12th October 2014, Brick Lane, London
There is a vast variety of weirdo diets out there - the babyfood diet, the purple food diet, the Dukan diet to mention but a few.
And to start with, Paleo sounded just as weird to me.
The idea is that you eat like a caveman. That was enough to make me wonder what weird food following Flatmate had gotten himself into. However, as he preached the benefits of the caveman community and I read the book of faith and eternal allegiance, I was getting onboard with the idea. It was your basic cult indoctrination.
I have learned now, that this is the way to live ones' life. After all, if our bodies were made to eat gluten and dairy, people wouldn't be allergic to them. Now I'm not sure how to explain why cavemen couldn't eat beans and corn - but strict religion rarely makes sense.
After two weeks of slabs of meat, various vegetables and no diet coke whatsoever - I felt absolutely scham-azing. My skin was great, my energy levels were on top and my abs... Well, I didn't look ready to give birth - I'll take that for progress.
The negative side effect with finding a lifestyle (not a diet, this is important) is the fact that people with obsessive personalities may not stop talking about it. Ever. Your conversations with them that started off being about your cheating boyfriend will naturally fall into a recital of Practical Paleo, you will be forced to Planet Organic at your lunch date so that the Paleo freak that used to be your friend can stock up on Caveman Cookies and if you're invited over for Sunday roast... You guessed it - Paleo style! Which basically entails a long speech on which farmer bred your organic roast beef, why roast pumpkin is just as good as roast potatoes and the exact contents of your dessert cupcake, both gluten and dairy free.
At least we don't believe in aliens or jump on sofas.
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