Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Diet Questions & Answers

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I figured I'd start this one here. So far I have found three excellent ones which are pretty easy:

1.) Wear sunglasses. Seriously, food looks a lot less appetizing when it is all dull and desaturated (you see less color when it is darker.) Indoor environments will make the latter more noticeable. Your rods do not see color ;)

2.) Eat 100% dark chocolate. It is bitter and suppresses my taste buds at least enough to be noticeable.

3.) Drink a non-flavored fiber mix in a cup of warm water. This will totally turn off your taste buds and kill any appetite you might have, or at least it does with my fiber mix. Bonus points for squirting a little bit of lemon juice/extract in with it. The sourness works well.

What do you guys and girls have to offer?

edited Oct 31 2011 at 14:38

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asked Oct 31 2011 at 1:15

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Phazo · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-31 01:21:53Z UTC

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Mind over matter.

Easy said than done, for sure.

answered Oct 31 2011 at 1:21

Phazo
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I don't understand the down vote on this one... – Kewpie Oct 31 2011 at 1:34

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I'd down vote myself too if I wasn't mentally strong enough to avoid eating crap. ;-) – Phazo Oct 31 2011 at 1:59

Yeah, I suppose this is the best. After a while I would assume it is fairly easy to not eat nasty food. Glasses do help, though. – affine Oct 31 2011 at 3:08

-1..... because its easier said then done :) – majkinetor Oct 31 2011 at 13:04

Kasra · Answer 2 · 2011-10-31 01:41:30Z UTC

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Pavlovian Conditioning. Every time you eat something unhealthy, you must donate a dollar to your least favorite charity.

answered Oct 31 2011 at 1:41

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as if the ill effect of eating crap arent enough... but clearly they arent. – Monkey Scribe Oct 31 2011 at 10:16

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I'm too poor to donate, can I send hot dogs to PETA? – Christopher Oct 31 2011 at 15:00

Yeah just make sure you attach a picture of the animal(s) that died to make that hot dog. – Kasra Oct 31 2011 at 16:29

Kewpie · Answer 3 · 2011-10-31 01:34:23Z UTC

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When I think about how unhealthy it is that makes it less appetizing to me. The more informed I am, the less I want to eat it.

answered Oct 31 2011 at 1:34

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Eric · Answer 4 · 2011-10-31 07:47:48Z UTC

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Choose something that is high in fat and low in sugar and allow yourself to eat that instead of the other items.

answered Oct 31 2011 at 7:47

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Lars · Answer 5 · 2011-10-31 15:35:02Z UTC

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Think about fat people.

answered Oct 31 2011 at 15:35

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Put a few pictures from www.peopleofwalmart.com on your fridge and in your wallet. – Senneth Oct 31 2011 at 22:42

majkinetor · Answer 6 · 2011-10-31 13:06:54Z UTC

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I tell myself its a poison.

Other then that, since taste depends on your nose rather then your taste buds, one way would be to block it and use mouth for breathing :) Maybe a bit extreme tho.

answered Oct 31 2011 at 13:06

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Christopher · Answer 7 · 2011-10-31 15:06:21Z UTC

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One of the ways I made junk food or processed food seem less appetizing was to look up the ingredients on the lable and their possible health problems before actually trying to put it in my mouth.

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Lareth · Answer 8 · 2011-10-31 15:13:45Z UTC

The things we think are disgusting (as in skin-crawling, not bleah, yucky) are culturally conditioned. Most westerners would blanch at the thought of eating a duck fetus, but it's a common snack in Vietnam. Likewise some rabbis will turn green at the thought of having accidentally ingested some shrimp. And most of us once thought of organ meats as, well, tripe.

This kind of conditioning comes from the people around you. If everyone you hang out with thinks fried grasshoppers are a great snack and partially hydrogenated palm oil is basically sewage, soon you will too. It's not practical (or friendly) to replace or recruit all your friends to your diet, but hanging out here and in other Paleo communities helps a lot.

Matt B · Answer 9 · 2011-10-31 15:37:36Z UTC

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Consider "enlightened tasting" a la Tim Beneke on Seth Roberts' board. Swirl the food around in your mouth, but don't swallow, you may lose your craving. http://boards.sethroberts.net/index.php?topic=5932.0

Todd Becker touched on this as well. http://gettingstronger.org/2010/04/overcoming-addictions/

answered Oct 31 2011 at 15:37

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be very careful here... i know Seth Roberts is a beast but this quickly may lead to an eating disorder for those of us with food struggles. just my .02 worth :) – Rebekah Mar 18 2012 at 18:04

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