Primal food pyramid - the ultimate diet

14th August 2024

revisions:

This blog-post will serve as a reference of what I consider to be the ultimate diet.

I will update this article over time to always be inline with my best recommendation.

This diet is high in nutrition and low in calories which means it will be perfect for your health.

Introducing the Primal Food Pyramid

The calorie distribution on this diet is:

It contains plenty of meat which is very nourishing.

It contains no sugar other than fresh fruit.

It contains no ultra-processed foods.

Here is your meal plan:

For your yoghurt option, plain Greek yoghurt is best. Does not need to be low fat but must be no added sugar.
Your muesli should be unsweetened nut&seed muesli. Dried fruit is pointless as it has less vitamins than fresh fruit while retaining the sugar which you don't want.
Never have any sugar other than fresh fruit

Meat is a lot nicer and more nutritious if you don't over-cook it. So get a meat-thermometer.

Don't have sauce with your meat as it contains sugar and loads of ultra-processed stuff. Rather apply salt, herbs and duck fat before cooking.

What meat you buy depends on your budget.

These cost about £1.50 per 300kcal:

These cost about £3 per 300kcal:

If doing this diet cheaply your daily cost breakdown might look like:

Then having more expensive meat once a week or so.

It's not a disaster to eat normal food occasionally. When eating out or making a packed lunch just try to follow these rules: