Oh we can so much fun adding to this. I'll go first:

"But what, cavemen lived to be like 20?"

Usually, its the people who have never actually tried Paleo/Primal that have the most to say about how bad it is..

Yea that one always cracks me up. Yep, cavemen only lived to 30 and it was their diets that killed them, not the environmental challenges they faced.

Actually there is evidence that some Paleolithic people lived to be very old age. I had a study from a Paleontologist who also eats Paleo that says they come up with 30-40 due to high infant mortality and women dying during child birth.........

Then injuries and sickness rings in there too.

I am trying to find the article to shut some of these people up.

The ignorance on the forums is getting to an all time high.

What I love are the people who haven't taken the time to really read about it and AUTOMATICALLY assume we are eating artery clogging fats and no carbs...oh and the only reason we eat this way is to loose weight....

I had to post on one of the threads yesterday when someone kept harping on low carb/low carb and had to set them straight and tell them it is not a "low carb" thing...just that by eating a Paleo lifestyle most of the time it will naturally fall out to be lower carb - but heck I could easily eat 200 carbs and still be eating under a Paleo realm...and as far as red meat and all that...just because you eat Paleo doesn't mean you are cutting into a steak at every meal...

I especially like the people who try and give justifications of "well if you HAVE to eat that way because of a diease it's one thing - those who choose to eat that way are bat s**t crazy"

These are the same people who weigh 105 trying to loose 10 lbs and say "well I eat processed foods, grains and sugars all the time - all you have to do is eat less" - do you know how F'ed up that makes people feel...yes let's take advice from someone who shouldn't be trying to loose weight in the first place...You know if it works for you GREAT - but it doesn't work for everyone...

I have a friend who decided to try the lifestyle - I told him he has to give it at least 3-4 weeks...if it doesn't work for him that is fine - but he couldn't do it for a week and then say oh I don't like it...everything takes a little hard work...he figured if nothing else he could spend the next few weeks not worrying about oh how many fat grams but instead eating bacon or lots of meat and decided to go with it...I did warn him the first week would be the toughest and getting use to thinking ahead and preparing food is a challenge for some...first week in he lost 8 lbs, wife lost 5 lbs and they are really getting into the swing of things...

I was visiting my parents this weekend. We talked a bit about what I'm eating (and not eating) and why. They are pretty supportive of whatever I do which is nice. My mom is a really smart lady but the conversations went like this:

mom: why do you think might be glucose intolerant?
me: because of dad's severe heartburn. Some studies suggest that heartburn like that can be caused by a glucose allergy which irritates the stomach
mom: but your father doesn't have heartburn
me: he was just in the hospital again for an ulcerated esophagus
mom: but sweetie they changed how much Prilosec hes taking and he's fine now.

... later...

me: you know mom its may be possible to reduce your cholesterol by eliminating wheat and other grains from your diet
mom: honey I don't have high cholesterol. The Statins I take work fine.

yeah. I don't get it either. but I love them just the same.

I was visiting my parents this weekend. We talked a bit about what I'm eating (and not eating) and why. They are pretty supportive of whatever I do which is nice. My mom is a really smart lady but the conversations went like this:

mom: why do you think might be glucose intolerant?
me: because of dad's severe heartburn. Some studies suggest that heartburn like that can be caused by a glucose allergy which irritates the stomach
mom: but your father doesn't have heartburn
me: he was just in the hospital again for an ulcerated esophagus
mom: but sweetie they changed how much Prilosec hes taking and he's fine now.

... later...

me: you know mom its may be possible to reduce your cholesterol by eliminating wheat and other grains from your diet
mom: honey I don't have high cholesterol. The Statins I take work fine.

yeah. I don't get it either. but I love them just the same.

I have a coworker who is on every medication under the sun...she is the type of person who will go to The Cheesecake factory - order a Ceaser Salad with chicken and extra dressing then say "Oh well I only had a salad so I am going to have a piece of cheesecake" among many other things...

We were discussing eating habits (as everyone but me was munching on ice cream cake - I had red pepper strips) and she said "Oh I just eat what i want and let medications work everything out"

{bang head on wall}

We were discussing eating habits (as everyone but me was munching on ice cream cake - I had red pepper strips) and she said "Oh I just eat what i want and let medications work everything out"

{bang head on wall}

At a work event, we were out with a large group of our doctors and the foods they were eating were total crap. When one of my co-workers said something about expecting doctors to know better, they replied... that's what Lipitor is for!

Most doctor's aren't going to do studies on healthy eating such as paleo and primal because those studies are funded by Big Pharma. Big Pharma is not going to profit from people leading healthy lifestyles, so they are not going to fund the research into it. Doctor's learn very little in med school about nutrition or pharmacology. Most of what they know is what they learn from drug sales reps...

People need to rely on common sense. Does it make sense to put chemicals and genetically modified foods into our bodies? Common sense tells me that corn sugar is NOT the same as cane sugar, but they are allowed to promote that garbage on TV and people will believe it because, well... it was on TV!

People who carry on about being able to eat crap and still lose weight remind me of addicts justifying their behavior... They are not going to give up the cupcakes! They will eat less meat, veggies and fruit to save their calories for it, so it's ok and perfectly healthy in their minds.