GNOLLS.ORG - Topic: Why Are We Here, And What Are We Looking For? Food Associations And The Pitfalls Of The Search For Novelty http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/why-are-we-here-and-what-are-we-looking-for-food-associations-and-the-pitfalls-of-the-search-for-novelty/ Simple:Press Version 5.7.5.3 букмекер 22B on Why Are We Here, And What Are We Looking For? Food Associations And The Pitfalls Of The Search For Novelty http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/why-are-we-here-and-what-are-we-looking-for-food-associations-and-the-pitfalls-of-the-search-for-novelty/page-4/#p8767 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/why-are-we-here-and-what-are-we-looking-for-food-associations-and-the-pitfalls-of-the-search-for-novelty/page-4/#p8767 I'm amazed, I must say. Rarely do I encounter a blog that's both equally educative and interesting, and without a doubt,
you've hit the nail on the head. The problem is something that not
enough folks are speaking intelligently about. Now i'm very
happy I found this in my hunt for something relating to this.

]]> Sun, 23 Nov 2025 18:07:37 -0800 J. Stanton on Why Are We Here, And What Are We Looking For? Food Associations And The Pitfalls Of The Search For Novelty http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/why-are-we-here-and-what-are-we-looking-for-food-associations-and-the-pitfalls-of-the-search-for-novelty/page-4/#p6497 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/why-are-we-here-and-what-are-we-looking-for-food-associations-and-the-pitfalls-of-the-search-for-novelty/page-4/#p6497 Steve:

Vegetarian propaganda is ubiquitous and persuasive -- if you're not well-versed enough in the science to realize the degree to which it misrepresents reality.  I'm glad you've found a path to better health, and I wish you the best on your journey.  If I may, can I ask why you're trying to stay keto?

Paul:

Congratulations!  I hope your grandchild is the first of several.

JS

]]> Mon, 02 Dec 2013 02:06:21 -0800 Paul Halliday on Why Are We Here, And What Are We Looking For? Food Associations And The Pitfalls Of The Search For Novelty http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/why-are-we-here-and-what-are-we-looking-for-food-associations-and-the-pitfalls-of-the-search-for-novelty/page-4/#p6490 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/why-are-we-here-and-what-are-we-looking-for-food-associations-and-the-pitfalls-of-the-search-for-novelty/page-4/#p6490 Looking back to the conversation above about schooling … I twigged very early on that school was about little more than social conditioning. Moving about to the sound of a bell. I grew up in an industrial area and some of my first jobs were in industrial settings.

My school days taught me well … bell … break … bell … dinner … bell … home.

I actually had a very good schooling with a number of very strong and memorable teachers. I learned a lot and much of what I learned there I continue to apply in my daily life – a confidence to speak, an ability to write with a good grasp of English, an ability to quickly calculate in my head, the list goes on.

I look at what kids are learning today and despair. I heard on the radio the other day that our Education Minister (who is an absolute prick, BTW … Michael Gove, look him up. Pob?) considers spelling a thing of past since we all have spell checkers now. Okay, the calculator put pay to being able to calculate in your head, but come on …

I despair.

In February, I will be a Grandfather to a hopefully fit, healthy and beautiful Granddaughter. Whatever her schooling, she will learn a lot from me, and it will be fun. I have nothing but the absolute respect for home schoolers – you guys keep doing that and we'll be all the better for it as a species, having strong, free thinkers in our midst. We need them.

I'm wondering how I can duck out of working to become a full time teacher to one new life.

]]> Sun, 01 Dec 2013 16:51:36 -0800 Steve on Why Are We Here, And What Are We Looking For? Food Associations And The Pitfalls Of The Search For Novelty http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/why-are-we-here-and-what-are-we-looking-for-food-associations-and-the-pitfalls-of-the-search-for-novelty/page-4/#p6489 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/why-are-we-here-and-what-are-we-looking-for-food-associations-and-the-pitfalls-of-the-search-for-novelty/page-4/#p6489 J. Stanton:
"the basic dietary prescription for humans is relatively well-established, but it's much more difficult to fix someone who's already broken."

Perhaps nearly 2 decades of vegetarianism didn't completely break me, but certainly left me much worse for wear and exhausted all the time.

Now I have no choice but to do my best to fix it.

When I started, I could only work out about once per week. After ~8 weeks on/off in ketosis (mostly due to a stubborn liver), I can work out almost every day and not be fatigued. My endurance and mental alertness is still not where I want it to be - my hope is that for someone with a broken metabolism, keto-adaptation may simply take a much longer time than for people who didn't screw up their bodies so badly.

]]> Sun, 01 Dec 2013 16:35:41 -0800 Jen W on Why Are We Here, And What Are We Looking For? Food Associations And The Pitfalls Of The Search For Novelty http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/why-are-we-here-and-what-are-we-looking-for-food-associations-and-the-pitfalls-of-the-search-for-novelty/page-4/#p5272 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/why-are-we-here-and-what-are-we-looking-for-food-associations-and-the-pitfalls-of-the-search-for-novelty/page-4/#p5272 No problem.  Yes, it was quite an eye opener for me.  I've met both her parents and they are not crazy loonies that I can tell.  granted I know her father more than her mother, but I doubt loonies fundies would let their kid practice a Japanese martial art.  In fact I could see crazy fundies thinking martial arts were evil devil worshiping cults Laugh

 

Jen

]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2013 05:12:15 -0800 JayJay on Why Are We Here, And What Are We Looking For? Food Associations And The Pitfalls Of The Search For Novelty http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/why-are-we-here-and-what-are-we-looking-for-food-associations-and-the-pitfalls-of-the-search-for-novelty/page-4/#p5254 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/why-are-we-here-and-what-are-we-looking-for-food-associations-and-the-pitfalls-of-the-search-for-novelty/page-4/#p5254 I'm in Australia and yes most home schooling groups are religious nut cases. It is so hard to find good quality education stuff thats not jesus flavoured. But I figure the best education is outdoors and learning about real stuff anyway.

I see tiny kids in uniforms travelling to school in the wee hours of the morning in a metal box, to learn what to think, when to eat and ask for permission to go to the toilet. I just don't get it.

Thank You Jen. Home kids are usually only crazy if their parents are crazy fundy loony

]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:28:44 -0800 Jen W on Why Are We Here, And What Are We Looking For? Food Associations And The Pitfalls Of The Search For Novelty http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/why-are-we-here-and-what-are-we-looking-for-food-associations-and-the-pitfalls-of-the-search-for-novelty/page-4/#p5244 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/why-are-we-here-and-what-are-we-looking-for-food-associations-and-the-pitfalls-of-the-search-for-novelty/page-4/#p5244 Jay-Jay,

 

One of my fellow Aikidoka (people who train in the Japanese martial art of Aikido) is a home schooled 12 year old and no she's not crazy.Laugh

]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:35:00 -0800 J. Stanton on Why Are We Here, And What Are We Looking For? Food Associations And The Pitfalls Of The Search For Novelty http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/why-are-we-here-and-what-are-we-looking-for-food-associations-and-the-pitfalls-of-the-search-for-novelty/page-4/#p5242 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/why-are-we-here-and-what-are-we-looking-for-food-associations-and-the-pitfalls-of-the-search-for-novelty/page-4/#p5242 JayJay:

At least in America, homeschooling has a reputation as "what the crazy religious zealots do so their child won't learn about evolution and sex" -- as I'm sure you know.

JS

]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:20:43 -0800 JayJay on Why Are We Here, And What Are We Looking For? Food Associations And The Pitfalls Of The Search For Novelty http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/why-are-we-here-and-what-are-we-looking-for-food-associations-and-the-pitfalls-of-the-search-for-novelty/page-4/#p5223 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/why-are-we-here-and-what-are-we-looking-for-food-associations-and-the-pitfalls-of-the-search-for-novelty/page-4/#p5223 I'm continually given crap for not sending my child to factory-school. Even though I know without a doubt that I'm doing absolutely the best thing for her ever.

]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2013 03:16:23 -0800 J. Stanton on Why Are We Here, And What Are We Looking For? Food Associations And The Pitfalls Of The Search For Novelty http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/why-are-we-here-and-what-are-we-looking-for-food-associations-and-the-pitfalls-of-the-search-for-novelty/page-4/#p4609 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/why-are-we-here-and-what-are-we-looking-for-food-associations-and-the-pitfalls-of-the-search-for-novelty/page-4/#p4609 Julie:

Don't be too concerned if they don't seem to understand...people are used to being told "I found the best diet EVER", watching their friends lose 20 pounds -- and then gaining it right back again once they fall off the wagon.  It takes a while before they'll be convinced you've actually changed your life.

JS

]]> Mon, 17 Sep 2012 20:03:48 -0700 Julie on Why Are We Here, And What Are We Looking For? Food Associations And The Pitfalls Of The Search For Novelty http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/why-are-we-here-and-what-are-we-looking-for-food-associations-and-the-pitfalls-of-the-search-for-novelty/page-3/#p4604 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/why-are-we-here-and-what-are-we-looking-for-food-associations-and-the-pitfalls-of-the-search-for-novelty/page-3/#p4604 I loved this post, and I think you're absolutely right. Now off to explain to my family why I'm obsessed with reading about Paleo!

]]> Mon, 17 Sep 2012 15:59:27 -0700 J. Stanton on Why Are We Here, And What Are We Looking For? Food Associations And The Pitfalls Of The Search For Novelty http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/why-are-we-here-and-what-are-we-looking-for-food-associations-and-the-pitfalls-of-the-search-for-novelty/page-3/#p4591 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/why-are-we-here-and-what-are-we-looking-for-food-associations-and-the-pitfalls-of-the-search-for-novelty/page-3/#p4591 Walter:

It's been a slow summer...but Paul Jaminet is back, I'm back, and things are starting to pick up again.

JS

]]> Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:33:22 -0700 Walter on Why Are We Here, And What Are We Looking For? Food Associations And The Pitfalls Of The Search For Novelty http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/why-are-we-here-and-what-are-we-looking-for-food-associations-and-the-pitfalls-of-the-search-for-novelty/page-3/#p4586 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/why-are-we-here-and-what-are-we-looking-for-food-associations-and-the-pitfalls-of-the-search-for-novelty/page-3/#p4586 I took a break from all Paleo and low carb sites in Feb. Took Dr. Eades posting to bring me back. Caught up to this post here. Not sure how many of the sites I used to visit I'll go back to.

]]> Tue, 11 Sep 2012 21:17:52 -0700 J. Stanton on Why Are We Here, And What Are We Looking For? Food Associations And The Pitfalls Of The Search For Novelty http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/why-are-we-here-and-what-are-we-looking-for-food-associations-and-the-pitfalls-of-the-search-for-novelty/page-3/#p4573 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/why-are-we-here-and-what-are-we-looking-for-food-associations-and-the-pitfalls-of-the-search-for-novelty/page-3/#p4573 Paul:

Good points...and I'm glad to be back.

Ric Aspen:

You're right: it's sometimes difficult to accept that it's Not That Complicated.  As I've said before, if humans needed an entire book to learn how to eat, we'd have starved to death long ago!  And I say it directly in "Eat Like A Predator": "Anyone can write a diet book—and most of them make nutrition complicated so that you’ll keep buying books and going to meetings."

That being said, the books are important, because they can give us the reasons and the science, not just the instructions.

Stop by anytime.

Diane:

Yes, that's a big part of it: I have a great community here...but none of my close friends eat this way, and I don't know anyone locally who eats this way.  However, I've been an outlier for my entire life, so I'm used to it.

JS

]]> Sun, 09 Sep 2012 11:12:05 -0700 Diane on Why Are We Here, And What Are We Looking For? Food Associations And The Pitfalls Of The Search For Novelty http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/why-are-we-here-and-what-are-we-looking-for-food-associations-and-the-pitfalls-of-the-search-for-novelty/page-3/#p4555 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/why-are-we-here-and-what-are-we-looking-for-food-associations-and-the-pitfalls-of-the-search-for-novelty/page-3/#p4555 I like to read paleo stuff because I like to feel a part of a community. I'm the only one I know eating this way. I can't get my partner to join me even though he suffers from so many ailments due to the SAD way of eating. I'm also still in a learning phase, finding new ways to improve my fitness and health. This site was one of the first ones that helped me. I lost 30lbs and feel young for the first time in my life and am embarking on a new level of fitness and health, plus I have learned to cook and to enjoy cooking.

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