Well, we might want to consider the considerable role of food in social 
interaction, bread and salt and all that, you know. There are some people 
who certainly do insist we eat (and do other things) what they eat to make 
them feel better, but I think it's far more common that people who do not 
live in a multicultural, educated, sophisticated,  environment use food to 
bind people and do not understand those of us who don't want to be "bound". 
We all know examples of food being used as a signal and as a display of 
concern and affection. "Comfort food" is called that for a reason.
IMHO, if we fail to come to grips with this major role of food in our social 
and emotional life, that will make it all the harder to keep to our diet.
Pat Barrett  [log in to unmask]
http://ideas.lang-learn.us/barrett.php
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paleo Phil" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: Reasoning [?] with non paleolithic eaters?


On Sat, 3 Jan 2009 10:00:10 -0500, Paula <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> For some reason they believed
> EVERYONE had to partake of garbage in order for them to be happy ....

Interesting. I've encountered that too. Some people are not happy unless
everyone around them eats what they do--even if they recognize that it's
unhealthy. It may help them feel less guilty about eating bad stuff. Eating
only healthy foods around others highlights for them how bad their own diets
are.

>-----Original Message-----
>On Behalf Of Jack Oughton
>Hello all
>
>Been on the list for a while, first post here.
>
>Used to live by myself but due to financial considerations moved back in
>with parents. Finding it a bit hard to do the caveman thing
>
>find it a little hard to disassociate with the completely unsympathetic
>[quite the opposite] people and environment?
>
>
>I'm sure some of you guys have pulled this off?
>
>Any advice? :)
>
>Jack

First, you aren't going to have much luck convincing other people, at least
not in the short run. So my advice is to learn to accept that.

There are some parents (usually mothers) who feel it is ungrateful or an
insult not to eat their best recipes. You might try asking if you can eat
modified versions. It's better still if you can set up a grill outdoors, out
of the way of your parents' kitchen, and cook your own foods.

Some people think that those who won't eat modern foods are anti-social
fanatics who are probably mentally unbalanced. It's important to always act
calm, cheerful and rational around such people and don't bother trying to
argue with them.