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It's hard to take seriously a diet that says: "2. Start eating proper fats - Use healthy animal fats or coconut fat to substitute fat calories for carbohydrate

by nickpp 17y ago

It's hard to take seriously a diet that says: "2. Start eating proper fats - Use healthy animal fats or coconut fat to substitute fat calories for carbohydrate calories that formerly came from sugar and flour. Drink whole cream or coconut milk." Now I am not a big fan of cereals myself (I prefer greens) but to push animal fat... I would really like some serious studies for the Paleo fad. I strongly believe it will have some disastrous effect on the long term. Kinda' like Atkins had.

nickpp 17y ago
For a good lauch, read the dude's meal plan: http://www.paleonu.com/panu-weblog/2009/11/13/what-i-eat.html http://www.paleonu.com/panu-weblog/2009/11/13/what-i-eat.htm... I would LOVE to know about the state of his arteries in about 10 to 15 years.
- xiaoma 17y ago
  His arteries will probably be like those of many other heavy meat-eaters, but it's not his arteries that concern me. Check out his response to the 3rd commenter on that page, who mentioned that her son doesn't follow the paleo fad diet: "Your son, do you light his cigarettes for him, too? I am a nazi about not having bread in the house- maybe that's stupid but the only poison I'll supply to guests is whisky and wine." It's one thing to be a fringe nut-case who rejects the empirical findings of mainstream dietary research, but imposing the same on one's children is very disturbing.
DennisP 17y ago
It's also hard to take seriously anyone who claims to be "paleo" but eats a lot of dairy. I start trying to picture a hunter-gatherer sneaking up on a wild bison for a quick teat squeeze. Grains, on the other hand, they could do. I've taken courses on primitive hunting/gathering, and grass seed was one of their basic survival foods. Wild rice was a staple for some amerindian tribes. He's not eating paleo, just plain ol' Atkins.

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It's hard to take seriously a diet that says: "2. Start eating proper fats - Use healthy animal fats or coconut fat to substitute fat calories for carbohydrate

by nickpp 17y ago

nickpp 17y ago
For a good lauch, read the dude's meal plan: http://www.paleonu.com/panu-weblog/2009/11/13/what-i-eat.html http://www.paleonu.com/panu-weblog/2009/11/13/what-i-eat.htm... I would LOVE to know about the state of his arteries in about 10 to 15 years.
- xiaoma 17y ago
  His arteries will probably be like those of many other heavy meat-eaters, but it's not his arteries that concern me. Check out his response to the 3rd commenter on that page, who mentioned that her son doesn't follow the paleo fad diet: "Your son, do you light his cigarettes for him, too? I am a nazi about not having bread in the house- maybe that's stupid but the only poison I'll supply to guests is whisky and wine." It's one thing to be a fringe nut-case who rejects the empirical findings of mainstream dietary research, but imposing the same on one's children is very disturbing.
DennisP 17y ago
It's also hard to take seriously anyone who claims to be "paleo" but eats a lot of dairy. I start trying to picture a hunter-gatherer sneaking up on a wild bison for a quick teat squeeze. Grains, on the other hand, they could do. I've taken courses on primitive hunting/gathering, and grass seed was one of their basic survival foods. Wild rice was a staple for some amerindian tribes. He's not eating paleo, just plain ol' Atkins.