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I see so many acronyms for different paleo related concepts. What do they all mean?

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 I think this question could become part of the website itself. Perhaps under the faqs? – gilliebean♦ Mar 1 2010 at 16:37
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 Yep. Great point. I will set up a definitions and terminology page. – Patrik♦ Mar 1 2010 at 17:10
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 Cool. I have been afraid to ask what SAD meant for the longest time. lol – David Csonka Mar 1 2010 at 18:17

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Please post your suggestions for terms as an answer. I'll try to compile the suggestions and keep a running list here. Try to vote this answer to the top to keep it visible.

Terms / Acronyms:

  • PUFA - Poly-Unsaturated Fatty Acids
  • SAD - Standard American Diet
  • WAPF: Weston A. Price Foundation
  • IF: Intermittent Fasting
  • EM2: Evolutionary Metabolic Milieu (from the PaNu blog)
  • EPA/DHA: eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acid, the two important forms of omega-3 fatty acids
  • ALA: alpha-linolenic acid, the less usable form of omega-3 fatty acids
  • SFA= Saturated Fat(ty Acids)
  • MUFA= Mono-Unsaturated Fat(ty Acids)
  • BBS= Body By Science
  • HIT= High Intensity Training
  • HIIT= High Intensity Interval Training
  • AGE= Advanced Glycation End-products
  • CLO= Cod Liver Oil
  • CW = conventional wisdom
  • CF = CrossFit
  • PB = Primal Blueprint (www.marksdailyapple.com)
  • WOD = workout of the day
  • CVD = Cardio Vascular Disease
  • CHD = Coronary Heart Disease
  • MDA = Mark's Daily Apple blog
  • HDL = High Density Lipoprotein
  • LDL = Low Density Lipoprotein
  • Pattern A LDL = Good, fluffy Large LDL particles
  • Pattern B LDL = Bad, small dense LDL particles sometimes noted at sdLDL for small dense
  • BG = Blood Glucose
  • FBG = Fasting Blood Glucose
  • "skinny-fat" One who has nearly ideal BMI yet has low muscle mass and too much abdominal fat.
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Great job David. Will create page for this later this week. – Patrik♦ Mar 2 2010 at 6:17
Can you add Metcon? It keeps coming a lot in Robb's podcast.. – Ivan Nov 1 2010 at 1:21
CLA, GF-Gluten Free – Stephen-Aegis Nov 1 2010 at 11:25
CLA- Conjugated linoleic acid – Stephen-Aegis Nov 1 2010 at 11:27
Metcon- Metabolic Conditioning.(Endurance Training) – Stephen-Aegis Nov 1 2010 at 11:28
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  • SFA= Saturated Fat(ty Acids)
  • MUFA= Mono-Unsaturated Fat(ty Acids)
  • BBS= Body By Science
  • HIT= High Intensity Training
  • HIIT= High Intensity Interval Training
  • AGE= Advanced Glycation End-products
  • CLO= Cod Liver Oil
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Oh and... MCT= Medium Chain Triglycerides LCT= Long Chain Triglycerides – David Moss Mar 2 2010 at 16:40
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SAD=Standard American Diet.
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 Also SAD:Shitty American Diet? :P (I didn't know SAD before) – Ivan Nov 1 2010 at 1:21
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 This one had me confused for days before I finally googled it. – sherpamelissa Dec 19 2010 at 14:36
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WAPF: Western A. Price Foundation

IF: Intermittent Fasting

EM2: Evolutionary Metabolic Milieu (from the PaNu blog)

EPA/DHA: eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acid, the two important forms of omega-3 fatty acids

ALA: alpha-linolenic acid, the less usable form of omega-3 fatty acids

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  • CW = conventional wisdom
  • CF = CrossFit
  • PB = Primal Blueprint (www.marksdailyapple.com)
  • WOD = workout of the day
  • DM = diabetes mellitus
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T1/T2 - Type 1/Type 2 diabetes – Dave S. Nov 1 2010 at 12:37
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WOE: Way of Eating

WOL: Way of Life

CED: Clean Eating Day

HWC: Heavy Whipping Cream

LC: Low Carb

VLC: Very Low Carb

ZC: Zero Carb (not actually zero, as meat and eggs have carbs, but commonly referred to as such)

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Never heard the first four. They are way too geeky :D – Ikco Oct 31 2010 at 9:11
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 WOE, thank you! That one didn't google for me! – sherpamelissa Dec 19 2010 at 14:34
HWC comes from Starbucks, doesn't it? I saw it written on the side of my cup last time I was there. Haha! – jpet Dec 19 2010 at 18:35
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PWO- usually means post-workout... most ?s are around this vs pre workout when it comes to exercise...

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RWP = Robb Wolf's Podcast ADE = Art DeVany's Ego PHQ = Paleo Hacks question GAM = Go ask Masterjohn DADV = Dumb answer down voted

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I down voted this answer ironically ;D – Carly Apr 5 2011 at 20:25
I feel bad, I'll up vote it now :D – Carly Apr 5 2011 at 20:26
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  1. CVD = Cardio Vascular Disease
  2. CHD = Cardiac Heart Disease
  3. MDA = Mark's Daily Apple blog
  4. HDL = High Density Lipoprotein
  5. LDL = Low Density Lipoprotein
  6. Pattern A LDL = Good, fluffy Large LDL particles
  7. Pattern B LDL = Bad, small dense LDL particles sometimes noted at sdLDL for small dense
  8. BG = Blood Glucose
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Tiny correction: CHD = coronary heart disease (not cardiac), as it refers specifically to disease affecting the coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle. This is therefore a subtype of "heart disease" (probably the most frequent) and is the one related to atherosclerosis of the arteries. – archaea Mar 2 2010 at 18:14
Noted. Will edit – David Csonka Mar 2 2010 at 20:23
CAD = Coronary Artery Disease – Dexter Mar 2 2010 at 22:22
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ACV = Apple Cider Vinegar

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I was super excited to have accidentally found this thread and it says it is in the community wiki, how do I see that? I looked in the FAQ and don't see a link.

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Not sure I am responding to your question, Melissa, but as I see things "community wiki" is a mode of question or answer rather than a place to put questions or answers. You make your question/answer a community wiki if you want other people to be able to edit/add to it and if you don't want to get reputation points from it. (There's also a user named community, paleohacks.com/users/-1/community but that's a little different.) This question was still David Csonka's for example -- you can see it there if you go to his profile -- he just didn't get the points from it on his total. – WCC Paul♦ Dec 19 2010 at 18:54
Thanks Paul! I thought I was missing a wiki somewhere on the site. – sherpamelissa Dec 19 2010 at 19:00
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  • skinny-fat: One who has nearly ideal BMI yet has low muscle mass and too much abdominal fat.
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VFF: Vibram FiveFingers barefoot shoes

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Anyone know "NAD"?

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Neolithic Agent of Disease, termed by Kurt Harris I believe (paleonu.com). – JessInSD Apr 5 2011 at 15:08
i think it was a teamwork effort of stephan g and dr harris. i think. – Jack Kronk Apr 5 2011 at 15:26
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I feel a bit stupid, as I feel I should know it, but what do people mean when they write about "n=1"? I kind of got a feeling from the context, but would want to know for sure.thanks :)

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I could be mistaken - and I'm sure someone will correct me if I am - but I believe "n=1" means, well, you. Something that is completely anecdotal, and may not apply to everyone, or even anyone else. – JansSushiBar Apr 18 2011 at 15:20
Size sample: one person. So "tested" on one person although often used as a synonym for self-experimentation. For instance "My n=1 dairy experiment showed..." – Ikco Apr 18 2011 at 15:45
thanks! that's what I thought from the context, but couldn't understand the origin. Now it makes more sense :) – Yoannah_offca Apr 19 2011 at 2:25
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YMMV - Your mileage may vary. :)

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JERF: Just eat real food

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mTOR = Mammalian target of rapamycin

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FODMAPs = Fermentable Oligo-/Di-/Mono-saccharides And Polyols. (things which are generally bad for maintaining healthy gut flora)

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GAPS is one I hear a lot as well

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