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I'm not seeing bullshit in here. Just some tweaks.

@1,

The link worked for me.

And Pollan only really "debunks" the fact that most meat these days is too fatty to qualify as "paleo". Anyone who's serious about paleo eats grass-fed meat.

I've done paleo before, but it doesn't work for me over the long-term mainly for cost reasons. That diet, when done correctly, not in a I-can-eat-as-much-bacon-as-I-want way, forces you to prepare all your own meals, to eat a ton of fruit and vegetables, and to eschew any prepackaged "food". As a result, I find it kind of funny that Pollan has a problem with it.

Deleting the garbage at the end fixes.

http://grist.org/food/michael-pollan-exp…

@2 I think the point is we can't have the planet all eating grass fed meat and that whole grains and legumes - eschewed by Paleo dieters - are perfectly nutritious.

That and calling "Paleo" is misleading and disingenuous.

Paleo is pseudoanthopology/pseudoarchaeology pushed by crossfit fanatics and uncertified nutritionists (not dietitians).

See also http://www.foodpolitics.com/2014/01/is-w…

@5: Exactly. It's still a few fair ideas that expand overbroadly into cargo cult fad diet territory.

@6,

Given how much poor advice I've received over the years from certified nutritionists (including advising me to adopt a 1,200 calorie diet to lose weight), I prefer to make my own choices.

The entire concept of the paleo diet is absurd, as pre-modern diets varied widely by geography, available resources, cultural taboos, etc.

MP had simple advice that works fine: Eat food, not too much, mostly plants. Seems doable, and no one had to pitch a fit.

My dad had workout tips: 'If they'd get off their fat asses and swing a hammer they wouldn't be butterballs.' Unkind, but not incorrect.

A) Who cares? If it (a particular "diet") works for you, great.
B) Vegetarians & Vegans push their "diets" with as much vigor as the Paleo crowd. CrossFit vs. Yoga. Again, Who cares.
C) Eat quality food in moderation. You'll be fine.

A "paleo" diet in North African hunter-gatherers involving lots of acorns caused heavy tooth decay:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/01…

They were probably from the cork-oak tree, Quercus suber:

http://interculturalmeanderings.wordpres…

Very few of the meats and almost none of the plants available today qualify as paleo-anything, since they are all developed products of cross-breeding by post-paleo people. That's really the only thing wrong with it, though -- the name. It's just a fashion. But a more veg-intensive diet is better.

@1 LOL

All diets are fads. Any area of human activity that resists measurable, verifiable solution is bound to experience one fad after another (e.g. management, education, health, diet, software development.) Anytime someone in one of these fields tells you they have the solution to all your problems, watch out for your wallet.

The china Oxford study also debunks the paleo diet, or any other dad diet with significant meat consumption.

*fad* diet. (my dad doesn't diet)

@10:

A: I hate it when people annoyingly spout pseudoscience.
B: Vegetarian diets are positive for the person (depending on how applied) and much less harmful (not a vegetarian.) It's not a fad.
C: Duh.

I only eat what I can hunt in the wild. So mostly stray cats.