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Yes, not feared, just aware.

I did post the argument. I was also NOT talking about a diet and it is not a copy/paste argument. It's biology. Everything else you said, I said.

If you're eating, especially on Paleo, you're body won't think it's starving. How could it?

Some things that get rid of sickness FAST are: 1. oil of oregano. If you get a great quality one, it will be SUPER strong and many people can't take it straight. It will kick a cold in the ass though. My sore throats never last longer than a day. 2. Monolauric acid. An acid found in coconuts. I've heard raving review about this and I've taken to eating way more coconut. 3. NO SUGAR. sugar breeds bacteria. Stay away from sugar. A note: I don't get sick. If I do get a cold, the oil of oregano gets it gone within 2-3 days. Totally gone. This is basically the extent of my sickness.

I eat dark meat and skin. I don't skimp on fats. The breast is too dry and bland for me. I just plain old don't like it. Besides, fat and protein are amazingly healthy.

What you're doing is controlling your insulin levels. The doctors will not tell you this is how people actually lose fat . Ask instead about insulin levels and what that means for your body. Insulin is a major factor in fat production, storage and burning. It's function is essentially to shuttle sugars (broken down from the food you eat) to your muscles, liver and fat cells. How much you have in your bloodstream will determine if you store or burn fat. When insulin levels are low, your fat cells are able to release fuel into your bloodstream more easily and then your body can use it, instead of storing it. When insulin levels are high, the food you eat is generally stored because there's a lot of insulin and it's got to do it's job. Lowering insulin means that your body is now able to access the fat stores in your body. This means your appetite will go down, because your using fuel you had already stored. Not eating grains, starches, dairy, sweets and a lot of fruit will keep insulin levels low.

I saw this! I was thrilled to hear that my love of bacon is well founded and COMPLETELY healthy. Nitrogen is the most abundant element on the planet! How could we possibly think to avoid it?!? Besides that, it's used in medications (nitro-glycerin anyone?) for the heart, so why not just eat some nitrates and get the benefits before you have a problem?

I did a water fast for eight days this past summer. It was great. I am absolutely going to do another water fast when I can (pregnant now, no fasting for me) There are some contraindications for fasting so you may want to look up what those are before you really do anything. Fasting is totally healthy, normal and a good way to get in touch with your beliefs about food and understanding yourself more. Bariatric surgery is actually a medicalised, artificially enhanced version of fasting. People are clamoring to get this done, what is the result after the surgery? People can hardly eat any food at all. Essentially they're fasting. It is NOT a good idea to work out, even at the fundamental levels of Crossfit. This is a time for your body to rest and repair itself. That is ultimately what fasting is for. Be VERY careful about working out during a fast.

You must know your body in order to know what you will feel best eating and get the best results for. Generally, for losing weight, keeping insulin levels low will be your best friend. Eat food that does not raise insulin levels a lot, like meat, fat and veggies. Dairy, grains, sugar, processed food and fruit can raise levels more quickly and this will in turn cause fat storage. At the end of the day, find what foods help and hurt your own weight loss and stick with that.

My sister told me that when she ate 6ish times a day, she lost weight and felt really good. I tried it, why not, I had nothing to lose (except weight HAHA). OMG it was the WORST decision I could have made. I was ALWAYS thinking about food, I was ALWAYS in the kitchen and I could not stop stuffing my face with anything and everything that I could get my hands on! My whole life I've not eaten breakfast as soon as I get up. I'll usually wait an hour to three hours before I eat. I can eat two times a day and be totally happy with it. I can eat a meal at 8-9 at night and sleep fine. When I eat is definitely not as important as what I eat. I can tell you that a high meal frequency is a load of s**t when it comes to my body.

Yes. What I think is important to note about how you eat is that it does not raise insulin levels to a level that is unmanageable for your body. This balance needs to be found for every person. Some will hardly be able to eat carbohydrates at all, some can eat lots. Like you already said, listen to your body.

There's NOTHING wrong with eating full fat REAL mayonnaise. Don't be afraid of fat (actually, be afraid of corn, vegetable and soy oil), particularly animal fat, especially if you're planning on cutting down your carbs.

OMG me too! I think it's pretty easy to figure out what fruits/veggies to eat, personally. Eat what you like. If you have to cook it, well, then you probably can't have it if you can't cook it, unless you like raw pumpkin...blech.

I'm so glad you found a way to reach people and start the conversation. It's so important. What I first found about my eating habits when I conquered my emotional eating was really striking. I didn't try to change my eating habits they changed by themselves. I had NO cravings. Still don't, for the most part. I didn't have to think consciously about what to eat, when to eat, if I was eating too much or too little. My body became the guide instead of my mind. It honest to God removed all the unhealthy things. The junk was shoveled out and I didn't have to even think about how much to eat or what. I still do eat some sugar, but I can say no if it's there in front of me when I couldn't before, I can stop eating if I'm full and I don't feel the need to keep eating. I can look in the pantry, fridge and cupboard and say, oh there's some chocolate, nah, I'd rather not eat. Getting to the root of the issues took me 16 years. Saying it's easy and quick is unequivocally NOT true. I didn't have anyone to help me though, so maybe that's much of the difference. I think emotional eating is caused by an emotional root. You feel/believe/think something about yourself that affects your behaviour. This root will probably have NOTHING to do with food. What started me on my journey in a much more focused way was this picture: Why was I interested and not committed to health and fitness? I started asking myself what I believed about myself, truly believed and the answers were horrible. I cried and cried when I went through the list of what I thought of myself and what that meant. I hated myself. I thought I was worthless and so it didn't matter if I was healthy or not. Then I got to thinking about what could have possibly caused this. What so totally destroyed my self worth? I found it and for me, it goes back to grade 7. One event changed my whole life. I went from a 12 year old at 113lbs (healthy) to an 18 year old at 172 lbs (unhealthy). Was it only my eating habits? No. I see that now. There are essentially three parts to conquering this, I believe. I don't know if the order of action on the first two is important or not, just that they're completed. 1. Being totally honest and acknowledging my fears and beliefs was a big part of the answer. This also included acknowledging that the events that triggered the emotional eating were actually NOT my fault and I actually do have people who like me for me. This changed my perception of myself. I found my worth. 2. Acting oppositely on the fear that kept me from moving forward. I thought I was worthless, so I thought nobody else would like me. I had to purposefully be vulnerable (in a way that I was consciously acting on what scared me: rejection) to specific people. When I was accepted as a person of worth, that was the end of the emotional eating. This solidified my new perception of myself. Other people see my worth too. 3. Accepting this new way of thinking, this new behaviour as good, healthy and valuable. I am a person of worth. I have people who value me. I must internalise this and know it not only in my mind, but also in my heart. As a note of interest, I helped my best friend with this very same thing. We found her root. She acknowledged it and acted on it. She didn't shove it aside or think it didn't matter. Her life changed dramatically in about one week. I totally understand the changes she's made because I went through the same process. It will transform your life in ways you cannot even imagine. A word we both agree on to describe this process is liberating. You will be astounded and shocked that you didn't think of it before, because it seems so obvious.

I think it would be more likely to apply if certain conditions were met, like all calories acted the same way, or our cells don't care what energy they use, just that it comes. But this doesn't happen and it isn't true. Different foods we eat impact our bodies in different ways and then it's even different reactions for different people. I think that's why we can only speak in general terms. I can't eat dairy and a lot of carbs (under 60 gs/day is ideal). Some people can have more, some people less. That doesn't change how the human body works, it changes proportions and combinations of food.

This. Also, you may not know that nitrates lower blood pressure. It has many benefits for the heart (nitro-glycerin for angina). Getting lots of nitrates will help your heart. Nitrogen is the most abundant element on the planet. Veggies have far more than any processed meat, so load up on veggies and bacon. These are just a few facts about nitrates. It'll be good to know that nitrates are NOT carcinogenic. They must combine with something else (I forget what at the moment) during cooking at high heat in order for them to become carcinogenic, but adding ascorbic acid will not allow this to happen apparently.

I think meal frequency is more about what you want to do and how you feel best. I don't think when you eat is as important (by far) as what you eat and how much. Basically, if you're hungry, eat. Eat healthy, eat high fat and protein. I never "time" my meals, I've just learned to recognise when I'm hungry and eat then. I think it's more about knowing your own body than anything else.

I like what Haikoo said about squares being rectangles, it is precisely what I was thinking about it. Paleo is gluten free, but gluten free is not paleo. A gluten free diet is one that restricts foods with gluten. Food with gluten include SOME grains, for example, wheat. Not all grains have gluten, for example, oats. A paleo diet is one that restricts all grains, legumes, dairy and many starchy vegetables. I think you worked this out though...

I sort of started a thread on this elsewhere, but NO ONE posted and I was like, WHAT? Does no one care? Well, I suppose people just don't understand what I was trying to get at... I don't want to post the whole story, but I battled with emotional eating for over 15 years. I won the battle. How? I dug deep, searched long and hard without skimping on what I might find and I found the root cause. I learned what I was trying to accomplish with the emotional eating, which was essentially self acceptance. There were precipitating factors that I needed to find and address and then conscious changes I needed to make in order to fully conquer my struggle, but I did it. If this is a struggle for you, you will have to find out what you are trying to accomplish as you eat the food you know you don't want or need. The reasons will in all likelyhood have NOTHING to do with food. Food is the surrogate. The issue is much deeper.

When you cook meat using a cast iron pan, do NOT use soap on it when you clean it. All you really have to do to wash it is keep some steel wool handy (non-soapy) and scrub the pan out under a bit of hot water. That leaves enough oil in the pan to keep it relatively non-stick and clean. Cast iron is magnificent for being able to take and hand out a beating, it can be an heirloom in the family, you'll never need another one and they're easy and quick to clean (usually). If you just don't want to do dishes, reuse them before washing. My cousin does this all the time and she is VERY healthy. Sometimes, I just don't use a plate or utensils at all. I like finger food. Don't like to cook? Don't cook. Eat more raw food. veggie sticks, nuts, fruit, all paleo approved! Find goodies that make not cooking worthwhile (your roast chicken is a great example). You can grown your own garden, (at home or a community garden) if you want cheaper (almost free) veggies and herbs. That takes time though, so if you don't have that, then you can count on your appetite going down as a result of not eating a lot of carbohydrates. That can save you lots of money.

I had depression before I really started on the gluten-free/primal/paleo track. I only had depression for about five years, but when I stopped eating grains, particularly wheat, I stopped getting the episodes. I haven't had ONE for a good five years or so. I attribute it to my diet mostly. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

omg. It seems so obvious to me, now...of COURSE!! I can't tell you how happy I am to hear this. It's yet another example of how meat and fat doesn't make animals fat.

I wouldn't worry so much about calorie count. It's the carbs that make the biggest difference and when you really cut those carbs out, you will probably find your appetite go down even more. You WILL need more fat to compensate for the lowered carbs though. How much, I dunno, but your body will naturally regulate it if you let it. Controlling it too much makes sticking to paleo much more difficult than it needs to be.

I am quite sick of this. I read Taubes not because I believe in Taubes view, or because I feel like being insulted by people. I NEVER SAID HE WAS ANYTHING BUT A JOURNALIST!!!!!!! I did NOT say he's a biologist or an expert. I do NOT think he is the ONLY one with an answer that works for MANY people. I read Taubes because I have researched FOR MYSELF what BIOLOGY says about fat production. Gary Taubes just happens to agree with this view. In simple terms, here is what I think. Research the biology yourself. Insulin is one major driving force behind fat production, storage and burning. Why? What does insulin do? It shuttles anything broken down into sugars to different parts of the body (liver, muscles, fat cells). This is why diabetics have to control their blood sugar levels, inject insulin and stay away from many different kinds of sugars. Their pancreas does not produce enough insulin or cannot use it properly. It directly affects what they can or cannot eat. The amount of insulin in the blood directly influences whether we store fat or burn fat. With high insulin levels, we gain weight. With low insulin levels, we lose weight. This is why many diabetics (especially type 1) lose weight without medication or injecting insulin. Their insulin cannot shuttle the sugar to the cells because it's not there or not working properly. THIS IS DOCUMENTED, ACCEPTED SCIENCE. If insulin in fact does this, then what kinds of food directly affect how much insulin we produce? Anything broken down into sugar. This means grains, sugar, many processed foods, veggies and fruits are the BIGGEST factors in insulin production. ALSO DOCUMENTED AND ACCEPTED SCIENCE. Other factors are yes, meat and fat (but FAR less so, to the point where it's not significant) and even just thinking about food and eating. We're talking about MAJOR influences here, though, so grains and sugars are the biggest factors in insulin production. This is important if you want to lose fat. To lose fat, people must be aware of what causes insulin levels to rise significantly. If you want to lose fat, keep your insulin levels low, if you want to gain fat, raise your insulin levels. That will be a MAJOR factor in your success. To reiterate, these are not the sole factors to include when talking about the human body, health and nutrition. There are so many other factors, and great points that people have. No one has the same body, but we all have the same general makeup (hands, stomachs, toenails), so we can speak in general terms of insulin and be correct for everyone. This is not Gary Taubes, it's is just how the body works. You can say anything you want about Taubes, but that does not change biology.

No it's not. Learn about the biology of the human body and what causes the production of fat. Fat production is about biology, insulin and sugar, not physics, how much food or how much exercise. It's about WHAT food. The paleo diet addresses this.