This "primal/paleo" fad annoys me.


Eat what you want, just eat bad stuff in moderation. The real success of paleo/primal etc is NOT because grains are inherently 'bad' for you (yes, some people have immune reactions to specific things, but the vast majority of people don't).

Paleo/primal is successful because the majority of the foods they promote are not as calorie dense/nutrient empty and appealing as grains. (yes, nuts are calorie dense, but they're used in moderation... as all calorie dense foods should be, go overboard with any calorie dense food and you'll gain weight.) eat 10 servings of nuts, and 2lbs of beef/day... you'll gain weight ;)

Following their guidelines is a way of structuring a healthy diet... while some douche-nozzles call it paleo/primal and ride on their high horse for doing so.

But hell, if it helps people eliminate what are MANY MANY MANY people's weaknesses and sources of high, empty calories (sugars, grains, etc), then I'm all for it. What bothers me is when people use it as a badge of honor "I eat paleo, what are you eating that hamburger bun for? Don't you know it's bad for you?" Frackin' douche-nozzles.


So...what i'm getting at is this. If you want to eat 'bad foods' 20% of the time... pick that 20% of the time and do it. Don't over-complicate things. Eat healthy most of the time and be done with it.

I guess I'm a douche-nozzle.

If eating non-processed foods is a fad in your mind then I don't know what to tell you. There's also a lot more to it than just eating lower calorie density foods. That's a pretty silly claim actually since most people on Paleo eat a SHIT ton of fatty red meats and put coconut and olive oil on just about everything- not exactly light eating. This claim tells me you don't really know a whole lot about the paleo "fad".

I agree with the rest...eat the "bad stuff" however works best for you. A couple tortillas throughout the week isn't going to kill you. Me? I prefer to eat all my "bad stuff" on one day...it just works for me.

Haha, we'll I'll take that as a compliment. You'll get no argument from me- there are a lot of douchey people in the paleo movement.


While I don't make a habit of it I absolutely have taken coconut oil and olive oil by the spoonful before...yum

Here ya go.


Wear it with pride.



Sorry about the derail, OP.

Here ya go

I may be an inky, but I ain't getting THAT ink


Also, here's one (of many) studies suggesting that grains aren't good for us:


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=16635908&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

From what I gather it's basically saying that grains can cause permeability of the intestinal lining- even in non-celiacs.

Fuck you guys, uppity pureskins

Depends on goals and personality. I'm not the type of person that can have a little bit so I do better with a once a week cheat day. Getting ready for a competition I'll even cut that out. Find what works best for you using trial and error.

Sorry for the derail.

I don't know in regards to a study that says once-a-week versus a little bit each day.

I typically plan to cheat. That's usually Saturday or Sunday for me. Mostly because I'm way more active on those days and I plan to eat the cheat food after a hard workout. That's also because I believe in nutrient timing which is broscience at its best.

I'm a non-Paleo/Primal CrossFit mistrustin' inky. Where does that leave me?

Pureskins. I love it.

You should use blank-skins or skin-norms. You have demonize the enemy.

Pureskins makes us sound...well, pure.

Too late inky. Pureskin is the term of choice. 'Course that has a somewhat Aryan tone to it, huh?