Talk to me about pancakes!

[CB907]

Okay. So I get that regular pancakes are out - no-brainer. But why no banana/egg pancakes? Although pancakes aren't something that I normally eat anyway, during my search for how to eat my eggs in groovy new cool ways I came across the banana/egg recipe and thought that would be a wonderful new egg delivery system.  Through further browsing I learned it's not okay.  But why? 

 

 

[kirkor]

Because psychology.

Your brain still sees "pancake" and so it reinforces the old neural pathways. Associations with flour, sugar, "cake", etc. persist.

Cook the eggs solo, have some sliced banana on the side.

[missmary]

yup. Here is the official word on pancakes:

 

Pancakes: No

Sometimes, we feel like if we have to have one more conversation about pancakes, we might explode. No, you can’t have pancakes. Yes, even if they’re just bananas and eggs. First, they are explicitly ruled out in the Whole30 program guidelines. This should be enough of a reason, but in case you’re still wondering why (they’re just bananas and eggs!)…

Pancakes in any form do not encourage success with the Whole30 program. Reaching your health goals depends on committing to both the rules and the spirit and intention of the program. The Whole30 is designed to change your relationship with food, first and foremost. And the psychological impact of eating pancakes as part of your healthy eating, life-changing plan cannot be ignored.

Eating eggs, a banana, and some olive oil is not the same as combining those ingredients into a pancake. There are studies that show that how your brain perceives the food influences satiation. This is often cited with liquid food (smoothies or shakes, as we reference in the back of It Starts With Food), but experientially we see this with whole foods as well, depending on how they are combined. Pancakes bring up a totally different psychological response than frying some eggs and eating a banana. And it’s that psychological response that we are trying to target with the program.

You may not have an affinity for pancakes, but we find that most people who complete our program do best without any of these comfort/trigger/reminiscent-of-the-SAD-stuff-you-used-to-eat foods. So, because we need to create one program that applies to as many people as possible, we rule these Paleo recreations out. In our vast experience, this sets everyone up for the best Whole30success possible. And, of course, what you choose to do after your 30 days are up is entirely up to you.

- See more at: http://whole30.com/2013/06/the-official-can-i-have-guide-to-the-whole30/#sthash.oWIAWWTT.dpuf

[MeadowLily]

Synthetic pancakes.   They're alot like reality shows.  They're not really reality but a synthetic version of something authentic.

 

Our authentic life can survive without without any of these things for 30 days.   I could survive without them for 10 years because I don't care for bananas.

[CB907]

Thank you MeadowLily, missmary, and kirkor! I appreciate your feedback. This pancake debacle makes a little bit more sense now.