Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Diet Questions & Answers

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Are there any universal truths when it comes to eating a Paleo diet ? Every time someone comes out with a new idea, 50 people shoot it down.

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asked Oct 4 2011 at 22:24

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Rockgrrl · Answer 1 · 2011-10-04 22:50:47Z UTC

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Meat good. Sleep good. Play outside good.

answered Oct 4 2011 at 22:50

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Awesome answer! – Akman Oct 4 2011 at 22:56

Eric · Answer 2 · 2011-10-05 04:54:45Z UTC

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Eat whole foods. Avoid Vegetable oils and sugar.

answered Oct 5 2011 at 4:54

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I think this seems to be the Paleo CW. I live by it. It's what i tell people when they ask how I lost so much weight! – akman Oct 5 2011 at 5:06

Congrats on the weight loss!!! – Eric Oct 5 2011 at 5:31

Aren't you forgetting wheat? – Anish Oct 5 2011 at 16:51

Yes wheat for sure. Anything with gluten. – Eric Oct 5 2011 at 17:23

Not 'vegetable' oils, but rather oils from seeds and grains. Coconut and olive/avocado oils are fine. – Bbd5 Oct 17 at 12:24

Patrik · Answer 3 · 2011-10-04 22:42:30Z UTC

Very few.

That is why I am of the mind:

Is this a BIG TENT or a small tent? This is a Big Tent. It has to be given the frailty of knowledge about modern hunter-gatherers, our Paleolithic ancestors, and recent evolutionary changes in the last 10,000 years. I view eating Paleo as a broad and flexible meta-rule: Eat in an evolutionary appropriate manner for our species. That's it. Full Stop.

So, you might be asking, what does evolutionary appropriate manner for our species mean? What it means is that I fully expect its meaning to change, or uh, "evolve", as better anthropological, genetic and medical evidence accumulates. I think the jury is still out on many of what we Paleo diet enthusiasts firmly believe in regards to intermintent fasting, saturated fats, macro-nutrient ratios, supplements, fitness etc etc And that's okay.

As John Maynard Keynes said, "When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?"

> Probably, there are multiple ways of eating evolutionarily appropriately depending on who you are, your state of health, and personal history.

From PaleolithicDiet.com

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Caleb the Hobbit · Answer 4 · 2011-10-05 02:10:22Z UTC

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If you consider that those with celiac disease are basically a kind of genetic throwback (as are people who are lactose intolerant, perhaps), I think paleo people can agree that grains - especially gluten - and certain forms of dairy are highly problematic for long-term health.

answered Oct 5 2011 at 2:10

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Grain and dairy = bad. Those are the truths that keep getting shot down! Although the gluten theory is really gaining steam. Thanks. – akman Oct 5 2011 at 5:10

cliff · Answer 5 · 2011-10-04 22:39:04Z UTC

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Without a time machine we have no idea what exactly happened in the paleolithic era.

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And even if we did we still wouldn't be able to say what was producing which effects on health. – Stabby Oct 4 2011 at 22:41

I was hoping for Universal Truths such as: "MSG should not be consumed by humans", or, "Wheat is unhealthy" – Akman Oct 4 2011 at 22:53

Both true tonthis human – The Quilt Oct 5 2011 at 1:45

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Come off it, we have some idea. – Wozza Oct 5 2011 at 5:16

The Quilt · Answer 6 · 2011-10-05 01:45:09Z UTC

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Yes.....epigenetics is controled by our environment of development and is very hard to modify after age six.

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	Some truths suck... – akman Oct 5 2011 at 5:07
	How hard is very hard, doc? I noticed you didn't say impossible, so it must be possible to get to optimum from whatever your current state is, right? – Cody Oct 5 2011 at 18:46

majkinetor · Answer 7 · 2011-10-05 06:59:08Z UTC

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My list of rarely questioned 'truths' is

Processed sugars are bad
White flour is bad
Trans fats are bad

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Omega-3 is good
Meat is good
Fermented milk is good
Vitamin C is good

answered Oct 5 2011 at 6:59

majkinetor

	Can't argue with those! – Akman Oct 5 2011 at 14:55
	Actually, those all those except meat are accepted as true cross diet/nation/medicine/whatever.... – majkinetor Oct 5 2011 at 15:56
	Some people say that generally all PUFAs are bad because they are chemically instable, but as an exception we need trace amounts of omega-3 in the diet. – Bbd5 Oct 17 at 12:28

Stabby · Answer 8 · 2011-10-04 22:37:03Z UTC

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Cogito ergo sum.

And that if you get all of your calories from crisco you're going to die soon.

answered Oct 4 2011 at 22:37

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I think that's crazy talk (therefore I must be). – Akman Oct 4 2011 at 22:58

Wozza · Answer 9 · 2011-10-05 05:18:40Z UTC

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At a minimum, avoid the three neolithic agents of disease (http://archevore.com).

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Grover · Answer 10 · 2011-10-05 06:02:01Z UTC

Hit men that piss you off, sleep with women who'll let you, eat as much as you can and do as little as possible. I think there was a lot of that going on back in the day, there's no way I can do that sort of thing today without going to jail, where I hear they feed you a very high carb diet, so that's out. One of the few things that I can get away with is a paleo attitude, 'try as hard as you can untill you win or die, then stop trying and go to sleep.' I noticed that this is the way my dog goes about life, and he seems wonderfully happy and really fit, so I gave it a whirl, and it works out great. Eat organs and meat and try as hard as you possibly can, be a scary caveman or cavelady and see what happens.

Phazo · Answer 11 · 2011-10-05 06:03:54Z UTC

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Sugar=Public enemy #1

answered Oct 5 2011 at 6:03

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