Living With Wolves

[smackshack]

Really!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/jan/15/i-lived-with-wolves

I wonder if this is what the paleo-diet cult really has in mind. 

(Maybe "cult" is a bit strong. Read their books and talk to their followers, though, and it can certainly seem that way at times.)

Comments

[rydra_wong]

*g* This is why I have "paleo heresy" as one of my journal interests. I do lean that way somewhat, but orthorexia is not my thing and dear God it can get tiresome.

I wonder if this is what the paleo-diet cult really has in mind.

If it means a nice plate of venison carpaccio, salmon sashimi and fresh blueberries, I for one would not say no ...

[smackshack]

"Orthorexia." I had to look it up, but what a great word!

And I adore venison and sashimi, too, but the paleo dieters seem to have the whole "precious bodily fluids" thing going on, thinking they can micromanage health, hormones, and even disease just by not eating (for instance) beans. Shades of Pythagoras!

[rydra_wong]

Yeah, exactly. If it's all about what you obsessively exclude from your diet, rather than what you include, then you've got a purity cult (and/or a set-up for eating disorders).

I've found through trial-and-error that my body does seem to run best on lots of meat, fish, fruit, nuts and vegetables, with everything else on the side; it makes a significant difference to my energy levels.

But my body is also very happy with Greek yoghurt for breakfast, and I need to eat high GI-foods like rice and potatoes to recover after climbing or I fall down go boom. The heavens don't fall if I put beans in my tuna salad, the oatmeal in black pudding is not ev0l Neolithic poison, and the occasional chocolate brownie is good for the soul.

[smackshack]

Mmmm, soul food.