I guess I'm not completely convinced of that.  Keeping this diet is sure
easier than keeping a low fat, high carb diet, which tends to make one
ill and crave more carbs.  In fact, the nice thing about this diet is
that cravings, for me and many others on it, seem to dissapear, or at
least dimish.  It's like the diet has built-in discipline.  I have been
on it, without cheating, since March (9-10 months).  The only time I
ever had to engage self-discipline is in the face of peer-pressure --- I
have never met another paleo-dieter in person.  If more people do it,
even that would tend to fix itself.

Erik Hill


Arthur McConnachie wrote:
>
> 98% of Americans don't have the discipline to give up the goodies of
> civilization, so whether the government or media supported the paleo way of
> eating is irrelevant.
>
> Arthur
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Raymond, Charles E. x1280" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, December 20, 1999 10:10 AM
> Subject: [P-F] My two cents
>
> > If the U.S. went Paleo, IMO, I don't think it would be without a fight
> from
> > the big dairy companies, the agricultural companies, etc. I believe you
> > would begin to see the political action groups in D.C. threatening to pull
> > donations and lobbyists scurrying around trying to fix the "problem". I
> > think you would also see lots of news reports about the dangers of such a
> > diet, whether real dangers existed or not, people who half followed such a
> > diet and then became severely ill, etc. Unfortunately it seems that he who
> > has the most money, sets the governments' policies here in the states.
> > Since discovering the Paleo diet, I now laugh when I watch the news
> reports
> > that lament the declining physical state of the U.S. population. The
> > reporters will make statements like, "Despite following low-fat diets and
> an
> > increase in exercise, Americans are still getting fatter." All we need to
> do
> > is get away from the low-fat diets, kick processed foods to the curb, and
> we
> > would be well on our way to improved health. Again, IMO, the government
> > don't want you to know that, they would loose too much money if they
> > offended the big business men. I do see a positive light in all of this.
> > With the availability of the Internet, and the rate at which information
> is
> > becoming available via the net, people will begin to question all of these
> > things. In the past, we kind of had to take their (government) word for
> it,
> > those days are gone thanks to technology.
> > As far as mainstream media is concerned, I doubt you will see many of the
> > popular magazines, touting the benefits of a paleo diet any time soon. The
> > fad is still low-fat, high carb diets, almost every bodybuilding
> publication
> > emphasizes the need for carbs (the bad kind) for muscular growth, and
> > maximum training performance. They fail to mention the need for steroids
> in
> > order to gain the freaky size the muscle magazines display. The media will
> > continue to be the lap-dogs for the government, the Internet is currently
> > the only source I'm aware of, at least in the States, where you can find
> > both sides of a story. Having been a weightlifter for over half of my
> life,
> > I've read the gamut of diet and health books available. They all tend to
> > repeat one another and most often the advice or routines are completely
> > absurd for normal, non-drug using athletes. That's a different topic for a
> > different list, however I do own a copy of Lyle McDonald's book - The
> > Ketogenic Diet - an excellent book, one of the best I've read. Lyle and I
> > communicate every now and then, he even signed my copy of his book. The
> next
> > book that I am going to purchase is the NeanderThin book, is it available
> in
> > bookstores or over the net only? It's actually Lyle's book that started to
> > make me think about current diet trends, I had really never thought much
> > about diet until then. I lifted and I ate, as long as I didn't get fat, I
> > wasn't concerned about my diet too much. Then Lyle's book made me think,
> > then a Dr. Dave Lewandowski, has pointed me in the Paleo-diet direction.
> > I've read some of the information at the paleo-diet website and look
> forward
> > to receiving the future Paleofood  Digests. This diet, along with proper
> > exercise makes perfectly logical sense. Sorry for the long-windedness, I
> > tend to ramble at times.
> >
> > Chuck
> >