A few years ago, I was your typical office-worker: stressed out, uneven energy, overweight, and inconsistent complexion. Now I'm just your typical 28-year old urban hunter-gatherer on a quest to be healthy, and having a few adventures along the way. See my full bio.
It's true. If you frequently find yourself in potentially embarrassing situations, you might consider changing your diet.
At the same time, I know some of you would consider this a downside of a paleo approach. And ya know, men, I can understand that. A world with fewer farts is a world with fewer fart jokes, and I'm not sure I'd want to live in a world without fart jokes. So I'm willing to call this one a toss-up.
You'll just have to weigh the costs and benefits and decide for yourself. This Monty Python video might help with that.
Comments
Hilarious and so true. A week
Hilarious and so true. A week ago I was really hungry and made myself quinoa, despite being on the Paleo/Primal waggon (with one leg off it on that time). What a mistake!!! I felt bloated and farted the whole night. Good thing I live alone. Since then I kicked out the last bit of grains in my diet. I feel a lot better now. And I can live perfectly well without fart jokes, but that's probably because I'm female. ;-) Great blog.
You read my mind! The day
You read my mind! The day you posted this, I was sitting in my car thinking that I should do a blog post about paleo and farting. I don't know why, but I suddenly realized that my husband and I don't break wind like we used to. Long gone are the mornings we'd spend in bed creating dutch ovens and torturing eachother. Too much information? Now we need to rely on our dogs to stink up the house. They still break wind despite being Paleo.
Ah, the safety of the
Ah, the safety of the anonymous comments.I'm not eating strictly paleo, but close to it. The only grains I eat are properly prepared, artisnal sourdough breads, but I keep that to a bare minimum. Importantly, I think, I try to eat zero processed foods - I aim for all good, clean, traditional food, and lots of homemade pickles and sauerkraut etc. with great probiotic bacteria.I never had a big problem with gas, but the number of farts went down since I started my real food low grain diet. Once I added kombucha to the mix, my gas went down to literally zero. Not only that, my poop smells like daisies. I mean totally odorless. Am I proud? Yes, I am. Can I tell all my friends and neighbors? Sadly, no.And here is an added bonus. My partner says I smell great, and I don't mean a new perfume I'm wearing. Could it be that the natural state of man (ok, woman) is fartless, and non-fishy, with perfect smelling poop?
Your mother was a hamster and
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries.You silly English ka-nig-it.
I think its funny that this
I think its funny that this is the first blog post ive ever read about this. This is a major selling point to people when i, admittedly somewhat reluctantly, go in to the details of how I eat/live. Tell them, look you eat a bunch of meat and vegetables pretty much all the time. You be active and lift some heavy things as frequently as you'd like. Oh and by the way, youll pretty much never fart or burp, won't be as stinky after working out, and you'll poop with great regularity and feel terrific. You'll feel so great and unbloated all the time that youll never go back to risottos and cereals. Done.
Indeed, a couple years in
Indeed, a couple years in practicing paleo-nutrition concepts, and the farts have ceased. The absence almost calls attention to itself, among close friends and family
Ah, yes. No more a
Ah, yes. No more a windbreaker, I. No more planning my day around gas attacks. I used to be intimately familiar with the stairwell outside my office floor. If I was scheduled to give somebody a lift in my car during the day, I'd keep everythiing bottled up inside me during my morning commute so I wouldn't face an embarrasing situation later in the day. An ex used to be able to tell which rooms I had recently been in by my lingering signature. So many memories I wish I could wipe away.I'm very glad that going paleo cured my porphyria, but I think the most dramatic positive change it's effected in my life is the dramatic reduction in both quantity and quality of gas. Beans and grains are bad for your heart,the more you eat the more you fart,the more you fart the worse you'll feel,skip beans and grains and let the gut heal.