I was paleo, primal, ancestral (and gluten free) for a decade, before I learned how to do science better and stopped being a food snob. Also, flan and ice cream – both are forbidden in this diet, so there’s that. After awhile, I noticed that racism, misogyny and xenophobia (fat shaming) started showing up in the […]
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“Paleo Mexican”: Call This What It Is
As a kid, I grew up in the inner-city jungle of San Antonio, Texas where my single mom Margarita spent her days hunting and foraging to make ends meet for her kids. After my parents’ divorce, we moved from my father’s “first-class, first world” across the tracks and down a trail of tears to a […]
Scientific Illiteracy in the Diet Industry: Why It’s Dangerous and What You Can Do To Fight It
by Jake Johnson “Scientific literacy, quite simply, is a mix of concepts, history, and philosophy that help you understand the scientific issues of our time. Scientific literacy is not the specialized, jargon-filled esoteric lingo of the experts. You don’t have to be able to synthesize new drugs to appreciate the importance of medical advances.” – […]