Comments on: Off the wagon? Sabotaging yourself?

By: apence

apence — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:12:30 +0000

part of the difference is in the fruit… “paleo-fruits” were smaller and less sweet. They were easily stored for out of season eating… but they would have been cooked or used in pemmican or other types of foods. The addition of dried berries or apple slices to a stew in winter is delicious, but otherwise… also… if you lived in the tropics, you ate fruit… whatever food was available, right?

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By: Grok

Grok — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:13:09 +0000

@Johnny great comments. The body is a little too smart to be tricked. A whole lot smarter than us anyway

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By: Johnny from The Lean Saloon

Johnny from The Lean Saloon — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:42:46 +0000

Grok, going cold-turkey has been the best and most successful method to permanent removal of refined sugar and grain-based foods… that along with motivation and time. Great post.

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By: Johnny from The Lean Saloon

Johnny from The Lean Saloon — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:40:23 +0000

8bitpixel, agreed with the “trick-yourself” method. I know a girl at work who has suffering through various calorie-reduction diets and literally puts Splenda into her water just to fool herself. After 4 years, she’s still overfat, probably more so than ever. Low-calorie diet that still contains grain is simply a semi-starvation diet that does little to correct the body’s energy balance. Sooner or later, the starving body will have the upper hand.

When will the rest of us realize that consuming fake (no-calorie) sweeteners and chewing gum won’t fool the body when the only fuel source the body thinks it has is glucose?

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By: Grok

Grok — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:00:09 +0000

@8bitpixel Nope, but the first one that made it through. LOL – I think she was preaching her diet to the wrong crowd

For conversations sake I left her comment in, but killed the yoga & fruit diet secrets link. That there is blasphemy in meat/veggie and “lift heavy things” country! Ha-ha

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By: 8bitpixel

8bitpixel — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:53:58 +0000

Well Grok, is Mari Ann your first comment spam?

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By: Mari Ann

Mari Ann — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:06:35 +0000

I always love fruits and other healthy foods Actually I have a guide for healthy recipes as part of my healthy diet!

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By: Grok

Grok — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:43:22 +0000

Welcome @Keith Norris! ← One of my favorite buff cavemen & fixie extraordinaire!

My Mom is the same way. You guy’s are the lucky ones!

Unfortunately I could still drink quarts of honey (literally) like water, so it’s almost all or nothing for a guy like me.

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By: Keith Norris

Keith Norris — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:20:21 +0000

Recently, at my daughter’s insistence (not yet Paleo, she — unfortunately), I had a sip of a Starbucks frappeccino — whoa! it just about made me hurl. Also, I can’t stand the taste of more than a couple bites of fruit, now. Quite the change from the old, carboholic me!

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By: Grok

Grok — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:17:59 +0000

@Mudbeard Welcome!

I think you have a pretty good handle on things and this isn’t much of a concern for you. I love looking at your meals!

Come visit more often!

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By: Mudbeard

Mudbeard — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:57:59 +0000

I have some fruits though, sometimes an apple or dried fruit mixed with a meal. No big fruit salades, however.

No cravings, except after a non-primal glass of wine. That triggers it for me. Kill it by eating the most fatty thing I have at hand at the moment.

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By: Grok

Grok — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:52:45 +0000

@8bitpixel,

Great comments & addition to this article. I won’t even expand on them except…

1. You can have an insulin spike without even eating! I tested this on Halloween with my blood meter after I got weak and developed a migraine from seeing/smelling cookies & candy.

2. Perfect! “You’re actually not losing something, but gaining something.”

3. Crude Oil is natural, organic and vegetarian/vegan!

Let’s dine!

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By: 8bitpixel

8bitpixel — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:25:09 +0000

Another thought. I think a lot of these things fall into the “trick yourself” category. I’ve been there as well, thinking, well if it’s “natural” there can’t be anything wrong with it right? Honey is natural! Agave nectar is natural! Cyanide is natural!

Same reason the “natural” salad dressing at my grocery store is really no different than the rest, other than the “Organic” label. Soybean oil as the main ingredient in all of them. Ah! But it’s natural ORGANIC soybean oil!

Another example. My only local health store in this small down has an entire aisle filled with “refined sugar” analogues. If a person buys chocolate chips made from organic cane sugar, they can justify it, because it’s surely better than that nasty refined stuff, right?

Keep in mind, I used to do similar mental tricks without realizing it back when it was just “low carb” and not evolutionary primal or paleo real food.

So we trick ourselves into fulfilling our sweet addiction by making excuses.

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By: 8bitpixel

8bitpixel — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:15:52 +0000

It’s true though. Whether or not a certain type of sweetener causes an insulin spike or not (which to me, is totally plausible, as your mind is anticipating something sweet, so your body is preparing for a sugar shock), sweetness is definitely a taste that gets blunted, but can be unblunted.

I’m much more appreciative of sour things now than I was before. I can’t believe how much I love sauerkraut suddenly! I can’t get enough of it! You’re actually not losing something, but gaining something. That is, appreciation of the more subtle aspects of flavour in the things you are eating!

Oh, and a side note here. What as my reCAPTCHA word? MASTODON! If only I could get my hands on one of those…

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