Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Diet Questions & Answers

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I keep seeing posts referencing this "SAD" diet....what is it?

flag	asked Mar 27 2012 at 1:23 HRow 341●1●5●10

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SAD=standard American diet. Manufactured food-like products using refined flours, industrially produced vegetable oils, etc. – Nance Mar 27 2012 at 1:24

It's the perfect acronym to describe what it is; it's sad to see people who eat SAD. – April S.♦ Mar 27 2012 at 1:53

Thank you! I have had some criticism regarding my choosing to ask this question, but I'm not going to withdraw it! I like getting my information from this forum, rather than constantly using Google and other search engines. – HRow Mar 27 2012 at 2:15

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Sadly it works equally well as "Standard Australian Diet, or "Standard Anglo Diet" too! – Suz - Paleo Oz Mar 27 2012 at 2:55

I like the British version: SUKD – Dave S. Mar 27 2012 at 18:31

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Phazo · Answer 1 · 2012-03-27 03:24:54Z UTC

SAD is eschewing the wonderful, natural egg for a name brand substitute because of a fear of "dreaded" fat!

SAD is eating a whole wheat bagel and feeling like you're healthier than someone eating a regular one!

SAD is replacing succulent red meat with tasteless soy artificiality!

SAD is condemning a wholesome, natural diet such as Paleo while blindly swallowing the USDA's wellcrafted bull.

SAD is... sad!

The Loon · Answer 2 · 2012-03-27 02:04:17Z UTC

The Standard American Diet is a breakfast sandwich for breakfast, hamburger, fries and a coke for lunch, pizza and salad for dinner. Snacks include bagels, muffins, a bag of chips and a bowl of ice cream before bed. The diet version of SAD includes low-fat yogurt and granola for breakfast, low-fat muffin for a snack, boneless skinless chicken breast salad for lunch with low-fat dressing and a diet coke, pasta, tofu and veggies for dinner, and then a bag of candy and bowl of ice cream before dinner.

greymouser · Answer 3 · 2012-03-27 14:18:22Z UTC

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Wikipedia has a great overview of the "Western Pattern Diet", i.e. SAD.

... get your learn on! :-)

FWIW, the article is wrought with CW (a bit of demonizing SFAs), but it gives a good overview, regardless.

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Pretty much my view of it (though I forgot about dairy) and not greatly different from country to country wherever fast food is found. The ominous part is the 25% increase in total calories consumed since 1970....convenience and tastiness all tied up in a rewarding package.... – thhq Mar 28 2012 at 15:02

thhq · Answer 4 · 2012-03-27 16:39:36Z UTC

SAD is the diet Americans eat ad libitum. There is no actual definition because the individual content is infinitely variable.

Generally this diet contains a lot of inexpensive refined carbohydrates and vegetable fats. Over the past 50 years it has shifted from made-at-home to ready-to-eat (restaurant or frozen), though the macronutrient ratios are probably about the same. I'd hazard a guess of 60% carb, 10% protein, 25% fat.

Kim · Answer 5 · 2012-12-27 17:16:35Z UTC

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Here I was thinking SAD referred to the food pyramid (or "food plate"). Guess I should be thinking of it more as a standard junk-food diet.

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alligator · Answer 6 · 2012-12-27 17:50:45Z UTC

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The SAD diet is any diet, typically American, which is high in refined grains, sugar, and vegetable oils. Meat consumed is from CAFOs. Dairy is pasturized.

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PilatesGatekeeper · Answer 7 · 2012-12-27 18:33:18Z UTC

SAD-Standard American Diet. Loaded with starchy, insulin-spiking white gluten containing grains and white sugars, high fructose corn syrup, products made from a liquid intended to be eaten by baby cows or beverages that were originally intended for baby cows, fatty, gooey, artificially colored petroleum based products that only contain a trace of baby-cow nourishment but enough to set off someone with a sensitivity or allergic reaction, perfectly good oils that have hydrogen bonds added to extend the oil's shelf life...and most standard americans are slowly killling themselves with it. Truly SAD indeed.

What is the “SAD” diet?

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