I believe that Paleo/Primal/Clean eaters belong to a cult.

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Interesting. I guess that makes the OP the leader of the Anti-Paleo cult? Whatever. To quote the OP, "Stop wasting the internets!"

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I am going to have nightmares about this picture...

I can never forgive the cupcake bashing I have seen here today.

So by your definitions, every religious organization is a cult, football fans are a cult, people that watch celebrity gossip are a colt.

aka, you're dumb.

Nope, I'm a filly.

If something someone is doing is bringing them joy, they feel it is improving their lives and health, why not let them have it? Not everyone has to do the same things, like the same things, follow the same paths to achieve their goals. What happened to live and let live? How could it possibly negatively impact you if someone else is living a paleo/primal/clean eating plan? I was under the distinct impression these forums – this site – was to help people in their pursuits of good health, to offer resources and support. The rampant negativity espoused by this post and other like it say infinitely more about the characters of those individuals starting and perpetuating them than they could ever say about people who have a developed a passion for something they truly believe is making them better people. Shame on you, OP.

Because if they kept it to themselves that would be one thing. Unfortunately I found my husband "looking into dieting" for me online one day and when he espoused some general principles of something he was reading I flippantly mentioned oh that sounds like that Paleo stuff I've been hearing about. ( i was currently counting cals and that sparked his interest in "looking into dieting" i guess.) He quickly clicked onto the Paleo channel of online everything just as in the past he has latched onto cleanses/vegetarianism/veganism/ and any number of this or that food is bad for you and banned in our home. He has since been beating me over the head like a caveman with the paleo, even though I have already enjoyed success at the rate I expected with my current plan which I began before him.

It was rocky and hellish to watch him try and reject so many paleo foods as unstomachable. It was worrysome to watch his meals get smaller and mood get crankier as he struggled to find foods he could actually stomach that fit that plan. His mood has been horrendous. His language has become insane. The claims have become ridiculous. His whole life has had to change since he no longer trusted me to know what to cook for him or how and is now forgetting to do regular chores in favor of having complete and total control over his meals/purchasing/prep/serving. I, on the other hand can at will incorporate any of his paleo meals into my cals counting anytime he feels like sharing or makes too much. He however cannot partake of anything he wants because "paleo". I've asked him for the book, there appears to be no sole source or even way to do it. Apparently you are free to mish mosh it to your needs.

I tried researching it in the beginning to know what to cook for him and every single suggestion EVERY SINGLE ONE was knocked down for some reason or other. It seems that unless I am actually doing paleo, I could not possibly figure it out. In the latest news he has 3 people at work starting to do it because of him. Apparently they have been "inspired" by him and his changes. (he was already at a normal slender weight, but has started lifting a little and looks less pudgy and more muscular and rosier). Anyone wanna take a guess how many of these "inspired" people are women? Because I have a hard time imagining a man going up to my husband and saying "Oh, you are such an inspiration" or "oh you inspire me". Stay tuned for the next installments of how cavemen get divorced and do cavemen cheat and do cavemen have to pay the same child support as regular men. Because he is currently acting like a man who has found a new fling and the current wife is caulk-blocking and her mere existence has become an annoyance.

So that's why SOME people can't just look the other way. It's because SOME cavemen won't let them. I venture to add that my limited knowledge of paleo and mentioning it to him on that regretful day was from people on here since I was spending my time here horsing around and inputting my cals so I otherwise wouldn't have known about it or been in this mess. Thanks Paleo dieters. Learn to keep my mouth shut next time in front of my fad extreme diet seeking mate.

DISCLAIMER: This was in no way an attack on any of you paleo eaters. It was simply a response to above "why can't you just leave them be" attitude, explaining with my own experience, exactly why at least one person cannot ignore it. currently I am trying, and he tries to ignore my devilish trashy evil eating and thus we are now in our separate corners until the next round. the end.

Speaking of cults.

Apparently our stone-age forbears got much of their protein from insects and bugs. Bet they don't make it into any of those best-selling diet books.

BWAHAHA I crown you MFP Queen for the day. How come no one is hard core advocating an insect based diet?