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"Eat Like A Predator, Not Like Prey": Paleo In Six Easy Steps, A Motivational Guide
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April 10, 2011
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Hitssquad:

That quote is correct AFAIK -- but apo B isn't part of a standard "cholesterol screening".  And it turns out that triglycerides/HDL basically tells you the same thing, which is how much large/fluffy vs. small/dense LDL you have.  The 3.8 ratio is a relatively sharp dividing line between the two, which is why it's used as a metric.

As I said, I'm working on a full-length article about this, which will be fully referenced and linked as always.

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April 11, 2011
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THIS IS AN AWESOME IDEA AND I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD DO IT

April 13, 2011
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[...] cues. (Unproven but seems likely.) Probably several more things. That's one of the themes of Eat Like A Predator: your mental health and toughness are strongly related to your physical health and toughness. [...]

April 19, 2011
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6 weeks in, Mrs. and I down a collective 40 pounds, and definately down a couple inches on the waiseline (haven't measured lately, but I did need to tighten the belt a notch).  No snacking required, feel great all of the time.  No food coma, no ravenous hunger, no mood swings.  We're spreading the word to everyone who will listen, but we get a ton of crazy looks.  The food pyramid brainwashing has been deeply rooted in everyone's mind.

April 19, 2011
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DJSapp:

Damn!  Excellent progress, both of you.  It helps so much to have a mutual support system, doesn't it?

Don't worry about everyone else...your credibility will increase as the pounds keep coming off, you keep looking better, and you continue to not constantly complain about being hungry and how hard you're working to stay on the diet.  Obnoxiously good health is your best argument.

Do it:

YES!

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April 21, 2011
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Very funny. Reading a lot of "Paleo Diet" material vs vegetarianism. Jains believe that vegarianism is part of compassion. It appears that you would agree: ‎"Now that you’ve been eating like a predator for some time, you are discovering that when you eat like a predator, and play like a predator, you start thinking like a predator. Stupid people aren’t annoyances: they’re profit centers. Fat peop0le are no longer disgusting: they’re delicious." So, enjoy eating Jains, Jesus, etc. Yummy!

April 21, 2011
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Jonathan:

I bet I could make a delicious pate out of a fruitarian's fatty liver!

As far as compassion, you might note the following sentences I wrote: "You will have compassion for the herd as it moos and bleats, for you were so recently one of them yourself. And you will share your knowledge, because you understand that our real enemies are the predators who hoard this knowledge for themselves…"

I have no interest in giving love or compassion to those who don't deserve it, nor those who would use it as a weapon to enslave me.  Lierre Keith: "The left in this country has come completely unhitched from any notion of actually being effective. Activism has turned into one big group therapy session. It doesn't matter what we accomplish–what matters is how we feel about it. The goal of the action isn't to change the material balance of power, it's to feel "empowered". For fuck's sake, who gives a

shit how I feel?"

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April 29, 2011
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May 9, 2011
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I agree with all the information presented here, but have a major problem when it comes to meat consumption. I have never eaten red meat or fish before. I tried eating chicken for the first time a week ago and had a very hard time. I don't think it is possible for me to consume meat in high amounts. I can eat eggs though.

What do you think would be the impact of replacing red meat with eggs, butter, whole milk, cheese and tofu as protein and saturated fat sources? ( I have been a lacto- vegetarian my entire life due to social and religious reasons). Is there any way to make meat taste and smell better? 

I would appreciate any help 🙂

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electrika:

Eggs are an excellent food, full of complete protein and important nutrients like choline…and though pastured eggs are best, even regular supermarket eggs are a great source of nutrients.  Just about anything tastes better with a fried egg on it!  I eat over a dozen eggs each week.

Butter and ghee are good too, especially from grass-fed cows: but again, even regular butter is far superior to seed oils.  

I also strongly recommend coconut oil!  Unrefined is probably best, but Spectrum Organics makes a good refined oil that doesn't taste at all of coconuts but still gets you all the MCT benefits.  It's great for stir-frying, too.

Cheese and milk can be problematic, depending on the person: some people do fine with casein and lactose, some people find they do better by omitting them.  That's up to you…but I'd definitely cut the soy, as it's full of phytoestrogens and other metabolic disruptors.  I wouldn't stress about soy sauce (it's fermented, which helps), but I don't see any good reason to eat tofu when you've got eggs available.

As far as "how to get meat to taste and smell better", a lot of it is just not having a taste for fat.  Once you've been eating eggs and cooking with butter and coconut oil for a while, you'll overcome that societal conditioning, and start realizing "Hey, this is rich and delicious and my body craves it!"  Then you can start throwing little bits of ham or bacon into your omelets…which is an excellent way to start getting used to meat.  Don't try to jam right into a big steak or chop…just throw some little salty bits in with an omelet or stir-fry.  (As I don't know your social and religious background, I don't know whether you've got prohibitions against beef and/or pork.)

Also keep in mind that your gut flora will take time to deal with any dietary shift, and your bile and stomach acid production might not be up to dealing with lots of fat and meat just yet.  So feel free to take it slowly.

Hope this helps…keep us posted on your progress!

JS

May 9, 2011
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To Mr. Stanton:

I’d like to express my sincere and profound gratitude for the painstaking research and self-experimentation that went into the writing of this article. Where you really exceeded is what you strove for, namely motivation and inspiration. It shows that you’re not trying to sell anything – what you wrote is not really just a diet, but a way of life and it takes into account the economic and other realities of everyday life and human psychology.

My own experience has been such a life changer in a very short amount of time. I dropped my sugar addiction and also took the opportunity to eliminate dairy, except for butter. Even having knowledge of my lactose intolerance for years, I still wasn’t able to give it up (To be completely honest, the lack of milk in my morning coffee has been the hardest part of this diet to get used to. I know, the logical thing to do is just give up the coffee, but I’m not quite there yet.). I’ve lost over 20 lbs. in the past 6 weeks (on a 5’7” frame) and probably for the first time in my adult life I am not over weight. Furthermore, there are so many little things in my health that have improved it is hard to list them all. It’s always difficult to know what’s psychosomatic and what’s real in assessing one’s own health, but I’m pretty certain many of these things are real. Obviously the weight loss is an objective measurement.

The real key to me is the concentration on the consumption of red meat. I’ve always loved it, fat and all. But since it has been pounded into my head my whole life that it is unhealthy, I’ve always treated it as an indulgence. Centering a diet around red meat, psychologically, is kind of like telling someone to diet on cake and cookies. And it’s frankly incredible to be on a “diet” and not only to not be hungry, but to be even less hungry than I was before I started it! It’s just plain nice to not be hungry all the time. I basically eat eggs in the late morning and meat and vegetables in the evening. Some nuts and fruit get thrown in over the course of the day.

The only real downside for me is the expense since where I live grass-fed meat starts at around $20 per lbs. and heads north from there. But, it is of course a bargain in terms of preventative health care and quality of life. Thankfully, I’m blessed with the good fortune to be able to afford it. I also don't have access to such wonderful sounding products as coconut oil and grass-fed beef tallow, though I hope to pick some up on my next trip to the States. One other downside is that none of my clothes fit any more and I need a whole new wardrobe. I hate clothes shopping, so a jokingly sarcastic “thanks a lot” for that.

At 37 years old, I’m hoping it isn’t too late to repair the damage done from a lifetime of ingesting poisons. In a certain sense, I suppose it’s never too late. I’m trying to spread the word, but it’s tough to convince people. Even my own wife, with the results right before her eyes, is still hung up on meaningless cholesterol levels and her doctor’s outdated advice. I think I have my mother-in-law gradually dropping in, which is great as she is an important person in our lives.

I’m sure I’ve now thoroughly bored you with my story, but, really, thanks so much.

JL

May 9, 2011
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I'm new to this whole concept so excuse ignorant questions about fruit including tomatoes? Onions, garlic and lemons?

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Trudy:

Vegetables and spices are great!  (Yes, I know that tomatoes are technically a fruit.)  I don't stress their intake because once you're not eating lots of starch, you'll naturally want to jazz up your food.  I eat more veggies now than I did when I was vegetarian.

I discourage heavy fruit consumption, and any fruit juice consumption, due to minimizing fructose intake.  Some berries or an orange (or pomegranate, or whatever) for dessert is delicious and encouraged…but snacking on fruit just puts you on the same blood sugar rollercoaster as candy, and fruit juice is basically Coca-Cola with a couple vitamins in it.

JL:

Thank you for sharing your experiences!  I'm glad that I've been able to contribute to your quality of life in some way, though the credit is yours: all I can do is open a door.  You must walk through it yourself — and you have.

And yes, I absolutely look at "paleo" as far more than just a diet and exercise plan.  You'll see much more on that subject as this site progresses — and in my novel, from which I took much of the inspiration for this essay.  (Available outside the US here.)

Like you, I've also found that lots of niggling little issues and irritations, which never rose to the status of illness and I had always counted as "just part of life", went away on a paleo diet.  It's great, isn't it?  And just as I talk about here, I refuse to believe that our taste for fatty red meat is an accident, or that we've evolved to enjoy only foods that kill us and dislike the foods that keep us alive.

Out of curiosity, where do you live that you've got such a problem getting meat and coconut oil?

And don't stress about "repairing a lifetime of damage"…I too wish I hadn't spent so many years eating birdseed.  As the gnolls say, hazrah nachti.  You've figured it out, and you are here now, and you'll enjoy decades of health and vigor you wouldn't have otherwise.

As far as cholesterol levels, I'm working on an article about that which I'll post eventually…but there's a lot of science I need to get right.  And just like you did, people need to walk through the door under their own power.  All you can do is be happy and healthy and hope they get the message.  Remember that you're new to it, and the media treats 'paleo' as just a fad diet: all diets work, for a little while.  I suspect the skepticism will slowly melt as you continue to enjoy good health and not backslide into your old habits.

Please continue to share your progress as time permits!

JS

May 16, 2011
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I wasn't convinced until my vegetarian (for 19 years) husband switched to following your guidelines and started dropping weight and feeling better.

I defintely have addictions to grains and am working on that. My big challenge, though, is breakfast. I can't stand eggs in any form, which takes a cheap, easy, extremely versitile food out of the mix for breakfast and other meals. Any suggestions on how to begin either liking eggs or finding other breakfast substitutes?

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Sara:

Sorry for missing this one for a few days...I've been slammed with newfound popularity and the dialogue on my latest post.

Anyway, as far as breakfast, it's basically a mental trap that we have to eat "breakfast foods"...most of which are huge refined sugar bombs (cereal, pancakes, bagels, toast, English muffins, etc.).  Eat whatever food you like at any other time of day!  

As far as learning to enjoy eggs: I like them as part of what I call a "paleo scramble".  Make sure to check out all the variants at the bottom of the recipe!  Also note that using white rice instead of potatoes is a delicious and relatively harmless cheat.  Finally, keep in mind you can start out with only one egg instead of three. 

If that works out for you, you can try omelets with lots of meat, veggies, and cheese to break up the egg texture.  Also try putting a fried egg on top of other things, like a steak or some vegetables.  One thing I do is to cook a single egg sunny side up, but break the yolk and flip it so I have a nice round disc of fully cooked egg to put on top of food.  Sunny side up looks great, but then the yolk breaks and runs over everything.

Finally, are you cooking your eggs too hard?  How are you cooking them?  One mistake beginners make is not using enough cooking fat, and "working" the eggs too hard by moving them around too much, making them tough and rubbery.  Even "scrambled" eggs should just sit on the pan until they're cooked mostly through...then flipping and chopping them once should finish the job.

Congratulations to your husband and you!  Let me know how it works out.

JS

May 27, 2011
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I'm trying. I heard you on Latest in Paleo... Right now my legs and feet are aching,,, just in pain...for the last three weeks.Any suggestions?? I have been doing this for 2 months.

Nothing will make me go back to eating grain...don't get me wrong. I am convinced by all you say. I am dropping processed bacon and anything with chemicals this week... Am I missing something? .I am eating meat, low glycemic vegetables, a few berries, cream , butter, coconut oil, coffee, water. I also have not lost weight. I have lost 4 inches in my waist though...age 56, grandma. Oh yeah...I can breathe now. I have not used an inhaler for the last month. I am down a pants size.

On the podcast, I smiled when you said you did not use soap. I am so allergic to yellow #5 in shampoos and soap makes my skin crack and peel. I have not used soap in 4 years. I wash my hair(long) in the kitchen sink so I won't get the shampoo on my skin. I mostly use cream rinse to wash it with and organic apple cider vinegar for a rinse.

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