The following Mark's Daily Apple articles were written by Mark's systems and are narrated

by Brock Armstrong.

Welcome to Mark's Daily Apple Best of 2014, Volume 4.

Primal Criticism Rebutted.

Featuring,

Why does the Paleo Diet continue to receive low points from established authorities?

We don't know what constitutes a true paleo diet.

And, one true paleo diet doesn't exist, but so what?

What? One true paleo diet doesn't exist. But so what?

Why does the paleo diet continue to receive low points from established authorities?

You may have heard the big news. The paleo diet ranked dead last in the US News and World Report diet rankings. When my inbox floods with links to the latest

paleo bashing in the media, I don't even get surprised or annoyed anymore. It amuses me.

The one downside of this stuff is that work grinds to a halt for a few hours because a popular pastime around the primal headquarters

whenever one of these reports comes out is to see who can pick the ripest,

most ridiculous misconceptions, or blatant falsehoods.

The big upside is even more ploplicity, more notoriety, and more laughter. And laughter is always a good thing. Initially, you may weep at the

ignorance on display. That's how I was when I first started out, along with a bit of teeth gnashing, but it gives way to deep belly laughter that resonates through every bone in your body and plucks the ligaments holding them together to create a sweet sonorous melody, filling the room and reaching to the skies above. At least it did for me.

So, let's laugh together. I'll draw on three of the best

statements and quotes we've been passing around and provide a bit of translation and or commentary.

As a bonus, you get to use these quick replies whenever somebody smugly thrusts the US News

diet rankings in your face.

1. Does it have cardiovascular benefits?

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