Outside Magazine is running a poll on outsideonline.com to name the “best diet for 2012.” We all know that’s paleo, right?! Let our thunderous meat+veg+fat voices be heard!
The poll ends on Monday, January 30 – but go vote now! (The poll is on the bottom left of the Outside home page, so you have to scroll down past RECENT ARTICLES to vote.)
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Melissa "Melicious" Joulwan • melissa@theclothesmakethegirl.com
I'm about two-thirds of the way through this detective thriller, and I'm hooked. It's set in modern Norway with flashbacks to WWII (catnip for me!) and features a somewhat grim hero that engenders empathy. I can't help pulling for the guy as I watch him struggle with his case and his life. The cast of characters is a realistic but motley crew, and it reminds me of other favorites set in cold, snowy climes: the Millenium Trilogy and Smila's Sense of Snow.
Recently finished...
I picked up this book after reading an interview with Lee Child (author of the Jack Reacher thrillers). He referred to The Lost as "the book of the century" and since I devour as much as I can about the Holocaust to try to make sense of it all, I decided I needed to read it immediately. Part memoir, part detective tale, this book was thoroughly engrossing. It's intelligent, annoying, moving, frustrating, and ultimately, rewarding and beautifully written. It challenged me in ways I didn't expect, and I was sad when it was finished.
Done. And I just wanted to let you know I LOVE Well Fed! Finally figured out how to turn on my new oven and I’ve been cooking up a storm. The kids have been loving it but I just can’t get the vegetarian husband to cross over…Bummer. When’s the next one due??!! Jane xxx
ps. I cried the day Joe Strummer died
Yay, Ms. Jane! So glad you’re having fun in the kitchen with Well Fed. I’m working on ideas for the next one… first I have to recover from this one
Oh! Joe. Still, after all this time, when I see a photo of him or hear the Clash, I say out loud, “Oh… Joe.” We need Joe Strummer in this world.
I’ve already voted twice, and it is hilarious how much we are overwhelming the competition! P.S. I love my Well-Fed cookbook; I know it will be Well-loved as well.
Looks like we’re going to win it…2,379 votes for Paleo and second place has 39 votes!
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Done. Paleo is totally gonna win, but I hope the margin of victory is so huge that Outside magazine will have no choice but to do a few articles on the diet and help spread the Paleo revolution to the (overweight and unhealthy) masses!
Just finished eating your mashed cauliflower…. loved loved loved, my life is changed
Done!! Well Fed is really great! I am now a chicken thigh grillin maniac! Those are so scrumpsh! Why have I always cooked breasts? Love the thighs in salads, eggs, veggie bowls… Really moist and tasty. Good job, Mel!
I voted, but the whole time, all I could think of was VOTE FOR PEDRO from Napoleon Dynamite!
Thank you for the diagram. I never would have found it otherwise!
Looks like we’re murdering this poll:
PALEO DIET: 5178 Votes
MEDITERRANEAN DIET: 52 Votes
MAYO CLINIC DIET: 20 Votes
DASH DIET: 12 Votes
I voted too, looks like Paleo will win
Got your book last night, cant wait to try out your recipes! I am Primal but will be doing the Whole 30 next month!
Just voted–looks like a clean sweep to me. Hope you’re having a great week! Off to work.
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As ranked by US News, Paleo is at the bottom. A new client and Type 1 diabetic started Paleo 2 weeks ago, and has only had to administer 2 units of insulin total since as a result of too much fruit, where she usually administers 30 units daily. How can it NOT be healthy?!
I’ve voted… but what are those other weird diets?? Never heard of any of them! What on earth is the Mayo Clinic diet? Not really a representative contest. I’ve heard more people talk about Zone and Ornish and those things. Although I don’t know what those are either!