Paleo and Fitness Acronyms

By On April 7, 2011 · 8 Comments · In Physiology / Biomechanics

Considering all of the jargon that gets thrown around the Internet on a daily basis when we’re discussing evolutionary health and fitness, I thought it might be helpful to post a list of commonly used acronyms.

This list isn’t authoritative, but I think it includes the terms most likely to show up in paleo-lifestyle related articles.

  • SAD = Standard American diet
  • WAPF = Weston A. Price Foundation
  • IF = Intermittent fasting
  • EPA/DHA = Eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acid
  • ALA = Alpha-linolenic acid
  • SFA = Saturated fatty acids
  • PUFA = Poly-unsaturated fatty acids
  • MUFA = Mono-unsaturated fatty acids
  • AGE = Advanced glycation end-products
  • CLA = Conjugated linoleic acid
  • CLO = Cod liver oil
  • CVD = Cardio vascular disease
  • CHD = Coronary heart disease
  • HDL = High density lipoprotein
  • LDL = Low density lipoprotein
  • BG = Blood glucose
  • FBG = Fasting blood glucose
  • GF = Gluten free
  • HIT = High intensity training
  • WOD = Workout of the day
  • Metcon = Metabolic conditioning

Feel free to suggest some other terms in the comment list below.

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8 Responses to Paleo and Fitness Acronyms

  1. Kristin says:
    April 7, 2011 at 7:30 am

    Even worse than SAD…SoSAD. Southern standard American diet.

  2. Jason says:
    April 7, 2011 at 7:50 am

    “SAD” that’s pretty clever

  3. Arlene says:
    April 7, 2011 at 9:36 am

    Good list thereis one more you can add – FOX = fish oil and exercise.

  4. Rachel says:
    April 7, 2011 at 5:56 pm

    For a long time, I had a hell of a problem figuring out what WOE/WOL meant. Might want to include those…(Way of Eating/Way of Life).

  5. Sandra Brigham says:
    April 8, 2011 at 5:37 am

    VLC, LC, MC

  6. Dr. John says:
    April 8, 2011 at 5:46 pm

    nice list….let me add some:

    LA….Linoleic Acid
    MetS…Metabolic Syndrome
    T2D….Type 2 Diabetes
    VLDL…Very Low Density Lipoprotein

    also, I might suggest you change HIT to HIIT…High Intensity Interval Training

  7. Carol says:
    April 10, 2011 at 10:03 pm

    There are so many acronyms, I’m glad I found this list I was getitng confused with all the acronyms. SFA was the one I didn’t know.