/the-plant-paradox-diet\/\">the Plant Paradox Program<\/a> aims to be more than a diet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are the 3 Plant Paradox Phases?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The PPP consists of three phases, which we\u2019ll explore more in-depth in the next few chapters. Here\u2019s an overview of the three Plant Paradox phases:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Phase 1: A three-day cleanse <\/strong>wipes the slate clean by nourishing your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/healthy-gut-bacteria\/\">good microbes<\/a> and getting rid of your bad ones. This helps you to start healing your gut, but you must follow up immediately with Phase 2 to avoid backsliding.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Phase 2: Eliminate or cut down on certain foods and eat more of others.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the foods you\u2019ll cut down on or cut out entirely:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Eliminate major lectins, including grains, legumes, corn, and soybeans<\/li><li>Eliminate most saturated fats, including whole-grain foods<\/li><li>Eliminate sugars (including fruit) and artificial sweeteners<\/li><li>Eliminate industrial farm-raised and free-range poultry and livestock, as well as farm-raised fish<\/li><li>Eliminate crops sprayed with Roundup<\/li><li>Eliminate GMO foods<\/li><li>Avoid all endocrine-disrupting products<\/li><li>Reduce omega-6 fats<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s what you\u2019ll eat:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>All leafy greens<\/li><li>Certain vegetables<\/li><li>Tubers and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/foods-high-in-resistant-starch\/\">resistant starches<\/a><\/li><li>Omega-3 fats, including fish oil, perilla oil, flaxseed oil, avocado oil, walnut oil, olive oil, and macadamia nut oil<\/li><li>No more than 8 ounces of animal protein a day, typically from wild-caught fish and shellfish as well as eggs from pastured chickens<\/li><li>No more than 4 ounces of your daily protein should come from grass-fed or pasture-raised meat<\/li><li>A small serving of nuts, guacamole, or half a Hass avocado for a snack<\/li><li>Limited dairy products from specific cow breeds or from sheep, goats, and water buffalo<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Phase 3:<\/strong> In this optional phase, you\u2019ll <strong>reduce your animal protein to just 2 to 4 ounces a day, and begin some form of fasting<\/strong>\u2014either a monthly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/the-future-is-vegan-rise-of-veganism\/\">vegan<\/a> fast, intermittent fasting, or lengthening time between meals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PPP Overview<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike other diets, the PPP doesn\u2019t ask you to count calories. Instead, the focus is on the type of food you\u2019re eating; much of the PPP-approved foods have calories that will actually feed your microbes, so you won\u2019t absorb all the calories you consume. That\u2019s why <strong>you can eat much more food\u2014as long as it\u2019s the <em>right<\/em> foods\u2014and lose weight.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are the three Plant Paradox phases? How does each one help create a new lifestyle? 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