So, apparently if you adopt the Paleo lifestyle or diet, you’re going to become a cannibal. That’s what this stupid article implies. I’m not calling it stupid because I disagree with it, or because I’m offended that someone doesn’t think Paleo is a good idea. I think it’s stupid because it’s poor journalism, absurd, and sensationalist.

The title leads with news about the diet: “Stomach Churning News About the Paleo Diet.” Notice, it doesn’t say, “Stomach Churning News About the Diet Neanderthals Ate” or anything more accurate. It’s clickbait. It says “…News About the Paleo Diet.” That implies that the article addresses the diet and not what anyone in the paleolithic age ate.

I don’t think I need to mention that cannibalism is nowhere on the list of any Paleo lifestyle adherents’ menu. At least I hope I don’t have to mention that. OK. I DON’T EAT PEOPLE. There. I said it. Can we move on now?

I get it. People don’t want to do something that is even remotely restrictive in the types of foods they can eat. As Americans, we love freedom, and freedom to choose any food we want and to put any food into our mouths is a freedom many of us enjoy. I don’t want to take anyone’s freedom away; I want you to make smarter, more informed decisions about the types and quality of the food you’re putting into your body. Some foods just aren’t good for humans and we need to avoid those.

Seeing anti-Paleo articles are funny because so many are based on outdated or fraudulent data that they are easy to dismiss, but implying that adopting a Paleo lifestyle can lead to cannibalism is just plain stupid. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Shame on you, Sophie Krietzberg and refinery29.com.