Criticisms of Primal/Paleo Lifestyle? page 2

[Lojasmo]

A paleo lifestyle is not sustainable on a global scale, given our overpopulated world.

[doghead]

A paleo lifestyle is not sustainable on a global scale, given our overpopulated world.

100% True.

This will all change when the machines take over though.

[FMN]

I have a criticism, however, not from a CW point of view, but from a Primal one.

I think there is too much emphasis being placed on supplements. I understand that we do not all live in the same latitude, that many of us work in an office all day, and that food has changed from what Grok ate. However, we have changed too, and adapted, to a certain extent.

I am not saying supplements are bad, however, I feel there is an over-reliance on them. Many people are too eager to prescribe 100g of X and 250g of Y supplement, when a simple salad/organ meat might do the trick. The beauty of the primal lifestyle for me is adhering to as natural a lifestyle as possible (not just with diet but all around), and little packets of condensed nutrients measured out by a monkey in a lab coat seems far from it.

Again, this is not intended to offend anyone or anything, just my point of view - supplements are convenient and can come in handy, but I for no one do not rely on them, and I still feel and look the healthiest and strongest I have in my whole life.

Very well said, and I totally agree!

[mofx]

This will all change when the machines take over though.

100% True.

[tfarny]

"Wow, so, how did you lose weight? I'm getting married and I HAVE to lose weight!"
"Well mainly I just cut out sugar and starch."
"Oh, I could never do that!"

Yesterday conversation. I think "I'm addicted" is the most common Paleo objection.

[Sassy]

Yesterday conversation. I think "I'm addicted" is the most common Paleo objection.

So was I....guess what fixed it.

[Chaohinon]

A paleo lifestyle is not sustainable on a global scale, given our overpopulated world.

This isn't really an argument against paleo, it's an argument against overpopulation (which is largely a result of cereal grain production)

[NorthernMonkeyGirl]

You could say it's all a massive conspiracy theory spread by orthorexic lunatics. I find certain other sites reinforce this view (e.g. I think Mercola gets hysterical about all sorts).

I believe more in incompetence than malice.
Doctors begin in medicine to help people; no industry can grow without demand; industrial farmers were (at least here) pressurised and paid to produce high volumes of food post WWII - they've only done what we've asked.

The rebuttal would be a simple "We know better now".

[kennelmom]

This isn't really an argument against paleo, it's an argument against overpopulation (which is largely a result of cereal grain production)

ding ding ding! Yep.

[Patrick]

The funniest thing I hear is "Good luck with that fad." (with "sucker" being implied)

Hahaha! Oh, you mean the "fad" that's millions of years old? Okie-dokie...