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People get so sensitive about the word and weather it's paleo or not, but eating like that clearly works.

by imesh 9y ago

JoshMnem 9y ago
Before I was into computers, I studied "primitive wilderness skills" for a long time.[1] The paleo diet doesn't match with what I studied about hunter gatherer cultures. I don't like it for a few reasons, so I avoid the term. Check out some of the criticism of it online.[2] Paleo tends to rank pretty low relative to other diets.[3] [1] http://artofmemory.com/forums/traditional-wilderness-living-skills-6093.html http://artofmemory.com/forums/traditional-wilderness-living-... [2] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-paleo-diet-half-baked-how-hunter-gatherer-really-eat/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-paleo-diet-ha... [3] http://health.usnews.com/best-diet/best-diets-overall http://health.usnews.com/best-diet/best-diets-overall
- imesh 9y ago
  I know paleo isn't an accurate term, but I am saying your dietary guidelines fall into what a lot of the "Paleo" talkers advise. Unprocessed meat and vegetables with carbs from sweet potatoes... Half the "Paleo for athletes" types articles advise even eating legumes.
  - JoshMnem 9y ago
    > Unprocessed meat That's one major difference. The Paleo Diet recommends getting 55% of all calories from meat and seafood, but I don't eat any meat other than occasional fish (maybe 700-1,000 calories per week), and I do eat some brown rice. Most healthy diets recommend eating a lot of vegetables. For me, sweet potato is the same as any other vegetable -- not exactly a staple by itself. I would intentionally avoid the word paleo, because I think that it would confuse people or give some kind of implicit approval to ideas that I don't agree with. I used to seriously practice real paleolithic living skills[1], and I think that the Paleo Diet gets too many things wrong. If I would use the world "paleo", people might think that it has something to do with the other paleolithic activities I used to practice, so I'm making an effort to distance myself from it. :) [1] http://artofmemory.com/forums/traditional-wilderness-living-skills-6093.html http://artofmemory.com/forums/traditional-wilderness-living-...

People get so sensitive about the word and weather it's paleo or not, but eating like that clearly works.

by imesh 9y ago

People get so sensitive about the word and weather it's paleo or not, but eating like that clearly works.

Before I was into computers, I studied "primitive wilderness skills" for a long time.[1] The paleo diet doesn't match with what I studied about hunter gatherer cultures. I don't like it for a few reasons, so I avoid the term. Check out some of the criticism of it online.[2] Paleo tends to rank pretty low relative to other diets.[3] [1] http://artofmemory.com/forums/traditional-wilderness-living-skills-6093.html http://artofmemory.com/forums/traditional-wilderness-living-... [2] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-paleo-diet-half-baked-how-hunter-gatherer-really-eat/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-paleo-diet-ha... [3] http://health.usnews.com/best-diet/best-diets-overall http://health.usnews.com/best-diet/best-diets-overall

imesh 9y ago
I know paleo isn't an accurate term, but I am saying your dietary guidelines fall into what a lot of the "Paleo" talkers advise. Unprocessed meat and vegetables with carbs from sweet potatoes... Half the "Paleo for athletes" types articles advise even eating legumes.
- JoshMnem 9y ago
  > Unprocessed meat That's one major difference. The Paleo Diet recommends getting 55% of all calories from meat and seafood, but I don't eat any meat other than occasional fish (maybe 700-1,000 calories per week), and I do eat some brown rice. Most healthy diets recommend eating a lot of vegetables. For me, sweet potato is the same as any other vegetable -- not exactly a staple by itself. I would intentionally avoid the word paleo, because I think that it would confuse people or give some kind of implicit approval to ideas that I don't agree with. I used to seriously practice real paleolithic living skills[1], and I think that the Paleo Diet gets too many things wrong. If I would use the world "paleo", people might think that it has something to do with the other paleolithic activities I used to practice, so I'm making an effort to distance myself from it. :) [1] http://artofmemory.com/forums/traditional-wilderness-living-skills-6093.html http://artofmemory.com/forums/traditional-wilderness-living-...