What Is The Paleo Diet

a: let me just say this: your vegetable oil is killing you. throw it away

q: at least i've heard of the mediterranean diet. this business still sounds intense and weird. what made you start eating like such a freak

q: but i bet you've become horribly fat and unhealthy since going

look: if out of 100 cave-babies died before reaching the age of 10

q: but cavemen ate meat! and eating meat is evil and immoral! it's not environmentally sustainable! and it's totally unhealthy

look: i love vegetables. i think everyone should eat 'em 'cause they're tasty and awesome. but eating meats is important

q: but humans can't digest meat! it just sits in your gut and rots 'til you poop it out

q: what soy? i know it's a legume

q: but humans need carbs to live! how you work out without loading up on carbs

stefansson published his thoughts on no-carb eating in harper's in you can read his first-person account of carnivorous life among the inuit here

you have an hour of exercise in your liver and muscle glycogen

if you are a runner

q: don't you read the news? scientists have discovered that cavemen ate bread! ha! in yo face

q: this is just another fad diet

q: do eaters also avoid sugar and other sweeteners

a: duh. stop eating sugar. and not just ‘cause it'll your teeth and make you fat

q: what agave nectar? that stuff's natural

a: no

veiled excuse to make a sugar vehicle; or

say it

q: what fruit? since it's paleo-approved

lastly

q: is it true that eaters don't eat potatoes

a: potatoes are controversial in the world. purists shun potatoes because cavemen didn't eat them. but again

q: and what dairy? do eaters avoid it completely

q: what bo e? isn't alcohol supposed to confer health benefits

q:

legumes

q: okay -- maybe i'll concede that simple

q: fine. i get that sugar

q: you're writing as if “going paleo” is a no-brainer. so why aren't more people eating this way

q: depends. how is it to transition to a diet

eat real food

eat meat

don't overdo nuts & fruit

par 4: why i eat

q: okay

a: simply put

plus

a: actually

as

par 5: mythbusting

something? doesn't this suggest that their diets were crap

a: you're wrong. so

q: what the china study

q: but my doctor says diets are best

use your noggin. that's what it's for

but just so you know

there are no essential carbohydrates

you simply don't need to eat carbohydrates to exercise

so despite the hyperbolic news articles

q: whatever. all this talk of “cavemen” and “evolution” don't concern me. i don't believe in any of that stuff

par 6: foods to avoid & why

pointless work to make something awful tasting

a: not exactly

a: i already answered this question above. pay attention! and read this) again

a: question. my detailed answer's over here

a: not at all. in fact

resist digestion by predators

increase the permeability of the gut cell linings of predators

deliver toxic com once the cell linings are breached

oh

i'm not going to do this subject any justice

q: but grains feed the world

so yes

seriously

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par 7: transitioning to

a: not ) articulates my feelings on the topic

as these examples pile up

answer: when people decide to totally dump the old one

i've rejected it. the question is: now that you've spent all this time reading this

don't eat stuff that hurts you

before you cheat

q: not so fast. there's no way i could give up grains

a: you'd be surprised. if my wife