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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
From reading that page, all grains are bad, ones with gluten and fibre are extra bad.
And, man, I got that link from an IO9 article, and it's awfully written. Like, it could be the second coming of nutritional Jesus, but there's no real compulsion to take the author seriously because of how he writes and how he cites.
However, I tend to want to toss the baby out with the bathwater as soon as you tell me the bathwater cures cancer. Reflex.
My friend who does Paleo is adamantly opposed to all grains. Given she's lost like 100 pounds (and become insanely fit doing CrossFit) since she went Paleo 2 years ago, I'm not inclined to argue with her.
There is a lot of disagreement among the Paleo crowd about what exactly our H/G ancestors would or would not have eaten, and it can get quite involved, but they all seem to agree that grains are Right Out.
The thing I notice about the paleo diet? They aren't eating a lot of insects, are they? I am pretty sure our cavemen ancestors dined on grubs and crickets a lot more than they did steak.
I think it would be easier and simpler to just eat moderately, but I guess we don't do moderation in the US.
blame Google
Seriously--we're being held to the same standard Google is, and Google's not even held to the standard Google is.
Which makes sense, I swear. People both tout it as perfect search at the same time as they have no outlet to file complaints about it, so it isn't even as perfect as they imply.
Just, they know where I sit, so my search gets complained about a little harder.
Our cafeteria at work delivers to our offices, which is nice. Today though, I got the weirdest greek salad. There are no olives and no feta. It is just iceburg lettuce, cucumbers and tomatos, with greek dressing. I have had this salad before, so this is just strange. And not very good!
What *is* the connection between Paleo and Crossfit? Does one recommend the other?
People are ridiculous.
That is all.
Oh, ION, there was a terrifying piece on NPR this morning about how pertussis is BACK, baby. So if you have a lingering cough (even without whooping), please do go get it checked out.
I think it would be easier and simpler to just eat moderately, but I guess we don't do moderation in the US.
This. I mean, diabetes or not, I'm not giving up the occasional slice of birthday cake, for instance.
For me, too, I always feel like as soon I'm told I can't have a certain thing, it's all I think about, and all I want.
The thing I notice about the paleo diet? They aren't eating a lot of insects, are they? I am pretty sure our cavemen ancestors dined on grubs and crickets a lot more than they did steak.
I have seen some Paleo folks advocating eating insects. I(n the US at least, I imagine we don't eat insects because EWW not because we don't think they're Paleo. There's one guy who strongly advocates people eating organ meats (which he insists on referring to as "offal"; it's not helping his case) and he's right, but people don't because we think of organs as EWW. Basically, most modern Paleo folks are looking for foods that they already like that are on the Paleo-Approved list.
No one's really arguing about meat, eggs, and vegetables (though some people eschew root vegetables), though, which makes Paleo essentially Atkins.