Paleo farm shares?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What would your primal ancestors have done?

They would have taken up their spears and clubs and seized the land they were interested in, driving off, killing, or enslaving the native inhabitants.

I suggest you fill your subaru with weapons, drive out to Virginia, and claim a few acres of your new hunting and foraging grounds.

Yes, yes I realize the justifications proponents of primal/paleo diets offer are rather silly and I too laughed at the Darwinian theories. Going paleo was certainly not my idea but I went along to be supportive and as it turns out, skipping the empty calories offered by rice, wheat, and other starchy roots has improved my quality of life. So you can make fun of the spears and loin cloths, but I'm enjoying the extra energy boost I get from stable blood sugar levels and being the thinnest I've ever been, even after a baby.

Actually, fiber (whole wheats, grains) is usually recommended to HELP with lowering blood sugar.

I know people who smoke 2 packs a day and argue up and down how they benefit from the boost of energy the nicotine gives them and that hey are the thinnest they've ever been and have low blood sugar, because the smoking suppresses their appetite, but it doesn't mean it's healthy nor recommended for children.

Because we expect our kidneys to last a much longer period of time than paleo man, it's actually not a good idea to be that heavy on protein. Some would even argue that paleo man actually probably ate more like the wolf -- meaning that he didn't eat a bunch of meet EVERY DAY because it wasn't easy to hunt and kill successfully that much.

But whatever. To each his own. I'm still going to laugh at you.

"Paleo" is an idiotic idea (which time? Where? I don't think my Scandanavian ancestors were eating much coconut, which seems to be the basis of some Paleo diets. See also http://www.amazon.com/Paleofantasy-Evolution-Really-Tells-ebook/dp/B007Q6XM1A), but the excess protein causing kidney damage in anyone other than people with pre-existing kidney damage has been pretty thoroughly debunked.

OP, my CSA last year didn't have many starchy veggies, at least not until late summer. Then there were potatoes, but not much sweet corn. Waaaay too much summer squash, though. It was the bane of my existence from my parents' garden and it bugged me even more to have paid for the privilege of it.

[Anonymous]

For the anti-paleo people: do you truly believe that your health requires regular consumption of wheat, rice, refined sugar, and startchy roots?

Are you equally opposed to low carb diets or just the so-called "p" ones?

[Anonymous]

OP update here: first week with our share and we got three different kinds of lettuce, three other leafy greens and a few non-starch veggies = very pleased. We're using way more veggies than we did before because we don't want any to go to waste. The fresh herbs and eggs are really nice too. Thanks for the tips!