Primitive Nutrition 1: The New Barbarians

Welcome to The Primitive Nutrition Series! Created by someone who was nearly seduced by the Paleo Diet idea before going vegan, these videos provide a wide-ranging response to the evolution-inspired rationale for meat eating which so many have uncritically accepted.

Ever wonder...
Will fruit make me fat? Unlikely. See 49.
Is grass-fed beef an environmentally responsible food? This opens 70.
Weren't the Eskimos healthy eating a completely animal-based diet? 27 answers this.
Isn't there great research supporting low-carb diets? 52 looks at some of it.
Were our Ice Age ancestors low-carbers? Probably not. 11 explains.
Should I trust the advice of the primitive diet gurus? Watch them all!

These videos are intended to be viewed in order, from 1 to 71. See them all and you will never again fall for a fad diet. It's time to move away from gimmickery and hype, and toward a healthy and sustainable future. Let's start something positive!

Appearing in the still are Ed Bauer, Robert Cheeke, and Monica Parodi

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[bodhinature]

You always present primitive diets with a factor of disgust, as in "Would you find (insert unfamiliar dish) appetizing?" As a person of mixed cultural parentage, I can tell you I've eaten things that my Western friends find absolutely disgusting. This includes vegetables and fruits. Not just meat or blood. Your judgement call about what is appetizing is unnecessary. Clearly the Masai find blood appetizing. And Koreans find fermented cabbage appetizing. This is an emotional play, at best.

[PrimitiveNutrition]

@bodhinature Again, you are totally missing the point. You are amazingly good at this. I am not judging primitive diets. I am saying those are the real primitive diets, not the stuff in the fad diet books. I am guessing most people wont find eating soil appetizing, for example, but this is what people actually did. No judgment. Just not playing along with the paleo fantasy.

[bodhinature]

@PrimitiveNutrition But you see, you are only guessing that. But I, and many dieters in my community, do eat "paleo" things that the average Western dieter would find unappetizing. I have no problem eating offal or blood. I've been eating blood since I was a child. It's not limited to primitive agriculturalists in sub-Saharan Africa. Perhaps that is why I missed the point. But you are assuming the audience is with you and you are playing on their prejudices.

[PrimitiveNutrition]

@bodhinature It seems like you have your own personal paleo diet and you think I should have made my videos just for you and your idiosyncrasies. You are assuming that you, a blood eater from childhood, speak for someone beside yourself. Which paleo diet book recommends this?

[PrimitiveNutrition]

@LCHFinCanada It's not about me or anyone else. The point is talk is cheap. Working in health care doesn't mean you are an expert in lipidology. By implying you know as well as Brown and Goldstein, for example, you denigrate their education and genius, as with all the other experts in this field. You don't respect expertise.

[datzfast]

how can i book a low carb cruise?

[PrimitiveNutrition]

@bodhinature I'm not letting through any further off-topic comments like this.

[bodhinature]

@billmandell1 You mean the war in Afghanistan? Oh, that was Bush. You mean secret bombings in Pakistan? Oh, that was also Bush. You mean the war in which we left Iraq? Oh, yeah, you're right. Obama started that one.

[HybridD91]

@billmandell1 Which conflicts are you talking about, wars that existed prior to his election?

[billmandell1]

lmao, Obama received the 'Peace' prize, before being responsible for starting more conflicts than another other President. EVER

[PrimitiveNutrition]

@1imesub Thank you!