What I wanted to say on FB, but felt it would add to the flames is that I think part of the reason why people struggle with the idea of paleo (and atkins, etc) is a symptom of 30 years of "healthy = low fat, high carb" teachings. People struggle with staying healthy, feel guilty when they aren't, and when a new way of "healthy living" comes around that's the opposite of what they've been told for decades it's like a slap across the face. They HATED atkins. Hated. I tried it for a few months and friends would get angry at me - yes, angry - because I would opt for berries as opposed to an apple. It was like I personally affronted everything about them as a person. It was... weird.
I imagine there are some people who are really only upset about the misnomer; I venture to guess, though, that much of the annoyance from others stems more from this emotional tie to what constitutes healthy eating... and what doesn't.
Like you, as long as my friends are healthy and happy, I don't care what they eat. Just wish sometimes, we could have good, informative conversations about food and diet without it becoming emotionally charged.
well that's the thing, to me the article was annoying because it's seriously picking at the lowest hanging fruit since "yeah this diet is sound and healthy but the name is dumb so we're going to poke at it" because (to me) it just seems like a proxy for actually making fun of the lifestyle and people who practice it, just in a less direct way as opposed to flat out saying "it's a fad diet and you're stupid for doing it" (which is essentially the direction some of the comments went anyway) which just sort of felt disingenuous.
i think the only "diet" i've ever reacted really harshly to is the master cleanse, and that is solely because it's incredibly unhealthy for women since it leaches calcium like you wouldn't believe and because it's completely founded on really insane pseudo science (i read the book by the guy who designed the diet and it's flat out bizarre)
I imagine there are some people who are really only upset about the misnomer; I venture to guess, though, that much of the annoyance from others stems more from this emotional tie to what constitutes healthy eating... and what doesn't.
Like you, as long as my friends are healthy and happy, I don't care what they eat. Just wish sometimes, we could have good, informative conversations about food and diet without it becoming emotionally charged.
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i think the only "diet" i've ever reacted really harshly to is the master cleanse, and that is solely because it's incredibly unhealthy for women since it leaches calcium like you wouldn't believe and because it's completely founded on really insane pseudo science (i read the book by the guy who designed the diet and it's flat out bizarre)
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