tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post6713572677683401880..comments2024-03-14T04:37:12.809-07:00Comments on Hawaiian libertarian: Paleo Progeny ReprisalKeoni Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00842553742723239151noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-10055305165410021782014-05-25T11:56:46.509-07:002014-05-25T11:56:46.509-07:00BTW, I absolutely ADORE the picture of the women, ...BTW, I absolutely ADORE the picture of the women, children and man in a cave in this post. It reminds me of the image of how women contributed to the success of the primitive tribe. Jared Diamond has written about the significance of women and why menopause evolved. This article covers some of the most salient points. http://www.redhotmamas.org/component/content/article/61-volume20/459-enigmatic-evolution-of-menopauseMartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12285369138251101726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-70086254107678215602014-05-25T11:23:14.252-07:002014-05-25T11:23:14.252-07:00I, too, refer back to your post quite often. I am ...I, too, refer back to your post quite often. I am a member of the 'International Paleo Movement Group' on Facebook (there is an open and also a closed group). At any rate, any time people ask about paleo for kids - I find your article and link to it. 'Great stuff! Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12285369138251101726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-10528298725302594212014-04-20T07:35:27.548-07:002014-04-20T07:35:27.548-07:00Dude, my 4 year old loves snacking on Langsats, ra...Dude, my 4 year old loves snacking on Langsats, rambutans, naranjas, and stuff like that. I think one of the reasons is that her first meal was the Gerber broccoli and she loved it. <br /><br /><br />BTW I have linked this article up in the <a href="http://aboutlifting.com/testosterone-filled-easter-eggs/" rel="nofollow">Easter special Testosterone Linkfest</a><br /><br />Keep it up broAboutliftinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00740112081812006626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-36574027491513592022014-04-02T09:22:05.695-07:002014-04-02T09:22:05.695-07:00Stickwick, sorry to hear about your cancer. Do the...Stickwick, sorry to hear about your cancer. Do the best you can for your baby. There are some human breastmilk banks about where you can purchase some milk to supplement. The more the better, but I'm not sure how expensive it is. Perhaps you have a friend willing to pump and share some? It's an option but not one all people are willing to take. Wetnursing does have a long and storied history.<br /><br />The WAP Foundation has some instructions for making your own baby formula with raw liver and raw grassfed milk. See Food Renegade's blog for info, she has some of the better write-ups I've seen about it. Of course if baby is lactose/casein allergic or intolerant you can't go this route; I don't care what Sally Fallon says, dairy allergic kids just shouldn't have milk.<br /><br />I didn't give any of my children solids until they were 8 or 9 months old. It was so, so, so much easier to let them nurse when hungry, and then feed them solids when they were ready for the texture and for self-feeding. I didn't have to deal much with pureeing everything or baby spoons. They were able to sit up and mostly feed themselves soft chunky foods, ground meats and soft baked yams, soft cooked rice or beans, etc. It was a good experience, and unless there is a medical need for the added nutrition, I see no reason to introduce solids before this time. But ymmv, I'm not making a prescription for you, just sharing my experience as something you may wish to consider.<br /><br />Best of luck with your little one, even in its tough moments motherhood brings me more joy than I'd ever thought I'd experience.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02887726976835609577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-52100361473315295652014-04-02T07:49:52.567-07:002014-04-02T07:49:52.567-07:00I have to mention that I sincerely appreciate the ...I have to mention that I sincerely appreciate the information that bloggers like you provide. <br /><br />I still remember being confused at the fact that if I listened to my cravings for what the nutrition gurus of the 90's called "bad stuff" - meat, butter, salt,etc., I would actually feel healthier and more energetic.<br />That contradiction eventually led me down the rabbit hole to places like your blog, and a whole lot of further questioning on my part.<br /><br />Anyway, I thought you might be interested in this:<br />http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2014/04/01/study-vegetarians-less-healthy-lower-quality-of-life-than-meat-eaters/<br /><br />At this point, I look at every study with a skeptical eye, but my own personal experience seems to match these findings.Super Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-84360828255572305112014-04-01T15:51:37.712-07:002014-04-01T15:51:37.712-07:00Congrats on the new baby, sorry to hear about the ...<b>Congrats on the new baby, sorry to hear about the cancer, and hope you did your research on the best formula to use - i.e. not the Soy based kind, I hope!</b><br /><br />Argh, it's soy-based. I just went with what the hospital gave me, as they told me this is what seems to work best. Looks like I'll have to do some research. <br /><br />(NB: I was able to breastfeed on one side for the first month before my body just gave up. Apparently, the colostrum is really important, so at least my girl got that.) Stickwicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-18481862734963588042014-04-01T15:10:30.618-07:002014-04-01T15:10:30.618-07:00@ Amy - I can ALWAYS tell when they've had sug...@ Amy - <i>I can ALWAYS tell when they've had sugar. ALWAYS. They act coked-up and when they come off the high, they crash very hard.</i><br /><br />Yup. Same experience here.<br /><br />@ Richard - It's hardly a coincidence, considering I read FTA on a near daily basis...your continued arguments about using ketogenic or low-carb diets as a therapeutic treatment rather than a permanent dietary lifestyle have certainly been influential on my own thinking.<br /><br />- @ Stickwick <i>I read a book recently about how the French raise their babies, and one thing they do differently is that they don't give them any sort of cereals. The first solid food their babies get is vegetables. I was a bit surprised to read that you fed your baby meat at four months, but maybe there's something to that.</i><br /><br />Two important things to note - my child was born with nearly a full set of teeth; and two, I cooked and pureed the meat before feeding.<br /><br />I forget where I read it, but in many traditional cultures, Parents would first feed their kids meat by pre-chewing it for them. <br /><br />So many people gave expressed disbelief and/or gave me grief when they discovered the first food I ever fed baby was meat.<br /><br />Before my kid ever had a single serving of vegetable, fruit or any other plant-based carb, I'd already fed Keiki ground buffalo, grass fed beef, bacon, sashimi and poke (raw tuna fish), tako poke (octopus), and eggs. <br /><br />Keiki had zero issues with digestion or chewing. Of course, I was careful to make sure most of it was pureed or in really small pieces.<br /><br /><i>"My baby is three months old and is doing quite well in spite of the fact that she is formula fed (I had breast cancer a couple of years ago and can't breastfeed)."</i><br /><br />Congrats on the new baby, sorry to hear about the cancer, and hope you did your research on the best formula to use - i.e. not the Soy based kind, I hope!<br /><br />Keoni Galtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-3261781085607783582014-04-01T09:12:58.569-07:002014-04-01T09:12:58.569-07:00Just read your "Paleo Baby" article, and...Just read your "Paleo Baby" article, and it confirms my experience. My baby is three months old and is doing quite well in spite of the fact that she is formula fed (I had breast cancer a couple of years ago and can't breastfeed). <br /><br />I decided to go paleo when I was pregnant. Got some criticism for it ("You need healthy grains!"), but stuck with it. Baby came out alert, healthy, and was able to hold her head up and hold onto things at three days old. She's 77th percentile for height and 58th percentile for weight. Except for her chubby cheeks and legs, she's lean and mean. She is also sleeping through the night. Last night I put her to bed at 10 pm and she didn't wake us until 7. She is sweet, happy, interactive, non-fussy, just all-around the easiest baby in the world to take care of. I thought we just got lucky, but I'm starting to think it has a lot to do with how I ate and exercised while I was pregnant. <br /><br />I read a book recently about how the French raise their babies, and one thing they do differently is that they don't give them any sort of cereals. The first solid food their babies get is vegetables. I was a bit surprised to read that you fed your baby meat at four months, but maybe there's something to that. I might try it with our girl in a couple of months. You've also convinced me to go ahead and make our own baby food. <br /><br />One last note, and maybe this will convince other moms-to-be to go paleo: I gained very little extra weight with my pregnancy. If you looked at me from behind, you couldn't tell I was pregnant. And I lost all of the excess weight within two weeks of giving birth.Stickwicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-34935288460897453492014-03-31T18:47:09.174-07:002014-03-31T18:47:09.174-07:00Purely awesome post.
I'm one of those people ...Purely awesome post.<br /><br />I'm one of those people who grew up on the sweet stuff whenever possible. I used to go through one of those "Jumbo" boxes of breakfast cereal (the 2-2.5 lb ones) in three days, sometimes less. I believed in the low-fat lifestyle and it cost me 272 lbs of unhappiness.<br /><br />Like Amy, I found the manosphere about two years ago and started eating keto/paleo straight away. Lost 90 lbs (have kept 70 off) by eating purely fat and meat. Never felt better.<br />When you tell people "give up wheat and you'll feel better", I only laugh at the "buuuuuuuttttt, I caaaaaan't give up bread/pasta/donuts/etc."<br /><br />Real food > fake food.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-3541041657208819392014-03-31T13:54:58.160-07:002014-03-31T13:54:58.160-07:00Ha, Keoni
Go see what I just posted at about the ...Ha, Keoni<br /><br />Go see what I just posted at about the exact time this popped up in my email.Richard Nikoleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08479556896882145179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-76858378156951702162014-03-31T06:18:43.178-07:002014-03-31T06:18:43.178-07:00Thanks for the update. I found you from the Paleo ...Thanks for the update. I found you from the Paleo Baby post at MDA. Then I let my curiosity take over and read your links. Finding the manosphere (for lack of a better catch-all term) has been an awakening for me.<br /><br />We don't eat pure paleo here but the real food, eaten as close to it's natural state as possible, is our model, and reading up on Paleo principles and finding W.A. Price's writings have had nothing short of a tremendous impact on our family's health and general life rhythms. Our kids are energetic, certainly, but well-behaved overall and seldom sick. People remark on how nicely they behave in stores, at parks, or in church, sometimes with such amazement that I wonder if my kids are atypical in this sense.<br /><br />I can ALWAYS tell when they've had sugar. ALWAYS. They act coked-up and when they come off the high, they crash very hard. Like you, I make sure that 95% or more of the time, they eat nutritious home-cooked foods, including bread, and lots of healthy fats. It mitigates the damage done by birthday parties and visits to friends' homes.<br /><br />The other related factor, though, is that I'm home with them, to feed them and guide their behavior, and daddy comes home after work too, and we do family meals together, take walks or go to parks together, and just generally enjoy being around each other. The kids have a stable home life and a fairly low stress level, even though materially we don't have all the newest stuff. It affords me the time to ensure proper nutrition, as I take that as one of my primary duties.<br /><br />Would that all parents could find it in themselves to do this. I know it's not easy but anything is possible if you're willing to make the necessary sacrifices of material possessions and time. Sadly, I know many SAHMs who, though they are home, take the convenience route and feed 100 calorie snack packs and juice boxes and feel good about it because the label says low-fat, all-natural. <br /><br />So, so, so many things discussed in the manosphere, particularly the Christian circles, are just right on target about what is going wrong with society. I refer people to your site often, KG, hoping that at least one more pair of eyes can be opened. Praying!Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02887726976835609577noreply@blogger.com