The following Mark's Daily Apple article was written by Mark Sisson,

and is narrated by Tina Lehman.

The Health Paradox paradox paradox.

A paradox is an observation that contradicts a previously held assumption about reality.

But assuming the observation is true, a paradox isn't really a paradox.

It's not the new observation that's wrong or faulty or misinterpreted.

It's the assumption that contradicts reality and needs reworking.

The history of science is littered with paradoxes that dissolved when previously held assumptions

were modified under the weight of new observations.

The health, fitness, and nutrition spheres are rife with presumptions, conventional wisdom

that pretty much everyone, from authorities and

experts on down to lay people, holds to be true. But we're finding that these presumptions

are increasingly challenged by the steady onslaught of new observations. Some of the most notable

presumptions include but aren't limited to, the sun will kill you, saturated fat clogs

arteries, animal protein gives you cancer, cardio makes you immortal, full fat dairy will make you

fat, vegetable oils are healthiest. For what seems like a small eternity in today's terms,

the last eight to ten years, we were the only ones who saw through them.

If you've been reading this blog and others in the ancestral health sphere for a long time,

you know what it's like to be part of a small tribe snickering at the foolish outsiders in their silly beliefs.

These conventional canards of wisdom are familiar to you,

but that's changing. Bread and margarine sales are down. Butter sales are up. Low carb and

gluten-free options exist on nearly every menu. The farmer's market is more crowded every weekend,

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