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Demographics of a PaleoHacker?
I'm curious about the demographics of the paleo community. Is this information available? I'm interested in these types of demographics:
Age: Average age of a paleo person? Woul …
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11answers
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Have you ever wanted to try something new that went against your cultural/religious/moral beliefs?
I'm Jewish but I'm curious as to how feral swine meat tastes
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4answers
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Anyone else notice how food is becoming the new politics/religion?
I find it interesting how people not only get offended/defensive when I share diet-related information with them -- information that, of course, doesn't align with the mainstream r …
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Paleo Jews and practices?
I'm a Jew, though a fairly unorthodox one. Being relatively new to paleo, I'm enjoying the interesting thinking coming about as I look to the Tanakh on eating paleo, and how my bet …
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12answers
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Religious requirements to eat grain and the Paleo diet
I have to eat bread at 3 meals every weekend and on a few other days throughout the year. What do you recommend for maintaining a Paleo-centric diet during the rest of the week to …
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Any cult of Cthulhu paleos out there?
With all these threads on religion, I felt rather left out :( So anyone out there who follows the great Elder gods? How do you deal with the prohibition on eating cephalopods? I mi …
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12answers
772 views
Any Pagan paleos out there?
In all honesty I, at first, wanted to ask this tongue-in-cheek question as a reaction to the recent religious threads on paleohacks. However, I am quite sincere in wanting to take …
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Run-ins with creationists? [closed]
Has anyone ever encountered opposition to paleo on the basis of creationist beliefs? Just curious if there is ever backlash from people of the very literally religious persuasion. …
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7answers
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Does anyone use Holy Basil
I grow this in my garden, and find it to be tasty and also make a refreshing tea. Does anyone else use this herb? What for, and what is the result?
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Orthodox Fast Days
I have been following a loose PaNu diet (I still consume dairy) for 7 months with great results (lost 30 pounds, 3 inches on my waistline, and feel great), but I have been debating …
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8answers
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Any Muslim/Jain/Zoroastrian/Kabbala/Etc Paleos out there?
I am interested in what your religion's ancient prophet says about food, diet, and low carb eating. I predict that it aligns very nicely to Paleo because modern foods weren't aroun …
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6answers
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Is religion the cause of the neolithic era?
I found this amazing article about a new site that may be "the garden of eden."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1157784/Do-mysterious-stones-mark-site-Garden-Eden.h …
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Cortisol in animal flesh?
I was born Hindu, and grew up around a lot of vegetarian Hindus (but my family is non-veg, thank heavens!).
My religion recommends not eating meat for mental and spiritual clarit …