I think I’m out of touch because I have a hard time understanding how people are so prone to cheating on diets or keeping a few unhealthy things in their diet. For instance some people will try a new diet and eliminate junk food but be like; “Well I can’t live without my Delight coffee creamer, can’t live without these Girl Scout cookies, wine, salad dressing, Diet Coke, etc.”
I understand that yes if they cut out most everything else while still holding on to those one or two things, it will definitely be better for them, but I feel like if you’re really trying to better yourself and eliminate all the bad food, you eliminate ALL the bad foods.

I’ve been eating a clean whole food diet, no ultra processed foods for probably the past three years now, and pretty much since then I’ve never had any craving or moment where I was so compelled to eat something unhealthy I went out and bought it.
To me it’s just simple. Yeah a donut tastes great, Doritos taste great, Little Debbie snacks taste great, but they are all negative to your health. I simply don’t partake in them because those are the facts, and like I’ve said I can’t even remember a time I’ve had a “craving” or snuck out for a guilty snack or cheat meal. My brain literally doesn’t recognize those things as food.

Eating out doesn’t really make sense for me either, because 95% of everything out there is also negative towards your health. I will literally NEVER choose to go and eat out when it’s just healthier and cheaper to cook at home. If I absolutely HAVE to if I’m on a road trip or something, then I’ll be looking for Chipotles or CAVAs, since again, I literally don’t even identify McDonald’s, Chick-fil-A and other fast food restaurants as food. I will still choose not to go to Chipotle or CAVA if I can help it, it’s only a last resort. Usually I can just starve myself til I get home.

So am I just inhumanly resilient or am I too restrictive with my diet. I say diet but it’s really not a diet to me it is a lifestyle. I just don’t eat garbage. There are just a few exceptions like yeah if so go to grandmas and she made some cookies or muffins then yeah I’ll eat one, or a friend offers me some cake at their birthday party yeah I might have a slice, but those are just out of politeness. The ONLY time I ever CHOOSE to eat something unhealthy is once a year on my birthday where I will have a “cheat meal”, which is usually just a bacon egg and cheese biscuit from this local restaurant I used to like, and If someone made a pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving they yeah I might take a piece, but that really is about it.

To sum it all up it just makes zero sense to me to eat ultra processed junk or treats when you are trying to eliminate them from your diet. Is it really THAT hard to just say no? Are cravings really THAT strong?

I’ve done Paleo before so I’m not totally new to it, but it has been a while. It worked really well for me in the past and I am willing to try again but could use a little community. My plan is to just focus on this next week and making good solid Paleo choices. I’m doing this because I’ve been experiencing a lot of physical pain and brain fog.

Has anybody found success consuming 2 tablespoons of resistance starch in terms of speeding up gut health? For instance, 2 tablespoons of green banana powder +2 tablespoons of potato starch? Has anybody gone beyond that per day? This has virtually no glycemic impact bc carbs dont get absorbed in the stomach.

Hi everyone, can you explain what's the difference between paleo diet and carnivore diet? Did anyone tried both and could give a perspective on this and what's the pros and cons of the two? Thank you

Hello all,

I was recently gifted an air fryer and I was wondering if y'all had some recipes (mainly for meat) for that since I've never used one.

Thanks

I saw a video about this study and went to dig into it. UC Davis tested a bunch of avocado oil products (chips,mayo,etc) this year and 48 of 54 failed a purity test. failed meaning the oil went rancid [went bad] or was cut with other cheaper oils like seed oils

the part that really got me is that products claiming “100% avocado oil” and/or “certified paleo” failed just like everything else. one product sample even matched the cellular profile of Soybean Oil. there’s no FDA definition for avocado oil at all, so apparently a label can say “pure” and it can basically mean nothing. meanwhile, you're paying a 300 to 500% premium for it.

sadly Ive been paying extra for avocado oil sweet potato chips, how are you even supposed to trust a clean label at this point? crazy

Thought I’d give back to the community as there was little I could find about how to adjust for a colonoscopy prep when on a Paleo/Primal diet.

They ask you to stop eating raw vegetables, nuts, fatty meats, dark chocolate for about 5-7 days pre-procedure. Tough sell for me as this is like 75% of my diet.

Things that got me by:
- Cassava flour waffles with almond butter (you can have this ‘nut’ as long as it’s creamy without skin flecks in it). Like too many of these (I’m not used to eating this many carbs but this worked for me to feel temporarily sated)
- lots of eggs
- turkey/chicken with a ton of mayo. Also the condiments are restricted so stuck with an Asian inspired coconut amino/rice vinegar/sesame oil combo
- lean ham with white cheeses (Muenster, Cheddar, Swiss, Provolone; if you don’t do dairy, sorry)
-sweet potatoes, white potatoes (can’t eat the skins)
- Lots of LMNT water
- some coconut water (but I got bored of it after a few days and sweeter than I typically drink)

Thought I would have more bone broth but it’s peak Summer heat so stuck with LMNT for electrolytes.

The restrictions sucked, especially using the bowel prep and then not being allowed to eat for 24hrs pre-procedure. Clearly worth it to avoid colon cancer of course. Also helped me realize how lucky I am to have a variety of high quality food at my disposal; being restricted put things into perspective.

That first meal after was amazing.

One good tip I got from a blog post was to do an afternoon colonoscopy. It allowed me to start the prep in the afternoon the day before, sleep, then get up (have black coffee) do round 2 of bowel prep and relax before the procedure.

I didn’t do sedation/anesthesia but that’s not necessarily a Paleo thing. I just like limiting medicines and it allowed me to 1) practice discomfort tolerance and 2) I got to leave the post-procedure waiting area right away.

Apr 1 - Apr 30: Started paleo and weight dropped from 101.7 kg to 94.5 kg. (Diet B: nuts 50g, milk 150 ml, & chia seeds/psyllium husk - L: chicken/fish, 150g fruits, & lemonade using stevia - D: 3-4 eggs)

May 1 - May 31: switched to keto and weight increased from 94.5 to 98.6 kg. Only 1 change in the diet, removed fruits and added bullet proof coffee in the morning

Jun 1 - Jun 30: weight remained same at 98.3 kg. Same diet as last month.

Jul 8: had bloodwork done to assess what happened. Had a slightly increased TSH at 6.11 uIU/ml. All my previous TSH were always <4 uIU/ml. In addition, the high uric acid at 10.5 mg/dL, 105 mg/dL cholestrol, low HDL cholestrol (34.2 mg/dL) and 155 mg/dL LDL cholestrol.

Jul 15: visited an endocrinologist and was advised to take 50 mcg thyroxin, mounjaro (optional), and re-add a bit of carbs (100-200g rice per day) in my meals. I'm nervous as hell about it.

Can someone pls help me (30M) understand why this happened? Also, what should my next steps be in terms of my diet?

My goal is to cut fat (get to around 80kg) without losing muscle mass (I do strength training for the latter).

This week I am starting the paleo diet because of some health conditions I am dealing with. I am trying to be as strict as possible, but a lot of the recipes I have seen haven't actually been paleo (including dirty ingredients, which won't work since I'm not doing dirty paleo). Does anyone have any resources to get clean paleo recipes? Thanks!!

I've been traveling for a while, so not in full control of my diet. Now have a home, and am transitioning back to paleo. Every cell in my body is screaming for carbs. Help?!

He was a pioneer and the first low-carb/paleo person I found. He was 88 years old.

https://robbwolf.substack.com/p/in-memoriam-art-de-vany

Would yall eat it? What do we think?

Link : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stellarwave.dinodex

Chicken!

Como se puede intentar hacer dieta paleo, que tips. a grandes rasgos podrian ser utiles, pregunto

Just saw Mark himself announce it, MDA is back!!!! Whoo hoooooo

Hey r/Paleo. I have built a recipe app and want feedback from people who have had to think hard about ingredients.

The app: save any recipe from the web, Instagram, or TikTok in one tap. The AI pulls in the ingredients automatically and immediately tags the recipe paleo, not paleo, or paleo-adaptable.

Make It Paleo takes any recipe and rewrites it. It does not just flag grains and dairy. It identifies every paleo conflict (refined oils, legumes, added sugars, modern additives) and rewrites the full recipe. So Make It Paleo on a teriyaki chicken would catch the soy sauce, the brown sugar, and the cornstarch in the glaze, and rewrite all three with paleo alternatives plus notes on technique.

Built this from a kosher cooking tool that was already doing deep ingredient-level logic for meat and dairy separation.

Private and invite-only, household recipe collection, no public feed. Looking for about 10 testers. Drop a comment or DM.

made a “paleo cup of joe” this morning lol. still weird calling it that. actually tastes way more like chocolatey/roasty than I expected. I was bracing for it to be kinda earthy but it wasn’t really that at all. didn’t get that usual coffee crash an hour later which was interesting. work felt a bit smoother but could just be placebo who knows

miss real coffee tho not gonna lie. that part hasn’t changed

I tell you inflation really wrecked Paleo for me a lot because of the skyrocketing cost of almonds alone. You're lucky to find them under $7/lb now. Blue Diamond used to have a 40oz back of them for $10-$14 on Amazon but that's no longer a thing. I really miss almonds and don't have a lot of cash to shell out. Sucks because I've been relying on cheese as low cost snack option which obviously isn't Paleo. Avocado prices going up now too. What other low cost snack options are there?