Comments on: The Paleo Diet and Politics https://evolvify.com/the-paleo-diet-and-politics evolutionary theory and hunter-gatherer anthropology applied to the human animal Thu, 06 Sep 2012 05:42:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.2 By: Andrew https://evolvify.com/the-paleo-diet-and-politics#comment-560 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 05:42:33 +0000 http://evolvify.com/?p=1988#comment-560 In reply to Scott Armstrong.

If I was just making this up out of thin air, there wouldn't be Christian apologists advocating grains ("whole grains" though, yay!) in books like Maker's Diet (http://amzn.to/Q1tj17) and The Bible Diet (http://amzn.to/Q1th9q).

There are tons of references to wheat in the Bible, so I'll just point out a few… Iin Exodus, unleavened bread used commanded as sacrificial offerings must specifically be made by wheat flour. Exodus 29:2, 23 I mean… I can get behind converting bread into smoke, but that's not the implication.

Lest this be dismissed as "just an Old Testament thing" that Jesus nullified…

"For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread. And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst." John 6:33-35

Referring to Jesus as "the bread of God" hardly makes it trivial. You know, because of that thing where Jesus is the whole point of Chrisitanity.

Again… "And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body." Matthew 26:26

So sure, I might not be warping the nutty inconsistencies in the Bible the way you'd like me to. But… "yeah, but you're just interpreting it wrong" iis pretty much the gold standard for those trying to fit such a flawed work into a rationalized and contorted worldview. Very few books can be used to justify and condemn things like slavery… depending on whichever narrative one wishes to push.

]]> By: Scott Armstrong https://evolvify.com/the-paleo-diet-and-politics#comment-559 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 02:22:37 +0000 http://evolvify.com/?p=1988#comment-559 As to religion, you say that the holy books command eating of grains and how do we square that "unhealthy advice with reality?" That is a grossly inaccurate statement and simplification. First of all, and I assume you're especially referring to the Bible, nowhere does it "command" eating grains. Second, you can actually make the case, as many Christian primal eaters have, that Genesis favors meat and vegetables over and against grains, though the point of Genesis is not to proscribe biological behaviors.

Bottom line? Assuming that religion (read: Christianity) is anti-primal is stereotyping and unfortunately, I see a lot of that in the Primal community.

]]> By: » Manic Monday: Food Groups engrevo https://evolvify.com/the-paleo-diet-and-politics#comment-558 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:50:08 +0000 http://evolvify.com/?p=1988#comment-558 […] and they have tips for vegetarians. Tips like eat soy. That’s a good idea.) Please go see evolvify for a total tear-down of the release this quote crawled out […]

]]> By: Abel James https://evolvify.com/the-paleo-diet-and-politics#comment-556 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:09:57 +0000 http://evolvify.com/?p=1988#comment-556 In reply to Andrew.

Great post! "Sincerity isn't an excuse for poor research and sloppy journalism." You're right on – it's a shame how often this happens, however. Passionate voices count for something, but that's not a good thing when they're spinning nonsense to the donkeyheaded masses.

]]> By: Anna https://evolvify.com/the-paleo-diet-and-politics#comment-555 Sat, 08 Oct 2011 04:08:26 +0000 http://evolvify.com/?p=1988#comment-555 “Not only do I discourage any diet that disallows entire food groups…”

And then…

“Cornell McClellan is a vegan advocate.”

He cannot do both. Vegan diets disallow dairy and meat “food groups”, don’t they?

]]> By: Mark Right https://evolvify.com/the-paleo-diet-and-politics#comment-554 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 05:52:27 +0000 http://evolvify.com/?p=1988#comment-554 I loved this one.

]]> By: Steven Platek https://evolvify.com/the-paleo-diet-and-politics#comment-553 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:57:05 +0000 http://evolvify.com/?p=1988#comment-553 Very nice analysis of that absolutely abysmal write-up> Thanks!

]]> By: » Manic Monday: Empowering Food Groups engrevo https://evolvify.com/the-paleo-diet-and-politics#comment-551 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 21:40:43 +0000 http://evolvify.com/?p=1988#comment-551 […] and they have tips for vegetarians. Tips like eat soy. That’s a good idea.) Please go see evolvify for a total tear-down of the release this quote crawled out […]

]]> By: peter https://evolvify.com/the-paleo-diet-and-politics#comment-550 Sat, 19 Mar 2011 07:34:21 +0000 http://evolvify.com/?p=1988#comment-550 There are zero comments after the article? Me thinks they moderate anything that might disagree with what they write!

]]> By: Andrew https://evolvify.com/the-paleo-diet-and-politics#comment-549 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 23:18:05 +0000 http://evolvify.com/?p=1988#comment-549 In reply to eric.

I was hoping you'd do the research. It sounds like a worthwhile endeavor.

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