Paleo Eating- Who does it?

I do, and so far I love it. It has completely changed the way I think about food (in a good way). But I have a feeling this post is going to turn into another heated battle. They always do, so I'm sorry in advance!

If you want to know more, you can message me and add me! I'm a strong believer and I've only been at it for a month or so.

I eat Primal and it has changed my life! blood sugars are normal and I'm down 30lbs as of today. I started mid June but didn't go full Primal until August.

Been doing it for the past 2.5 months and have lost 20 lbs. I feel much better since making the change. I feel full after eating and don't have any sugar cravings. I wish I would have started doing it years ago.

Reading up on this type. And it's very intriguing. I've been stuck in a food rut for several months now, and have about 25 lbs I'd still like to shed. Do you do this Paleo diet? Do you like it?

Please share your thoughts about it!

Yes, I do and I it. I have more energy, feel better, sleep better and love not being hungry. I also love that you eat high fat that your body is satisfied, your food is rich and tasty and I can go hours and hours without being hungry or needing to eat.

It is food freedom!!!

Paleo is bunk!!! You're asking your body to devolve thousands and thousands of years and what? You think that the caveman didn't eat corn, or grind grain on a rock? Look at primitive natives, they definately did both. Paleo is just the new Atkins and the results are the same...eventual return of whatever weight you lost.

LOL. Evolution takes longer than 200 or 1000 years......

The reason it's called Paleo is because it's modeled around humans during PALEOLITHIC Era. If you don't want to try it or haven't tried it......that's certainly your choice. But before calling it complete garbage because you love eating your corn on the cob and your wheaties in the morning, you should probably do a little bit of reading as to the reasons why grains and legumes are removed from the diet. It might open your mind.


I changed the way I eat to a strict primal diet 7 weeks ago and I LOVE it. I have never felt better.

I find this SO intriguing! I definitely need to look more into it. (and i'm sorry for those of you on it who always have to defend yourselves because everyone argues constantly! But I do find your rebuttals quite informative )

Paleo is bunk!!! You're asking your body to devolve thousands and thousands of years and what? You think that the caveman didn't eat corn, or grind grain on a rock? Look at primitive natives, they definately did both. Paleo is just the new Atkins and the results are the same...eventual return of whatever weight you lost.

So someone that is diabetic should continue to eat things that caused them to be diabetic in the first place? It is not the Atkins. Read the books and then voice your opinion.

As someone that was on Atkins and then transitioned over to Paleo there is not much difference in the plans.

They are both low carb, they both work. They are both lifestyle changes also.

The major differences between Atkins and Paleo is:

Atkins is an elimination plan in which starts out with Phase 1 and ends in Phase 4 Lifetime maintenance. With Atkins you slowly add back in foods according to the glycemic index and that is including dairy, beans, grains, etc.

Paleo you just eat fat, protein, vegetables and fruits for life. There is no dairy, grains and legumes on this plan; whereas with Atkins those foods are eventually allowed.

Personally I like both plans. Atkins taught me a lot about my body and how it responds to a lot of different foods, including some vegetables and fruits.

With Paleo, I was willing to give up those grains, legumes and most dairy that I had on Atkins because I am focusing more and more on good health.

Its really not the new Atkins.....Its a lifestyle change and yes it does take getting used to. Start off slow and ease into it...Don't cut out everything all at once or you will give in to temptation.....

I feel much better myself....and have noticed the weight starting to slide off.....

But please remember it is a lifestyle change not a diet

Atkins is not a Diet either..................It is a Nutritonal Approach and a Lifestyle Change.

I don't mind defending the lifestyle. I understand why everyone has such a hard time buying into it. It goes against everything you've learned up to this point. The fact of the matter is........that it just simply works. I can't even count how many success stories I've read about people with health problems who have change to a paleo lifestyle and their preexisting conditions seem to fade away and they can get back to enjoying their life again.

Yes, the example you give is me. I am off all medications and my body is healing. Hormone levels are slowly getting back in line and the more my body heals, the more weight I lose!!

Eaton et al. Paleolithi­c nutrition revisited: A twelve-yea­r retrospect­ive on its nature and implicatio­ns. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (1997) 51, 207±216

Interesting read, thanks!

"Carbohydrate
The typical carbohydrate intake of ancestral humans was
similar in magnitude, 45±50% of daily energy, to that in
current af¯uent nations, but there was a marked qualitative
difference. Under most circumstances during the late
Paleolithic, the great majority of carbohydrate was derived
from vegetables and fruit, very little from cereal grains and
none from re®ned ¯ours (Eaton & Konner, 1985). This
practice extended the multimillion year experience of
primates generally (Milton, 1993). Current recommendations,
that individuals consume 55% or more of their
energy as carbohydrate, are slightly high compared with
our estimates of human evolutionary experience, but the
different makeup of the carbohydrate involved probably
has more important implications. Only 23% of American
carbohydrate consumption is derived from fruit or vegetable
sources (Committee on Diet and Health, 1989) while,
for Europeans, the proportion is lower still (James et al,
1988). The corollary is that preagricultural humans consumed
roughly three times the vegetables and fruit that
typical Westerners do today. Their intake would have
equaled or exceeded that of current vegans whose consumption
of vegetables, roots, fruit, and berries is 2.6 times
that of matched omnivores and whose antioxidant vitamin
intake is 247±313% greater (Rauma et al, 1995)."

Edit: I don't think I could eat a 3000 calorie diet consisting of 50% of carbs coming from fruits and vegetables.

Editing my edit: I'd also assume that intakes would be strongly determined by where these people lived. You can't eat vegetables and fruit where they can't grow.

Eaton et al. Paleolithi­c nutrition revisited: A twelve-yea­r retrospect­ive on its nature and implicatio­ns. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (1997) 51, 207±216

Interesting read, thanks!

"Carbohydrate
The typical carbohydrate intake of ancestral humans was
similar in magnitude, 45±50% of daily energy, to that in
current af¯uent nations, but there was a marked qualitative
difference. Under most circumstances during the late
Paleolithic, the great majority of carbohydrate was derived
from vegetables and fruit, very little from cereal grains and
none from re®ned ¯ours (Eaton & Konner, 1985). This
practice extended the multimillion year experience of
primates generally (Milton, 1993). Current recommendations,
that individuals consume 55% or more of their
energy as carbohydrate, are slightly high compared with
our estimates of human evolutionary experience, but the
different makeup of the carbohydrate involved probably
has more important implications. Only 23% of American
carbohydrate consumption is derived from fruit or vegetable
sources (Committee on Diet and Health, 1989) while,
for Europeans, the proportion is lower still (James et al,
1988). The corollary is that preagricultural humans consumed
roughly three times the vegetables and fruit that
typical Westerners do today. Their intake would have
equaled or exceeded that of current vegans whose consumption
of vegetables, roots, fruit, and berries is 2.6 times
that of matched omnivores and whose antioxidant vitamin
intake is 247±313% greater (Rauma et al, 1995)."

Edit: I don't think I could eat a 3000 calorie diet consisting of 50% of carbs coming from fruits and vegetables.

I love you for this

could it not be the case that paleo man didn't die of disease (as proponents like to point out) not because of the lack of grains and refined carbs but high phytonutrient intake?

I definitely think this is a distinct possibility, but I have also recently seen studies showing a lack of absorption of nutrients when comparing non-grain eaters to grain eaters. Unfortunately, I cannot remember for the life of me where I read it. Anyone else see this? This interests me because I have pernicious anemia, and do not absorb B12 through digestion.

I'm going out on a limb here and saying that most people new to the lifestyle are attracted because of the many benefits......one of which seems to be the almost effort-less weightloss.

Not everyone starts off with 10% body fat and a high metabolism. For the first while on this diet my goal is to keep my carbs very low on my non-workout/non-mountainbiking/non-snowboarding days in order to maximize my leaning results.

Once I get to the point where I'm happier with how I look I will certainly be adding more carbs back into my diet in the form of fruits and veggies, maybe even some honey now and again. This will bring my percentages more inline with the numbers that have been showing up in the research people have pointed out.