Comments on: World Paleo Domination – Part 2 http://freetheanimal.com/2009/04/world-paleo-domination-part-2.html Expressing Our Primal Genes for Lean Health, Vitality and Attractiveness Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:26:43 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Hollie http://freetheanimal.com/2009/04/world-paleo-domination-part-2.html#comment-14369 Hollie Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:28:52 +0000 http://localhost/animal/2009/04/world-paleo-domination-part-2.html#comment-14369 Oh good, I'm reading that book right now! I'll look forward to that. Oh good, I’m reading that book right now! I’ll look forward to that.

]]> By: Richard Nikoley http://freetheanimal.com/2009/04/world-paleo-domination-part-2.html#comment-14362 Richard Nikoley Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:57:45 +0000 http://localhost/animal/2009/04/world-paleo-domination-part-2.html#comment-14362 That's right Hollie. Rather than use land to grow grains to feed to livestock, requiring all sorts of fertilizers and causing damage to the soil, let the animals graze, building topsoil. Lierre Keith goes into this in great detail in The Vegetarian Myth, That’s right Hollie. Rather than use land to grow grains to feed to livestock, requiring all sorts of fertilizers and causing damage to the soil, let the animals graze, building topsoil.

Lierre Keith goes into this in great detail in The Vegetarian Myth,

]]> By: Hollie http://freetheanimal.com/2009/04/world-paleo-domination-part-2.html#comment-14329 Hollie Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:24:51 +0000 http://localhost/animal/2009/04/world-paleo-domination-part-2.html#comment-14329 I'm a recovering vegan who is exploring this lifestyle, and what I've found the most when I mention it to friends is the idea that "it isn't sustainable", that we don't have enough land to graze enough cattle to make enough grass-fed healthy meat available to everyone. I don't know if this is true or not, but on the surface it seems impossible. We have tons of land to grow soy and corn, right? Couldn't that land also grow grass, and cattle upon it? Sustainability it something I wish more folks in the paleo movement would talk about. Not just health for us, but health for the earth. I’m a recovering vegan who is exploring this lifestyle, and what I’ve found the most when I mention it to friends is the idea that “it isn’t sustainable”, that we don’t have enough land to graze enough cattle to make enough grass-fed healthy meat available to everyone. I don’t know if this is true or not, but on the surface it seems impossible. We have tons of land to grow soy and corn, right? Couldn’t that land also grow grass, and cattle upon it? Sustainability it something I wish more folks in the paleo movement would talk about. Not just health for us, but health for the earth.

]]> By: minneapolis J http://freetheanimal.com/2009/04/world-paleo-domination-part-2.html#comment-1294 minneapolis J Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:28:58 +0000 http://localhost/animal/2009/04/world-paleo-domination-part-2.html#comment-1294 <p>I think the "caveman diet" or the "paleo diet" makes it sound too eccentric or backward. in reality though this diet can also be called a "modern day diet" because it includes edible food today. </p> <p>It's weird, I can hardly eat the cookies, burgers, and junk for a day, wheras the other people can hardly eat whole natural food for a day. interesting trade off.</p> I think the "caveman diet" or the "paleo diet" makes it sound too eccentric or backward. in reality though this diet can also be called a "modern day diet" because it includes edible food today.

It's weird, I can hardly eat the cookies, burgers, and junk for a day, wheras the other people can hardly eat whole natural food for a day. interesting trade off.

]]> By: Patrik http://freetheanimal.com/2009/04/world-paleo-domination-part-2.html#comment-1293 Patrik Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:18:27 +0000 http://localhost/animal/2009/04/world-paleo-domination-part-2.html#comment-1293 <p>@Aaron Blaisdell</p> <p>I share your plight when it comes to family members' opinions of Paleo-ing. </p> <p>Speaking of which, this is why the government should stay the hell out of "nutrition" and diet recommendations e.g. FDA recommended allowance etc etc. </p> <p>It is the government that has created the low-fat mis-information cascade that has and continues to destroy many lives. Sadly, many of my friends and family (perhaps like your wife) continue to implicitly fall victim to the fallacy of ad verecundiam and ad populum. </p> <p>I get the following a lot:</p> <p>"The Government Food Pyramid, government "studies" and "Everyone" say X, you and your crazy Paleo internet buddies say Y. You can't be right about this. You're a heart attack waiting to happen. blah blah blah"</p> <p>Disheartening at times. BUT this blog (and others like TTP) is great. Keep up the good work Richard -- like I said, I think you have surpassed Art in many ways. Cheers! <br /> </p> @Aaron Blaisdell

I share your plight when it comes to family members' opinions of Paleo-ing.

Speaking of which, this is why the government should stay the hell out of "nutrition" and diet recommendations e.g. FDA recommended allowance etc etc.

It is the government that has created the low-fat mis-information cascade that has and continues to destroy many lives. Sadly, many of my friends and family (perhaps like your wife) continue to implicitly fall victim to the fallacy of ad verecundiam and ad populum.

I get the following a lot:

"The Government Food Pyramid, government "studies" and "Everyone" say X, you and your crazy Paleo internet buddies say Y. You can't be right about this. You're a heart attack waiting to happen. blah blah blah"

Disheartening at times. BUT this blog (and others like TTP) is great. Keep up the good work Richard — like I said, I think you have surpassed Art in many ways. Cheers!

]]> By: Tom Stone http://freetheanimal.com/2009/04/world-paleo-domination-part-2.html#comment-1292 Tom Stone Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:41:05 +0000 http://localhost/animal/2009/04/world-paleo-domination-part-2.html#comment-1292 <p>See this great new video on YouTube... here is link to it with some of my own comments:</p> <p><a href="http://www.tomsusan.com/tom/blog/2009/04/paleo-in-nutshell-part-1-best-youtube.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.tomsusan.com/tom/blog/2009/04/paleo-in-nutshell-part-1-best-youtube.html</a></p> <p>Great video, and done in a very effective style -- simple, like CommonCraft videos are.</p> <p>Something to consider in your endeavor here... what style to use for TV/videos/media you produce.</p> See this great new video on YouTube… here is link to it with some of my own comments:

http://www.tomsusan.com/tom/blog/2009/04/paleo-in-nutshell-part-1-best-youtube.html

Great video, and done in a very effective style — simple, like CommonCraft videos are.

Something to consider in your endeavor here… what style to use for TV/videos/media you produce.

]]> By: Richard Nikoley http://freetheanimal.com/2009/04/world-paleo-domination-part-2.html#comment-1291 Richard Nikoley Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:33:32 +0000 http://localhost/animal/2009/04/world-paleo-domination-part-2.html#comment-1291 <p><br /> And, Tom's great film has quite a bit of wit & sarcasm as well.</p> <p>What a bunch or irreverent trend buckers we all are.</p> And, Tom's great film has quite a bit of wit & sarcasm as well.

What a bunch or irreverent trend buckers we all are.

]]> By: James http://freetheanimal.com/2009/04/world-paleo-domination-part-2.html#comment-1290 James Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:56:06 +0000 http://localhost/animal/2009/04/world-paleo-domination-part-2.html#comment-1290 <p>As an addition to the comic angle, if I had the skill I would do a paleo/high fat comic strip. The satire and density of ideas you see in things like dilbert or jesusandmo.net would be ideal for the academic content and ridicule needed to make it work. I'd call it Fathead but Tom Naughton got there first.</p> As an addition to the comic angle, if I had the skill I would do a paleo/high fat comic strip. The satire and density of ideas you see in things like dilbert or jesusandmo.net would be ideal for the academic content and ridicule needed to make it work. I'd call it Fathead but Tom Naughton got there first.

]]> By: Aaron Blaisdell http://freetheanimal.com/2009/04/world-paleo-domination-part-2.html#comment-1289 Aaron Blaisdell Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:06:53 +0000 http://localhost/animal/2009/04/world-paleo-domination-part-2.html#comment-1289 <p>Richard, I'm glad you think my approach has potential. I really want to see your success in this because it's probably one of the most critical issues modern civilization is currently facing. I have two daughters, the older one is three years old, and I've been fighting an uphill battle to change her eating habits away from modern carb-heavy and towards a more paleo diet. It's tough! Her favorite foods are: goldfish crackers, pretzels, chocolate, cereal, pasta, and ice cream. I have been able to get her to eat much less of those things and eat more of eggs and cheese. Before turning 3 she already had two cavities. In her last checkup (after the diet shift) she had none. I surreptitiously put high-vitamin butter oil, HV cod-liver oil, and vitamin D and K2 drops into her foods. I don't let her see me doing that or else she won't eat the food. I don't let her mother see it since her mother still thinks this whole paleo thing I'm trying is untested compared to conventional wisdom promoted by the evil empire. She's Chinese, so I'm sure her confucian trust in authority is the source of her conservatism.</p> <p>Anything to break this domination the authorities (evil empire) hold over the vast majority will be a good thing IMHO.</p> Richard, I'm glad you think my approach has potential. I really want to see your success in this because it's probably one of the most critical issues modern civilization is currently facing. I have two daughters, the older one is three years old, and I've been fighting an uphill battle to change her eating habits away from modern carb-heavy and towards a more paleo diet. It's tough! Her favorite foods are: goldfish crackers, pretzels, chocolate, cereal, pasta, and ice cream. I have been able to get her to eat much less of those things and eat more of eggs and cheese. Before turning 3 she already had two cavities. In her last checkup (after the diet shift) she had none. I surreptitiously put high-vitamin butter oil, HV cod-liver oil, and vitamin D and K2 drops into her foods. I don't let her see me doing that or else she won't eat the food. I don't let her mother see it since her mother still thinks this whole paleo thing I'm trying is untested compared to conventional wisdom promoted by the evil empire. She's Chinese, so I'm sure her confucian trust in authority is the source of her conservatism.

Anything to break this domination the authorities (evil empire) hold over the vast majority will be a good thing IMHO.

]]> By: Skyler Tanner http://freetheanimal.com/2009/04/world-paleo-domination-part-2.html#comment-1288 Skyler Tanner Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:44:00 +0000 http://localhost/animal/2009/04/world-paleo-domination-part-2.html#comment-1288 <p>My reasons for eating paleo are clear as day on my website, but I just had a run in with an RN saying the same nonsense, such as he saw a guy on a high protein diet turn yellow and die. But he hit a nail that I think is rather telling: <i>"But in order to be registered in the state of Arizona..."</i></p> My reasons for eating paleo are clear as day on my website, but I just had a run in with an RN saying the same nonsense, such as he saw a guy on a high protein diet turn yellow and die. But he hit a nail that I think is rather telling: "But in order to be registered in the state of Arizona…"

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