What No One Tells You About Going Paleo (Hint: It's Sad)
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Pretty funny, thanks!0
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Thank you!
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Whoever came up with Paleo apparently never consulted an anthropologist. Oy.
I avoid any diet that cuts out entire food groups, or makes crazy restrictions. It smacks of the obsession that is the hallmark of disordered eating. What I found was that I needed to make a sane relationship with food.
Gluten free diets are for people with celiac disease. Ask my brother. He would kill for a hamburger bun, but it would probably kill him.0 -
Whoever came up with Paleo apparently never consulted an anthropologist. Oy.
I avoid any diet that cuts out entire food groups, or makes crazy restrictions. It smacks of the obsession that is the hallmark of disordered eating. What I found was that I needed to make a sane relationship with food.
Gluten free diets are for people with celiac disease. Ask my brother. He would kill for a hamburger bun, but it would probably kill him.
My physical anthropology professor, Katherine Milton, specialized in diet, and is cited in a lot of papers and books on paleo. However, Dr. Milton always cautioned us to remember that we don't know everything about the past, a reservation of judgment that a lot of the paleo fanatics fail to make. She was pretty awesome.0 -
vinegar_husbands wrote: »lithezebra wrote: »I've had chili lime crickets and they were tasty.
Exo bars are pretty good too.
I would try those!0 -
lithezebra wrote: »Whoever came up with Paleo apparently never consulted an anthropologist. Oy.
I avoid any diet that cuts out entire food groups, or makes crazy restrictions. It smacks of the obsession that is the hallmark of disordered eating. What I found was that I needed to make a sane relationship with food.
Gluten free diets are for people with celiac disease. Ask my brother. He would kill for a hamburger bun, but it would probably kill him.
My physical anthropology professor, Katherine Milton, specialized in diet, and is cited in a lot of papers and books on paleo. However, Dr. Milton always cautioned us to remember that we don't know everything about the past, a reservation of judgment that a lot of the paleo fanatics fail to make. She was pretty awesome.
Even more important is to realize the past isn't prescription. Primitive diet was what it was, it is by no means guaranteed to be optimal. For example, I've seen many people claim paleo is anti-inflammatory. I kind of scratch my head at the idea that a diet eaten by people who's number one source of death was infection was designed to dampen the immune system's most powerful response mechanism.0 -
Wetcoaster wrote: »http://www.popsugar.com/fitness/Paleo-Diet-Experience-37631676
"Parenthetically, I really should stop listening to people just because they're attractive. If Jeff Goldblum told me to get a bowl haircut and rob a bank, I totally would.
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The Paleo diet demands that you only eat what cavemen did, which means that you need to chew raw woolly-mammoth meat for hours with a mouth full of rotting teeth and wash it down with a nice refreshing gourdful of mud."
Awesome post! ;D0 -
Katherine Milton seems pretty sensible here: http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/72/6/1590.full
Also, this is just cool: http://nature.berkeley.edu/miltonlab/0 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »Katherine Milton seems pretty sensible here: http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/72/6/1590.full
Also, this is just cool: http://nature.berkeley.edu/miltonlab/
Nice find.0 -
Wetcoaster wrote: »http://www.popsugar.com/fitness/Paleo-Diet-Experience-37631676
Recently, I went pseudo Paleo.
I say pseudo, because, like most things in my life, I've jumped in headfirst without putting any thought or research into it (this is also how I ended up taking a workout class called "Insanity." Afterward, I was drooling and delirious. So I guess it delivered).
So, despite being totally unclear on what Paleo entailed, I figured I would try it because the hot guy from the gym told me I ate too many carbs.
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Freaking Paleo.
PS You don't want the actual cookie recipe. You don't.
[Edited by MFP Mods]
@Wetcoaster This post was thoroughly entertaining!
That being said .... I've been "pseudo-paleo" for over two years now .... AND I LOVE IT!
go figure!
I also do insanity, and yeah, I love that too!0 -
Bravo!0
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"I see Citations"
Now that was funny! Spilled my coffee!
Made my day.0 -
Wetcoaster wrote: »http://www.popsugar.com/fitness/Paleo-Diet-Experience-37631676
Carrot Cake Cookies (aka, Pucks of Suffering)0 -
OP, I laughed so hard at this entire thing!
thanks for the laugh. you should patent/copyright the following phrases
#pucksOfSuffering #PattiesOfSadness
"it's gold Jerry, GOLD!0 -
OP, I laughed so hard at this entire thing!
thanks for the laugh. you should patent/copyright the following phrases
#pucksOfSuffering #PattiesOfSadness
"it's gold Jerry, GOLD!
Unfortunately OP might get sued if he tried to copyright those phrases because he didn't write them... It was a link to a blog post written by someone else.0 -
WinoGelato wrote: »OP, I laughed so hard at this entire thing!
thanks for the laugh. you should patent/copyright the following phrases
#pucksOfSuffering #PattiesOfSadness
"it's gold Jerry, GOLD!
Unfortunately OP might get sued if he tried to copyright those phrases because he didn't write them... It was a link to a blog post written by someone else.
Sigh
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thanks for the post - i haven't laughed that hard this entire year
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Christine_72 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »OP, I laughed so hard at this entire thing!
thanks for the laugh. you should patent/copyright the following phrases
#pucksOfSuffering #PattiesOfSadness
"it's gold Jerry, GOLD!
Unfortunately OP might get sued if he tried to copyright those phrases because he didn't write them... It was a link to a blog post written by someone else.
Sigh
Another hit and run.0 -
Whoever came up with Paleo apparently never consulted an anthropologist. Oy.
I avoid any diet that cuts out entire food groups, or makes crazy restrictions. It smacks of the obsession that is the hallmark of disordered eating. What I found was that I needed to make a sane relationship with food.
Gluten free diets are for people with celiac disease. Ask my brother. He would kill for a hamburger bun, but it would probably kill him.
Hear, hear!0 -
hilarious OP ...
funny how carrot cake cookies could be "paleo" as I was unaware that our paleo brethren had ovens...0 -
lithezebra wrote: »Whoever came up with Paleo apparently never consulted an anthropologist. Oy.
I avoid any diet that cuts out entire food groups, or makes crazy restrictions. It smacks of the obsession that is the hallmark of disordered eating. What I found was that I needed to make a sane relationship with food.
Gluten free diets are for people with celiac disease. Ask my brother. He would kill for a hamburger bun, but it would probably kill him.
My physical anthropology professor, Katherine Milton, specialized in diet, and is cited in a lot of papers and books on paleo. However, Dr. Milton always cautioned us to remember that we don't know everything about the past, a reservation of judgment that a lot of the paleo fanatics fail to make. She was pretty awesome.
funny thing is that the first paleo "fanatic" was indeed an anthropologist
http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20072984,00.html0 -
Have no desire to "eat Paleo" and never have. Cute article though.0
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honestly made my day lol0
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That was so funny and helps to reassure me that these kind of diets are nothing I want to try. I love cooking from scratch, portion control and snacking are my issues. I just need to get regimented into tracking my food again and this is a big flashing siren for me to calm the food down!0
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Whoever came up with Paleo apparently never consulted an anthropologist. Oy.
I avoid any diet that cuts out entire food groups, or makes crazy restrictions. It smacks of the obsession that is the hallmark of disordered eating. What I found was that I needed to make a sane relationship with food.
Gluten free diets are for people with celiac disease. Ask my brother. He would kill for a hamburger bun, but it would probably kill him.
I have a friend with Celiac disease. Even a little gluten really tears her up inside and she has some nutritional deficiencies associated with it. In her honor, I, who have no food sensitivities, double the amount of gluten I eat just for her.0 -
Great post and got a good laugh! Lot of truth up there.0
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positivepowers wrote: »Gluten free diets are for people with celiac disease. Ask my brother. He would kill for a hamburger bun, but it would probably kill him.
I have a friend with Celiac disease. Even a little gluten really tears her up inside and she has some nutritional deficiencies associated with it. In her honor, I, who have no food sensitivities, double the amount of gluten I eat just for her.
That's so magnanimous of you! I hope she appreciates it. 0 -
I read this aloud to my granddaughter and husband. We all laughed.0
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