Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Diet Questions & Answers

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Sure, Supersize Me may have had fraudulent methodology for the experiment and misleading results, but the overarching message was very on-point in my opinion.

I did like Fathead, but it wasn't Paleo.

There's tons of Vegan Docu-ganda out there, where's our hard-hitting, Indie made Blockbuster "PALEO-SIZE ME!" or, "How I Became a Modern Human by Eating Like a Caveman." What about, "The Original Cure."

I think there oughtta be (and I would totally be on board to help make it happen) a documentary that takes the threads of Paleo, Locavore, Indie Farming and Homesteading, Food Inc. levels of expose, Evolutionary Biology/Psychiatry, our favorite blogs and bloggers, Fitness and Weightlifting (MovNat, Minimal Running...) and others and weave them into something amazing. Is this too tall an order? It could be a vessel for change on a level so sweeping that it saves the soul of this country...or maybe I'm having delusions of grandeur, but I'm seeing interviews, before and afters, doctor testimonials, myth-debunking....amazing.

Either way, Can we do it? Do you want to? Have you thought about it? Would you watch it?

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asked Jun 7 2011 at 20:00

Futureboy
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Love the idea. I would definitely watch it. I teach secondary school Media Studies and their GCSE project this year is to make a campaign called Promoting Healthy Lifestyles. I'm getting them all to make posters which say "Eat Lard" to start with. Don't know what the examiners will make of that ha ha! – queen of the stone age Jun 8 2011 at 21:38

Kelly · Answer 1 · 2011-06-08 01:05:56Z UTC

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I am a film student and I'm seriously considering this as my Directing the Documentary project I have to do!

answered Jun 8 2011 at 1:05

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	Really? How long do you have to work on the project? I would possibly consider helping you out if you needed it. I think doing something like this would be a lot of fun no matter what happens with it! – Primal Toad Jun 8 2011 at 4:55
	Ten weeks from start to finish. It would only be about 15 minutes, so I'd probably pick one aspect of the Paleo lifestyle for that class. Unless I also choose it to be my Senior Project, then I will have a whole year. – Kelly Jun 8 2011 at 18:12
	Do it. Please do it. The paleo movement needs it. – Nutritionator Sep 24 2011 at 3:15
	Just do it!!!!! – tempomat Nov 9 2011 at 22:11

FED at LiveCaveman.com · Answer 2 · 2011-06-07 22:45:17Z UTC

I did my own "Caveman Me" Paleo transformation (90 days of strict paleo) and lost 15lbs, dropped by bodyfat into single digits, and had my mind opened to what it is like to really LIVE rather than just survive.

My ultimate goal with my blog is to get a book deal where I can do a Sam Sheridan (A Fighter's Heart) style journey to all of the paleo/evolutionary fitness hot spots that Futureboy mentioned (MovNat workshop, time at NorCal strength, barfoot running camp, etc.) spliced with history, science, and expert interviews.

I've been working in the Fitness Industry full-time for the past 7 years and have been working out since I was 14. When I was a little kid, I used to go to the day-care at the Miami Lakes health club while my mom worked out and since she was an original health-nut we were always in health food stores, natural food markets etc.

I think that the Paleo/Evolutionary approach to fitness is the real deal. Fad diets (and yes Vegan is a fad and most of the time it is also pretty SAD) come and go, but what we are talking about is what people ACTUALLY did!

In many realms of study, the focus is on the average (i.e. the study of mediocrity). I'm not interested in focusing on sickness and disease (the markers of our society), I want to see people and places where it is normal to be at peak performance (mentally, physically, spiritually). The Tarahumara of Mexico, the Australian Aborigines, the Comanche's, these were the original bad-asses and I want to be like them!

Bottom line, let's make a movie!

Austin · Answer 3 · 2011-06-07 23:53:01Z UTC

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This is already happening.

http://perfecthumandiet.us/PhDblog/

answered Jun 7 2011 at 23:53

Austin
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Thanks for the link! – Eric Jun 14 2011 at 3:48

Barb · Answer 4 · 2011-06-07 20:37:51Z UTC

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I'd totally watch it, and share it. What a great idea. Although they aren't "paleo" I think including stuff from Pottenger and Price would round it out quite nicely. Keep us posted if you persue anything further!

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Sara · Answer 5 · 2011-06-07 20:40:45Z UTC

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Can I be the obese starting person? This would be the perfect motivation!

answered Jun 7 2011 at 20:40

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I guess I really mean perfect way to be held accountable. – Sara Jun 7 2011 at 20:41

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Also, we can throw my husband in on it. Obese couple turn their lives around in (X) months! Up to you guys. – Sara Jun 7 2011 at 20:50

Where do you live? What's your story? – Futureboy Jun 7 2011 at 20:51

I live in San Jose, Ca. I'm 25 years old and weigh about 225. I'm 5'5" and mother of a 3 year old and a 4 month old. I battle depression, anxiety, and general laziness. I have a disordered eating pattern that is like that old joke the "Seafood diet". I see food, I eat it. Since I'm a stay at home mom, we live on a relatively (to the area I live in) small income and have debts in our lives preventing us from freely buying whatever foods a paleo recipe might call for. – Sara Jun 7 2011 at 21:18

I've been overweight my whole life, but wasn't "fat" as a kid. Just a bit bigger than the other ones. Packed on the pounds during puberty. Graduated highschool at 200lbs, though I was somewhat fit as far as lifting and bike riding goes. NEVER been a runner. Love sprinting and hurdles, and despite my inability to run a lap, was complimented on my hurdling form by my normally jerk-face P.E. teacher. – Sara Jun 7 2011 at 21:21

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Stuart · Answer 6 · 2011-06-07 20:45:01Z UTC

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Supersize Me was made on a budget of $65,000 (according to IMDB). Fat Head about the same. Sounds like it could happen with a Kickstarter project and some film student willing to do it... I'd bump in some starter funds.

answered Jun 7 2011 at 20:45

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	I like where this is going! – Futureboy Jun 7 2011 at 20:48
	I like that plan! Now we just need a filmmaker. – Vrimj Jun 7 2011 at 20:53
	I can do the music, and help write it...not a filmmaker, though I do know a few. – Futureboy Jun 7 2011 at 20:58
	There's a TON of research involved though. – Futureboy Jun 7 2011 at 20:58

Sigil · Answer 7 · 2011-06-08 02:58:09Z UTC

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I'd do it if someone else cooked for me! Ha ha :B

answered Jun 8 2011 at 2:58

Sigil
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“Paleo-Size Me!” the documentary

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