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I couldn't care less about dis-proven fads like paleo (neanderthin!), but eating unrefined, unprocessed foods goes a long way to feeling better, sleeping better, and having steadier weight over a period of time. IMHO.
After eating a mountain of shit food on Tour Divide I felt really really terrible. It was mostly refined sugars, corn starch and other terrible processed, chemically enhanced shit. I even bought some salted almonds in New Mexico, which contained artificial flavouring. WTF!
It's taken a month to clear out, at least it feels like that. I know recovery is slow from something like this, but I think the poor food had a worse effect than 18 hours a day on the bike for 21.5 days.
Also, eat lots of roughage like Kale, Spring Greens, etc, seems to help the flow somewhat, and some talk I watched mentioned roughage as a beneficial agent in reducing fat absorption.