most recent 30 from http://paleohacks.com 2013-05-25T13:43:22Z http://paleohacks.com/feeds/user/11702 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://paleohacks.com/questions/197014/is-it-safe-to-eat-rice-again/197016#197016 greymouser 2013-05-23T19:19:59Z 2013-05-23T19:19:59Z

<p>Rice <strong>is</strong> off-limits for by-the-book paleo. You are treading into "The Perfect Health Diet" territory by including rice, which is just fine - it's very close to paleo in ideology and execution.</p> <p>White rice is the least interesting safe-starch - basically, rice just doesn't have a lot going on for it, good or bad. White rice is free from common irritants often found in the bran of the grain. Look at rice as a simple carb delivery vehicle - if you require "a lot" (for paleo-types) of carbs in your diet because you are very active, white rice can fit into a healthy diet. For example, I prefer to focus on starchy roots and tubers, but if I'm dining out at a phở restaurant, I'm probably going to eat the rice noodles, so long as they are 100% rice.</p> <p>Summary: research The Perfect Health Diet (PHD), try get most of your dense carbs from roots and tubers, and consider adding rice in as well if you really want to, or if you want variety.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/197004/paleo-crisis-i-just-do-not-know-how-to-get-outta-there/197010#197010 greymouser 2013-05-23T19:04:04Z 2013-05-23T19:04:04Z

<p>First, "<em>Mirabelle</em>"? That sounds like a woman's name, right? If you are 14% body fat at 5'7", 141lbs, you're already incredibly low body fat and very fit for a female. Are you sure those numbers are correct?</p> <p><em>I know, this questions can be answered only by myself.</em></p> <p>If you are feeling out of control, I suggest you immediately discuss your issues with a loved one or a friend. If you do not have someone like that in your life, you should get in a touch with a mental health professional that specializes in disordered eating.</p> <p>Stop spending time hating yourself, and start looking for help in real life, not on the Internet.</p> <p>Good luck.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/196966/caffeine-sensitivity/196976#196976 greymouser 2013-05-23T13:24:17Z 2013-05-23T13:24:17Z

<p>If you are gluten sensitive, then a common effect from gluten is a perforated gut. A perforated gut allows thing that shouldn't be let in, in; and let's more of substances that would take longer to absorb in, faster.</p> <p>Caffeine is absorbed all along the digestive tract, so I'm not 100% sure how much this effect from wheat would effect caffeine absorption.</p> <p>I get mild cramps when I eat (or even get dosed with) wheat. If I have peppers as well, I have horrible cramps - even though peppers alone do not cause me noticaeble harm/pain.</p> <p>Perforated gut can cause strange hard to track down issues.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/196960/good-pwo-shake-meal-goal-building-muscles-and-recovery/196968#196968 greymouser 2013-05-23T13:00:38Z 2013-05-23T13:00:38Z

<p>Why the desire to drink a shake/meal? Many people do for convenience, but there are much better whole food options -- if you are able to figure out the particular logistics and timing you have to deal with.</p> <p>Does he have access to a fridge at work? If so, any possible meal you could conceive of making him that will keep for 1 hour or so between work and the gym should work out great.</p> <p>Besides a standard, paleo cooked dinner in a box, he could keep something in the fridge at work that just takes microwaving to cook. For example, my PWO breakfast is 3 large chicken sausages and a large plantain. The chicken sausages are precooked (as they are chicken), so just take microwaving; the plantain is best cooked in the microwave, in my humble opinion. :-)</p> <p>Finally: pouched salmon. I'm a huge fan. I eat once 5oz pack a day between breakfast and lunch (I'm mass gaining at the moment) - very convenient. </p> <p>If he doesn't have access to a microwave, and doesn't like pouched or canned fish, things become more difficult. In this case, the best powdered protein concentrate or isolate is a good option for getting some food into him, but frankly, shakes are just not that satiating. If the gym is an hour away, it would probably be worth it, though. Stick to whey, beef, or egg protein concentrate or isolate sources.</p> <p>I <em>really</em> believe he should stick to whole, real food options, but if he insists, a shake can totally work.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/196941/what-do-proteins-convert-to-before-reaching-your-cells/196959#196959 greymouser 2013-05-23T11:47:05Z 2013-05-23T11:47:05Z

<p>The cells receive chains of peptides called polypeptides. An polypeptide is basically a straight (unbranched) chain of amino acids. These are what is delivered to your cells. Proteins are made out of a number of polypeptides -- but they branch, shift, bunch, and use other molecules to bind together into larger, functional structures.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/196820/gluten-wheat-rye-barley-problems-so-bad-i-had-to-stay-in-bed/196826#196826 greymouser 2013-05-22T14:30:24Z 2013-05-22T14:30:24Z

<p>Commercially made beef jerky is almost 100% guaranteed to contain both wheat and soy.</p> <p>I'm not a doctor, but it really sounds like you have full-blown celiac disease - I would talk to your doctor immediately to confirm.</p> <p>In the meantime, if you eat packaged food: <strong>you have to read the label carefully</strong>. Wheat lurks in many forms on the ingredients list, so study up. While some alternative grains like oats are technically gluten/gliadin free, they are almost always processed in facilities that use the same equipment to process wheat - i.e. they are contaminated with wheat. The easiest solution is to avoid all grains.</p> <p>On the positive side, beef jerky is pretty darn easy to make at home, and you can avoid the additives you are responding poorly to.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/196744/use-if-this-site/196755#196755 greymouser 2013-05-22T00:41:59Z 2013-05-22T00:41:59Z

<ol> <li>Register your PH account. Click 'login', and 'register new account'</li> <li>Associate an image at gravatar.com with the same email you used to register for this site.</li> </ol>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/196735/why-is-the-weight-not-what-is-labeled-kirkland-signature-organic-ground-beef-ite/196740#196740 greymouser 2013-05-21T21:53:42Z 2013-05-21T21:53:42Z

<p>Let me guess, this package was labeled something like 600 grams?</p> <p>Your scale is calibrated to equate 30g to equal 1 ounce. This is incorrect, although very common. 600/30 = 20, which is about what you weighed. (I'd ignore the 1/2 ounce difference unless you have a very, precise scale).</p> <p>An ounce is 28.3495231 grams. This is sometimes rounded up to 29 or 30, or down to 28. All of them are imprecise.</p> <p>If you divide 600 / 28 you get 21.42, which is about what they labeled.</p> <p>Summary: the US needs to start using metric and join the modern era!</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/196737/can-i-drink-club-soda-on-the-paleo-diet/196739#196739 greymouser 2013-05-21T21:41:23Z 2013-05-21T21:41:23Z

<ul> <li>Seltzer water - carbonated water</li> <li>Club Soda - Seltzer Water with (possibly) other minerals like salt</li> <li>Tonic - Seltzer Water with sugar and quinine</li> </ul> <p>Tonic should be treated like run of the mill sugary soda - best to avoid it. Seltzer or club soda isn't really "paleo", but it's not like you're breaking some core principle if you drink it.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/196710/one-year-of-complete-paleo-and-have-just-had-a-cheat-day-history-of-disordered-e/196720#196720 greymouser 2013-05-21T19:55:58Z 2013-05-21T21:37:58Z

<p><em>i was thinking about a 24 hour fast and plenty of water, but i dont think that will address the underlying issues this binge has raised.</em></p> <p>I'm not a mental health professional, but in my humble opinion castigating yourself by swinging in the opposite direction of how your binge manifested is pretty much the perfect recipe for developing disordered eating habits again.</p> <p>You ate some shitty food - don't swing the opposite way, just start eating not shitty food again. If you did it for a year, you clearly know how to do so. :-)</p> <p>If you feel yourself getting caught up in bad thoughts and disordered eating again, I strongly encourage you to talk to a friend or loved one, and even a practicing mental health professional that specializes in disordered eating.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/196709/do-your-nails-have-crescents-at-the-bottom-indicating-that-you-have-good-iron-le/196724#196724 greymouser 2013-05-21T20:06:31Z 2013-05-21T20:06:31Z

<p>Everybody has that "crescent" at the bottom of their nail, whether they can see it or not. It's called the lunula, and it's <em>literally</em> the root of the nail (well, the visible part of the root).</p> <p>Your book sounds like a bit of woo-science, to me. If you push your cuticles back, you should see the lunula, regardless of its prominence.</p> <p>Was there a compelling case made for iron deficiency related to how high or low the flesh of the finger and cuticle rises up the nail?</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/196701/miracle-noodles/196704#196704 greymouser 2013-05-21T18:37:28Z 2013-05-21T18:37:28Z

<p>They are traditionally known as shirataki noodles. If you want to try them because of "zero calorie" or "remotely paleo" reasons, you will want to get the ones like "Miracle Noodles" that do not contain any soy or other bean ingredients.</p> <p>For most, the biggest issue is going to be the highly processed konjac root (i.e. the glucomannan) which is a FODMAPs irritant, being a polysaccharide. Warning: if you are FODMAPs reactive, note that this product is <em>basically</em> 100% FODMAP - eat with caution or near a toilet.</p> <p>So, Miracle Noodles are a highly processed food product, though they masquerade as a type of "mildly" processed food product like "traditional" noodles. Since they are only highly processed indigestible fiber, I would not even consider them an actual food, just filler. If you're looking to spice up an "Asian night" with noodles, consider the non-paleo but real-food options of 100% rice or 100% buckwheat noodles.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/196617/is-it-possible-to-get-all-of-your-carbs-from-fruit-and-not-be-vitamin-deficient/196649#196649 greymouser 2013-05-21T11:51:16Z 2013-05-21T11:58:58Z

<p>First, as people have mentioned seeing blood when you have a bowel movement is a concern. However, would you describe it as a) blood <em>in</em> stool - it's in there, and stool is redder/darker, b) blood in bowl, or c) blood on the stool?</p> <p>The first (a) is an immediate concern - go to your doctor and get it checked out <strong>immediately</strong>.</p> <p>The second two (b,c) are less life threatening, but warrant a visit to the doctor, too! It could be anything from hemorrhoids to an anal fissure -- horrible, but manageable / treatable.</p> <p>I used to have a slew of lower GI issues, and I understand your pain. It's been years, I'm healed, and I don't fear leafy green vegetables anymore. However, even when I was avoiding them, 'cause they hurt my insides, I was able to eat non-leafy green vegetables. I was not able to eat all of them (broccoli still bothers me), but I could always down nicely cooked asparagus and articoke - two very fibrous, but easy to digest green veggies <strong>if cooked well</strong>.</p> <p>Also, don't forget: there's a ton of non-green veggies out there! Squashes, carrots, parsnips, beets, onions, leeks, garlic and more! Heck, leeks are somewhat green. ;-)</p> <p>But to specifically answer your question, regarding carbs, as long as you are eating whole foods, wherever you get them from and however many you need should be generally the same. Regarding vitamins, you should be able to mitigate any losses from not eating green vegetables by otherwise maintaining a varied diet. However, if the rest of your diet is solid, I wouldn't worry too much. But again, keep those other veggies in your diet!</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/196486/binge-eating-serious-problem/196488#196488 greymouser 2013-05-20T14:20:16Z 2013-05-20T14:20:16Z

<p>Paleo might help keep binge-eating tendencies in the long term at rest, but you need to address your issues with binge-eating before optimizing your diet with paleo. Binge-eating is a serious mental issue, and has to do with your relationship with food, sense of control, and issues around that -- and <strong>not</strong> with <em>diet</em>.</p> <p>While a mental health professional can offer guidance and counseling, I'd suggest starting the process by at least talking to a friend, parent, or sibling. Someone that cares for you can help you set up a plan of action to help mitigate harm from disordered binge eating.</p> <p>Please reach out to someone close to you that can offer advice. If there isn't someone like that around, please seek professional counseling.</p> <p>Food should be enjoyed, and not make you feel out of control! Good luck.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/196469/i-need-help-with-my-sugar-cravings/196480#196480 greymouser 2013-05-20T12:58:16Z 2013-05-20T12:58:16Z

<p>My suggestion is to immediately cut out all added sweeteners (sugar free or not) and soft drinks (sugar free or not), and then slowly begin to improve your core diet.</p> <p>Assuming that you have already gotten that far, I'd take cutting out the carb-rich foods you love slowly. Cutting out bread and french fries / hot chips is a good start (bread isn't nutritious food, and french fries are often cooked in very bad oils as well as difficult for some to eat in moderation). I would worry a lot less about cutting out other potatoes or rice -- consider potatoes an okay addition to meals, and white rice an okay sometimes-food. You should avoid nearly all grains, whole grain or not, but white rice seems fairly benign.</p> <p>So, let's talk about the rest of your food. "Salads and fruit" doesn't really say much. Your diet should contain ample red meats (beef, lamb, goat), plenty of fish (as often as you can get it fresh), eggs (eaten whenever you'd like) and besides those leafy salad greens consider adding lots of green fibrous and sugary (yes, I know) veggies: asparagus, peppers, onions, garlic, broccoli, beets, carrots, parsnips, etc. A carrot or beet, while sugary, will not trigger the same cravings like a glazed donut would. ;-) Complement your meal with a dense starch: potaoes or rice is okay, but consider other starchier veggies like squash, plantains, yuca, sweet potatoes, etcetera.</p> <p>Don't fret, you can do this! Good luck.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/196364/new-to-paleo-so-confused/196366#196366 greymouser 2013-05-19T14:17:16Z 2013-05-19T16:00:52Z

<p>I like to point out that drinking shakes isn't ideologically paleo - "eat your food, don't drink it" - but since you are beginning, don't fret about that, but keep it in mind. Powdered shakes are also, by definition, an extremely highly processed food -- and generally with paleo, we like to avoid highly processed foods (also, just keep that in mind, as you progress).</p> <p>For Shakeology, specifically, I would avoid it because it contains many strict-no and maybe-avoid type paleo foods, including different types of wheat (strict no's), oats, as well as many other grains and pseudo-grains (e.g. brown rice and quinoa), and some legumes.</p> <p>My suggestion:</p> <ol> <li>Are you replacing a real meal with Shakeology? Stop doing that, and eat real food.</li> <li>Are you supplementing an exercise routine by drinking a shake after hitting the gym? Finish the Shakeology you have, and consider either eating a small but dense carb/protein high meal after the gym, or if you really want to continue with shakes, find a better processed protein source (whey, beef, eggs protein all available for shakes).</li> </ol>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/196151/alcohol-consumption-and-ketosis/196152#196152 greymouser 2013-05-17T19:07:13Z 2013-05-17T19:12:36Z

<p>Yes, and it will stop it almost immediately.</p> <p>Alcohol is not a macronutrient (because we don't dervice nutrition from it in quantity on purpose), but it is burned for energy. It has the distinction of being digested preferentially over the macronutrients. Because it is digested by the liver, all ketogenic activity in the liver stops; i.e ketosis stops.</p> <p>Now, this doesn't mean that you probably won't enter back into ketosis after detoxifying all the alcohol, considering everything else notwithstanding, but it will take a while. Regardless: does alcohol stop ketosis? That's an unequivocal <strong>yes</strong>.</p> <p>If you are a beginner at ketosis, or low or zero carb diets, I strongly suggest you proceed very carefully -- drinking on a low or zero carb diet is a great way to have a hypoglycemic event. While alcohol often is inside a sugary or carb-rich drink (beer, mixed drinks, sweet wines), alcohol tends to have the opposite effect of what you'd think: it makes you more likely to have low blood sugar, and coupled with diminished ketones from detoxifying the alcohol, you may be in for a word of trouble i.e. no available energy sources in your blood.</p> <p>My advice: just be careful. Consider breaking out of ketosis earlier in the day, carb'ng up, enjoying your Scotch, and then easing yourself back into ketosis over the next couple days.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/195951/food-staples-from-each-macronutrient-class-what-are-yours/196133#196133 greymouser 2013-05-17T17:34:53Z 2013-05-17T17:42:17Z

<ol> <li><strong>protein</strong>: Sockeye Salmon (wild), mackerel as a close second</li> <li><strong>fibrous carb/non-starchy vegetable</strong>: artichokes, no ties, none even close: just artichokes</li> <li><strong>fat source</strong>: tie - avocado for whole food, coconut oil if including cooking supplies</li> <li><strong>complex/starchy carb source</strong>: yuca / cassava (plantains come in a very close second)</li> <li><strong>fruit source</strong>: pineapples! (strawberries are a runner up)</li> </ol> <p>This list assumes that the question is asking for the "obvious" group. Meats clearly are protein and fat, and the mighty avocado would technically be my favorite:</p> <ul> <li>fibrous vegetable</li> <li>fave fat</li> <li>fave fruit</li> </ul> <p>... simultaneously. ;-)</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/196088/non-paleo-day-question/196094#196094 greymouser 2013-05-17T13:04:30Z 2013-05-17T13:04:30Z

<p><em>Is there a reason I absolutely SHOULDN'T do this?</em></p> <p>There are tens of reasons why not to do this. Most of them involve leading questions like ... Are you making this pizza yourself? What are the other toppings on the pizza in terms of quality? How do you handle dairy, especially cheese? Etcetera. Do you suspect you have a gluten intolerance?</p> <p>But there is one reason you should: you clearly want to, and that can trump all the little -- however important -- health reasons.</p> <p>Some people get surprised when they "go back" to wheat to find they've uncovered a gluten intolerance after lowering inflammation from abstaining. So, assuming you can still handle wheat, then a 100%, crust-and-all, homemade pizza with lots of fresh vegetables and real sauce is far from the worst thing you could eat.</p> <p><em>Will I completely lose everything I've already built up in terms of putting my body on track?</em></p> <p>Almost certainly not. 3 weeks strict paleo and one-meal-not is 98.4% paleo, assuming 3 meals a day. ;-) However, you may find yourself slowly sliding into a mental trap ... "Oh, one cheat day didn't hurt, how about 1 a week ... Oh, how about 2 a week ... 3 ...", so be wary.</p> <p><em>I've been doing very well and don't feel like I should feel bad for having pizza for one meal.</em></p> <p>You shouldn't think of pizza as a <em>reward</em>. You aren't <em>punishing</em> yourself by sticking to paleo, you're giving yourself a <em>gift</em>. But again, if you want pizza, you have my persmission: stop the damned, mental anguish and have a slice already. ;-)</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/196078/refrigerating-eggs-at-night-out-all-day/196082#196082 greymouser 2013-05-17T11:41:47Z 2013-05-17T11:41:47Z

<p>That wouldn't fly in the food service industry. So you can think of this question as: would you eat hardboiled eggs from a restaurant who left them out all day?</p> <p>Honestly, considering the price of eggs, it's really just not worth the risk. Just hard boil some more ... and get them in a cooler case if you need to travel or whatever happened in your case.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/195959/is-it-the-un-absrobed-magnesium-which-is-the-laxative-effect-less-absorb-ablem/195962#195962 greymouser 2013-05-16T18:19:11Z 2013-05-16T18:19:11Z

<p>Magnesium does not function like fiber -- unless your main source of it is from eating rocks. ;-) <strong>Absorbed</strong> magnesium relaxes muscles, which is why it's useful for those that find passing stools difficult. By "relax" I mean that it helps muscles that are "stuck" (constantly constricting) to contract and release more easily -- when this comes to bowel muscles, the contraction and release itself has a laxative effect, as it "moves things along." But again, it's not like what fiber does -- completely different function.</p> <p>For the second part of your question, I'm not sure - I stick to tablets -- I've never had a problem with magnesium citrate tablets.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/195897/does-liver-keep-you-awake-at-night/195905#195905 greymouser 2013-05-16T12:27:04Z 2013-05-16T12:27:04Z

<p>Honestly, liver has never noticeably kept me awake, restless in bed. I eat liver about once a week, so I think I would have noticed by now. :-)</p> <p>If you make the pate yourself, do you add any other ingredients that are more likely to contain stimulants?</p> <p>I think your guess that something else is transpiring, causing racing thoughts, is much more likely. :-)</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/195755/i-cant-seem-to-get-this-diet-right/195904#195904 greymouser 2013-05-16T12:10:23Z 2013-05-16T12:10:23Z

<p>Are you not terribly active? I'd wager that you will still get good results if you cap your diet at 150g of carbs a day.</p> <p>Are you active? Heck, you may need <em>more</em> than 200g a day. I'm very active, and I get a range of 150 - 300g of carbs per day these days.</p> <p>I think your guess is correct -- if you are not trying to get into ketosis, going from 100g to 150g of carbs a day is not a terribly big jump. You can even take a middle step to 125g, and see how you fair. But again, if you're active, that kind of minutiae is going to matter a lot less.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/195790/best-all-purpose-flour-alternative-recipe/195805#195805 greymouser 2013-05-15T12:08:23Z 2013-05-15T12:08:23Z

<p>There is a problem: your desire to find an "all purpose flour" and an "alternative" flour are at odds.</p> <p>First, suffice to say many here would recommend you don't continue to eat <em>faileo</em> foods like "almond flour tarts". Pretend that I ranted for a while about that.</p> <p>The thing that makes flour is perfect for baking is it's gluten. It makes dough pliable and stretchy. One of the biggest reasons to use alt flours is to avoid gluten. While some of these flours have similar proteins (orzein in rice, zein in corn), they are not in as great quantities, nor are they as glue-like and pliable as gluten rich flour.</p> <p>Having said that, here's my suggestion: do not look for a single alternative "all purpose flour". If you truly want to eat the faileo baked products you enumerated, I suggest finding a best alt flour for each. Almond flour works really well for tarts, for e.g., while you make just want to completely dump your paleo-quest and use corn flour for tortillas if the tortillas mean more to you than "paleo", which is fair if they do!. Yuca or potato starch is great for making starchy hard rolls.</p> <p>Since you mention it, in the past I've made gnocchi from quinoa flour. Good, but they were far, far from the real gnocchi my Italian family makes.</p> <p>Good luck.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/195685/starting-paleo-help/195691#195691 greymouser 2013-05-14T16:13:15Z 2013-05-14T16:13:15Z

<p>Waxy maize? No, definitely not paleo. Consider replacing this with a very dense starch - yuca or potato come to mind. Other tubers and roots are great, too, but those two are very high in starch.</p> <p>What are your sources for protein? If you are getting the bulk of your protein from powders and shakes, that's not quite paleo either, so consider eating plenty of, and a variety of, real meat.</p> <p>Do <strong>not</strong> keep your fats that high from nuts primarily. Your fat levels will likely fall in that range from eating real meats. Nuts are not required at all, but are AOK to have if you want to eat them.</p> <p>If you're eating starch and fruit, you're not <em>not</em> eating sugar, but of the sugars you are eating, strawberries (and most berries) should be AOK.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/195679/food-allergy-intolerance-confusion/195682#195682 greymouser 2013-05-14T15:23:12Z 2013-05-14T15:23:12Z

<p>One avoids yeast by strictly avoiding all processed foods -- even "traditional" or "ancestral" processed foods like cheese, kefir, or fermented veggies. Any foods like these -- foods that require fermentation -- are fermented by yeast and bacteria.</p> <p>Kombucha would not be a yeast free food, as it is fermented by yeast and bacteria via the SCOBY (it's an acronym for "symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast").</p> <p>If you are hyper reactive to yeast, mold, and other fungus then you not only need to avoid foods like cheese, fermented drinks, and breads, but also foods that may have low (but existing) levels of fungal contamination. Usually this is food like grains (so easy to avoid on paleo), but even coffee is susceptible to this. Honestly, I wouldn't take it this far, unless you are trying an elimination diet or are very allergic to yeast and mold.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/195584/allegy-to-coconut-oil-or-soybean-oil-in-vitamen-e-gel-caps/195586#195586 greymouser 2013-05-13T21:36:05Z 2013-05-13T21:36:05Z

<p>Both coconut and soy are very, very common allergens. If you had a strong reaction, you may want to get tested for allergies by a doctor. If it was a lesser reaction, and elimination trial would probably identify the culprit. Note that it could be both.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/193559/17-and-only-lose-weight-when-i-seriously-restrict-suggestions/195422#195422 greymouser 2013-05-12T21:36:15Z 2013-05-12T21:36:15Z

<p><em>I know I am young, but please trust that I don't have a messed up view of my body or an eating disorder- neither is the case.</em></p> <p>When I plug your age, height, weight, and waist size into an BF% estimation calculation, I get 21%. Now, with neck and hip measurements, or even some caliper measurements, we could generate a more accurate estimate -- let's say you're in the 20-25% BF range -- but 21% for a woman is <em>fit</em>. <em>Fit</em> as in, other women are asking themselves what you do to get so tone, and men are unashamedly lusting after you.</p> <p>You need to rethink what you wrote. Are you <strong>sure</strong> you have a fairly objective view of your own body? I'm not so sure that you do. I wish you the best of luck in your health pursuits, but please make sure they are sensible!</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/195415/specific-benefits-of-eating-muscle-meat/195417#195417 greymouser 2013-05-12T20:09:34Z 2013-05-12T20:09:34Z

<p>Mostly regarding beef and other ruminants, muscle meat contains creatine and taurine in abundance - though both diminish as meat nears well done -- so don't cook it that long.</p> <p>I don't think an offal-pescetarian is missing anything, frankly. If you're eating fish and animal organs, you're eating <em>meat</em>, no need to mince the definitions -- fish is definitely meat. Fish and seafood tend to have a BV% that's similar to beef, too.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/195281/meta-what-is-the-purpose-of-the-community-wiki/195320#195320 greymouser 2013-05-11T19:23:38Z 2013-05-11T19:23:38Z

<p>This is what the Stack Exchange site help says: <a href="http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/11740/what-are-community-wiki-posts">http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/11740/what-are-community-wiki-posts</a></p> <p>tl;dr Lowers the reputation score needed to edit posts greatly, so that any can edit them ala a wiki.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/197189/for-those-of-you-who-have-had-eating-disorders greymouser 2013-05-24T20:26:17Z 2013-05-24T20:26:17Z

I'm sure it's a good article and you had good intentions, but this is not your blog. Please don't advertise here.

http://paleohacks.com/questions/197005/not-seeing-the-results-i-expected greymouser 2013-05-23T19:06:22Z 2013-05-23T19:06:22Z

Can you please describe what your paleo diet looks like? Also, it's only been what? 8 weeks? Is that right? Stats like height, weight, and BF% would also help us give you a fair critique.

http://paleohacks.com/questions/197004/paleo-crisis-i-just-do-not-know-how-to-get-outta-there greymouser 2013-05-23T18:50:01Z 2013-05-23T18:50:01Z

For us non-metric folk, that's 5'7&quot; and 141lbs.

http://paleohacks.com/questions/177549/does-anyone-use-acorn-flour/197003#197003 greymouser 2013-05-23T18:24:53Z 2013-05-23T18:24:53Z

Phytochemcials == &quot;chemicals from plants&quot;. By definition, no plant is void of phytochemicals.

http://paleohacks.com/questions/196897/my-experience-wrt-paleo-and-cholesterol-good-news/197000#197000 greymouser 2013-05-23T17:25:48Z 2013-05-23T17:25:48Z

Pork liver should virtually never be eaten for reasons regarding contracting hepatitis E from it. Chicken liver does have some copper - 7% RDA for 1oz. Lamb is also an incredibly good source of copper like beef liver.

http://paleohacks.com/questions/196562/any-paleos-trying-mark-bittmans-vegan-before-6/196986#196986 greymouser 2013-05-23T15:25:07Z 2013-05-23T15:25:07Z

His book &quot;Fish&quot; is a superb reference in the same way.

http://paleohacks.com/questions/196966/caffeine-sensitivity/196976#196976 greymouser 2013-05-23T15:02:51Z 2013-05-23T15:02:51Z

I'm not going to speak ill of bone broth. ;-)

http://paleohacks.com/questions/196966/caffeine-sensitivity/196976#196976 greymouser 2013-05-23T14:18:38Z 2013-05-23T14:18:38Z

Bone broth will not solve this problem. <i>Not eating</i> gut perforants solves this problem. Bone broth, and other healing foods, will certainly help heal any particular flare-up, though. :-)

http://paleohacks.com/questions/6915/yucca-cassava/196931#196931 greymouser 2013-05-23T11:58:53Z 2013-05-23T11:58:53Z

Curcuma is turmeric?

http://paleohacks.com/questions/196833/whats-wrong-with-chronic-cardio/196835#196835 greymouser 2013-05-22T15:44:11Z 2013-05-22T15:44:11Z

+1 An apt description. I might change &quot;going hard&quot; to &quot;going 60%-70% of VO2 max, and I'd add &quot;, daily.&quot; to &quot;30 minutes or longer&quot;.

http://paleohacks.com/questions/196735/why-is-the-weight-not-what-is-labeled-kirkland-signature-organic-ground-beef-ite/196786#196786 greymouser 2013-05-22T14:50:41Z 2013-05-22T14:50:41Z

In MA, I pay about $2 less per pound for ground beef -- $5.50 instead of $7-$10 -- for pastured beef I buy from the local farm at their farm stand, instead of prepackaged organic (and pastured) beef from the grocery store.

http://paleohacks.com/questions/105304/lover-of-beer-what-do-i-do/196818#196818 greymouser 2013-05-22T14:26:24Z 2013-05-22T14:26:24Z

Guinness does not have &quot;a lot&quot; of iron. A pint of Guinness has 0.3mg of iron -- i.e. you'd need to drink 3 pints to equal the iron in one egg. And besides, that's less than 4% of RDA needs. Guinness is however a low calorie beer choice, so if you're going to drink empty calories from beer, Guinness is a good choice.

http://paleohacks.com/questions/196709/do-your-nails-have-crescents-at-the-bottom-indicating-that-you-have-good-iron-le/196813#196813 greymouser 2013-05-22T14:19:58Z 2013-05-22T14:19:58Z

@Kimchi click &quot;add comment&quot; ;-)

http://paleohacks.com/questions/75270/why-is-pumpkin-not-considered-low-carb/196785#196785 greymouser 2013-05-22T14:19:29Z 2013-05-22T14:19:29Z

Cooked pumpkin, onion, or carrots all have a moderate amount of sugar right off the bat. Pumpkin and carrots have a lot of starch as well, which will raise blood sugar, too (as it breaks down to sugar over time). Adding lentils or peas isn't really a paleo option, but if you add those, you're going to raise the carbohydrate and sugar levels as much as the protein levels.

http://paleohacks.com/questions/196817/anybody-else-eat-red-meat-4-to-5-times-a-week/196819#196819 greymouser 2013-05-22T14:08:11Z 2013-05-22T14:08:11Z

I'm pretty much there, too. There's a rare lazy Sunday when I'll have bacon,fish,fish.