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> The paleo diet is, I think, 99% bullshit Would you mind expanding on which parts you find to be bullshit? I can't find any reasons in your current post. > I

> The paleo diet is, I think, 99% bullshit Would you mind expanding on which parts you find to be bullshit? I can't find any reasons in your current post. > I don't buy the logic behind exclusion of beans The logic behind not eating legumes (and dairy) is the same as the logic behind not eating grains: the adult human digestive tract is not capable of fully digesting these (e.g. the protein lectin in grains), causing gut irritation and ultimately causing autoimmunity and inflammation. > When I've lost enough I think I'll reintroduce grains Absolutely do! Only then is any nutritional experiment, Paleo or otherwise, complete. I would wager you will feel worse after reintroducing grains, but I would love to hear your results first hand.

hugh3 16y ago
The parts I think are bullshit are the parts like The logic behind not eating legumes (and dairy) is the same as the logic behind not eating grains: the adult human digestive tract is not capable of fully digesting these (e.g. the protein lectin in grains), causing gut irritation and ultimately causing autoimmunity and inflammation. which as far as I know aren't sufficiently grounded in fact... they sound suspiciously post-hoc. Absolutely do! Only then is any nutritional experiment, Paleo or otherwise, complete. I would wager you will feel worse after reintroducing grains, but I would love to hear your results first hand. Well actually I did go back on grains and sugars the other week because I was in Japan. I didn't really notice much change to my well-being, except that I felt hungry and constantly craved sweet stuff. If there were other effects I can't deconvolve them from jetlag.