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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 at 16:37
Yep. Great point. I will set up a definitions and terminology page. – Patrik♦ Mar 1 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 at 18:17

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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 at 6:17
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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 at 16:40
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SAD=Standard American Diet.
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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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  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 at 18:14
Noted. Will edit – David Csonka Mar 2 at 20:23
CAD = Coronary Artery Disease – Dexter Mar 2 at 22:22
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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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