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Host of The Weekly Charlie Pickering has been tackling some of the big issues on his program recently; same-sex marriage, victim blaming, indigenous incarceration.
This week he took on a less serious topic, but one that is very close to our hearts here at Mamamia, when he gleefully took down the glorified snake oil merchants of the Paleo movement.
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I'm getting a bit bored of every second article on this site being some kind of 'we hate paleo' article. We get it. Personally, I think people advocating that a diet full of vegetables, meat, fish, chicken, nuts and fruits is a better idea than the torrent of advertising I see each day for processed, sugary, fast, void-of-nutrient foods.
Your paleo criticism is not going to change the minds of people who believe it works for them and it's certainly not appealing as a reader to see the same thing, over and over. Don't like it, don't eat that way......simple. Everyone has a choice.
Dear Charlie thanks for the facts and humour, and for being a voice of reason. Why are people so ready to follow fads.
My grandfather who passed two years ago at the ripe old age of 91 had porridge in winter and wheat bix in summer for breakfast. Lunch was the previous days left overs in winter and a sandwich in summer. Dinner was meat/fish (grilled, roasted or stewed) with three vege in winter and with a salad in summer. He wasn't big on fruit but had an apple every day as a mid afternoon snack. Since I lived with my grandparents from the age of 11 to 21 I can report that we only had dessert only one or twice a week and cakes were a celebration food at birthdays and holiday. I must add that he liked a cold bear in summer, a glass of red with dinner and enjoyed the odd nip of scotch or rum.
My grandfather lived through the depression and the war and worked hard on a farm for the first 50 years of his life. He ate what was available, in season and was never overweight. This was moderation, so what's exactly wrong with porridge, sandwiches, meat and vege with an occasional treat?
Could some please explain why we need to stop eating grains and avoiding dairy? All I can think is that it's just a developed world thing, I bet poor, underfed people in developing countries aren't following "a Paleo diet", they just eat what they can get their hands on.