07-02-2013, 07:20 PM
Zelenn Wrote:cookderosa: Thanks for chiming in.
Paleo has mountains of scientific evidence and a growing network of Paleo RD's and Physicians who accept the science behind Paleo. Paleo is difficult for many to accept because it flies in the face of everything we've been taught and everything Big Pharma and Big Agra subsidize. Its hard to tell the massive political and financial structures funding grains, dairy, and soy that "Hey, we're going to eat our evolutionarially effective diet of meat and veggies, with boat loads of omega 3's and stay away from all your antinutrient containing grains, acidic and inflammatory dairy products, and your crazy genetically modified soy and the laundry list of problems that go with them. We've decided that saturated fat and cholesterol is actually, kinda necessary... oh and we're going to value magnesium over calcium since they use the same absorption pathways and all the calcium you're dumping into our foods is choking out our magnesium intake. We're also going to stop working ourselves into a neurotic mess over money and start going to bed at a reasonable hour. We also think its healthy to sleep for 9-10 hours in total darkness, but when were up we're going to expose large portions of our bodies to that dreaded enemy in the sky SUNLIGHT... and... we're not going to use sunscreen GASP!"
You can't tell that, even with stacks and stacks of peer reviewed scientific evidence, to the powers that be.
I had a feeling you were missing my entire point. Good luck.