Paleo isn't a religion where you go to hell if you don't follow the non-existent rules >.< Even if sweet potatoes and yams weren't paleo (as if there's a clear definition for that) - you're an adult who gets to eat what you want.

I wouldn't respond - childish behavior shouldn't be acknowledged.

Do you really care what this person thinks?

I wouldn't.

Sweet potatoes are fine for people who like them and can eat them without interfering with their goals.

Check one of her previous tweets, though - she's eating french green beans and tomatillo salsa. Pot <-> kettle etc.

Don't respond with anger, but with humor. Something along the lines of "Some #paleo people like @(name-redacted) be going crazy using computers and tweeting, prolly wearing clothes even! #notreallypaleo"

Or just say you're Paleo 2.0, link to Dr. Harris, and tell her she needs to upgrade!

we evolved eating tubers.

We also evolved sticking sharp spears into members of warring tribes...

One of these is modernly acceptable, I'll let you choose which. ;)

Ignore them.

People who are so sure that their view of what they think is correct that they make with mockery DESERVE to be ignored.

I see nothing wrong with what you made, and I make chips like that sometimes.

May I recommend dipping them in homemade spicy mayo? (the fries, not the zealots)

Update: Added recipe link in comments below!

Ignore the trolls and focus on what's right for you and yours. I eat tubers and I think they're something humans have been eating for a long time. Self-righteous paleo zealots with severe myopia are to be ignored. If people were particles, they would be the the anti-vegan zealots. However, neither one has a positive spin, so the physics needs to be worked out. ;-)

Don't stoop to their level, Stand tall and enjoy your life. Paleo should NOT be a strict Dogma by a way of adaptable life.

I don't see how that's not paleo, but we all have varying opinions on that.

Doesn't sound like it's worth the effort of a response. Most likely anything you say will turn out looking just as silly as the original comment.

Don't respond to the comment, just correct her grammar and hashtag it #thatisall. it will leave her just as or more flustered than she's left you. :)

Kat fight! :) Seriously though, either this dude(ette) has some personal animus against you or has some serious dogma issues. If people latch on to the Paleo diet (not Paleo diets fault, some weak people will latch onto anything as a form of religon) then they feel compelled to chastise such "sinners". You know what they say about purtianism...it's the suspicion that somebody somewhere is having a good time (or eating starchy tubers :). My advice would be to let it go.

neuro-transmitter deficiency caused by cumulative stressors = typical crazy reactions

The good thing is you got into their head (it bothered them). My Aunt gave me that advice when I felt bad when I was being talked about in high school.

So, anyway, I would ignore this comment/and the twitter-er, since anything else feeds the fire. Yesterday, I blocked someone on twitter for telling me about the HCG diet when I was talking about sister needing to lose weight. trolling/spam! when you look at their profile. Dang, and they got into my head for that second.

I've found similar sentiment around the net because I still eat dairy (technically Primal) but they yell at me because "that's not paleo." Just ignore them.

Since you say you never even heard of this person, I would respond, "@(name), and you are...?"

But that's just me. I'm a sarcastic SOB.

Here's how important Twitter thinks she is: "No Tweet results for @eelplace."

There's your answer.

this isn't the popular way to go about things it seems but I would definitely reply and call them out on having no idea what they are tlking about.

It seems to me this person isnt Paleo themselves, maybe they have had a bad experience with a headstrong, "preachy" type and are now just being a jerk to anyone who is Paleo...I say ignore.