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I'm not familiar with Terry Wahl, but I quick-googled her, and her diet advice is based on reversing multiple sclerosis. At first glance, it looks similar to Steven Gundry's diet, which takes a similar approach to reversing heart disease. The main thing, imo, is that her recommendations are for fighting a medical problem.…

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I don't see why not. Radishes in salad? I use radish sprouts. Same with sunflower sprouts. It isn't the same with mung bean sprouts, used in stir frys - their carb count is quite high.

An old restaurant trick that works: add a half-tablespoon of baking soda (bicarbonate) to the water before boiling your eggs. It makes the shells stick less. Also: http://paleogrubs.com/ranch-dressing-recipe

Mine are set to 50% Fat, 30% Protein and 20% Carbs - but I don't really worry about it much. I just occasionally check to make sure I'm in the ballpark. If you are eating lots of plants and animals, easy on the roots and fruits, and no sugar unless there is a plant wrapped around it, you'll be somewhere in that…

Coconut oil is a great oil - but not on salads. Use it for cooking. Use EVOO for salads. http://californiaoliveranch.com

Same here. People don't log in for a month - I clear them.

This is very true. 85% of the benefit between feedlot and pastured beef is the ratios of Omega3/6 in the fat. The other 15% has to do with corn/soy pass-through, etc. While it is always best to support the organic/humane foods movement, conventional beef is sometimes the only affordable choice. Since the OP is trying to…

There is a lot of fraud and fakery with EVOO from Europe. Buy EVOO from California.

There must get be minor differences, but not enough to make an appreciable difference in your diet. Generally speaking, the more variety the better, so if you are eating a wide range of foods then it shouldn't be an issue.

Well, I'm an over-60 geezer. Feel free to add me if you wish. I don't post a lot, but I'm always available if you have questions, etc.

One comment - it may have been already made, but I didn't notice it. You mention some meats are better than others, and I notice that the better ones tend to be 'wild' critters. This may be a clue. Feedlot beef is fed corn/soy - both GMO, and neither a natural food for the animal. Same is true for farmed fish. Sheep and…

My take: I get suspicious whenever I HAVE to have a food. This is where paying attention to your body comes in. If I'm craving something, that usually means I am shorting myself in some nutrient - IF the food I'm craving is a healthy one. If it isn't however, then you've got food scientists somewhere trying to play with…

I never add liquid when I crockpot (except maybe a splash of wine). I chop an onion and use it as a bed for whatever meat I'm cooking. The onion provides all the moisture necessary. When done, pan juices and what's left of the onion get blended into a gravy. Crocked veggies are too mushy for my tastes, so they are either…

You have to really think about WHY you are eating in a paleo or primal manner. If you are trying to eat like the human animal was designed to eat, then where are all these 'treats' coming from? They didn't exist. Something sweet like an apple or a piece of honeycomb was the treat. Baking as a cooking technique was…

This was when I knew that switching my pets to grain-free was right. The dogs would often eat their poo (disgusting) and once I had switched them over to grain-free (Taste of the Wild) that habit stopped. After some pondering, this is what I came up with: since the grains in their food wasn't really digestible, their poo…

Think about it from a hunter/gatherer perspective. You find a nut tree while wandering, gather up what you can hold, and take a rock to them and eat. All in all - just a handful. Keep that picture in your head. Also, roasting/salting encourages overindulgence (which is why they do it). Stick with raw and/or unsalted.…

I'm with you there. Mental tricks only go so far against a gag reflex. I'm that way with okra. I can tell myself that the sliminess is caused by an abundance of soluble fiber, and it's good for me - but if I focus too much, I can't get it down. And I always get a bunch of it in my CSA basket, so I gotta make do. First…

Well, I would have to posit then that 'super taste' is a contra-survival mutation. But whatever. Eat well and prosper! ;)

While I understand the 'super taster' concept (we're not all born with the same number/proportion of taste buds), I gotta say that 'dislike trumps nutrition' is as much psychological as physiological. When a hunter/gatherer is doing so on an empty stomach, he's not going to turn down a clump of kale if he knows it's…

I don't watch sugar per se - I just watch carbs. I have one simple rule regarding sugars: "do not eat sugars unless there is a plant around it". That's it. As others have mentioned, eating fruit (or even veggies) combines the inherent sugar with fiber and nutrients, slowing absorption rates and making it a normal part of…

Re alcohol: First off, I do drink - so I'm not being condescending in my comments... Nearly all paleo justifications for drinking are just that - justifications. Yes, tequila may be made from non-grain sources (so is brandy) and red wine is from fruit and has reservitrol - but it's moot. Alcohol is a poison, pure and…

Simply put: if it is a convenience food - it's NOT paleo. Even if it does mimic paleo principles. Paleo/primal is not rocket science - it can be adhered to with a few simple rules. Even a caveman can do it! ;) - Eat whole foods, organically grown and simply prepared; - Eat lots of plants and animals; go easy on the fruits…

Some chains (like McD) put a rice flour/cornstarch coating on their fries so that they stay crisp under the heat lamps. Just another way to fool the chumps into thinking stale food is fresh.

If that's the case, save some money. The 'uncured' bacon still has nitrites - it's just not added as an ingredient, so it is not on the label. When you add nitrates from a natural source, such as celery powder, microbial action still creates nitrites from the nitrates. I did a lot of reading to figure this out. In standard…

Here's where a little critical thinking comes in handy.... The paleo/primal gurus decree that sugar is bad (it is). Zealous followers interpret that to mean every molecule of sugar is anathema. But, consider: - there are sugars in the vegetables we eat, the fruits, the wines, etc. Obviously sugar per se isn't verboten, but…

Yeah, I'm in as well. I'm familiar with Primal Blueprint, so I'll dig that out of the kitchen library and read up & prepare. I'll be circling the wagons in the meantime, but I'm kidding myself to get started before the new year - too many office dinners, etc. One suggestion, Clutchbone: since January is 31 days long, let's…

You answered your own question. ;) In the scheme of things, oats are less nasty than other grains, but it is still a grain and has the problems that grains have - just not as extreme.

The ketogenics crowd still wants to do the low-low-carb thing, but that's not for the average bloke. If you're an athletics buff or someone who is shooting for an abnormally low bodyfat percentage (and I'm not talking about those who need do if for medical reasons), then 50g or under is the recommendation. But for us…

Sounds good. The 80/20 rule applies here as well: 80% of the health benefits comes from only 20% of the folderol we hunter/gatherers do. :) Eliminating sugars and grains from your diet, and root starches if you're trying to lose weight is the best thing you can do. All the other 80% we do (organic, pastured, keto, la de…