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I am more Primal...paleo with high fat dairy added. I am gluten intolerant and diabetic. I ended up eating this way out of trial and error and eliminating foods that caused either an allergic reaction or a blood sugar spike.
I am down 60 pounds.
My wife is down about 60 pounds too.
My kids are vibrantly healthy.
Most people think I am crazy then bitch about how they ache all the time or are fat or are sick. I'd rather bitch about not being able to eat a donut than bitch about the constant gut pain, gas, joint pain, and so on.
The main thing about the lifestyle is that there isn't jack shit to buy for it. There are no bars or frozen foods, there is not big company pushing products for it, and no multinational ad campaign behind it. That absence of marketing seems to make people a bit wary I guess. I eat meat, cheese, and vegetables and little else. It is not suffering or starving and my life is not wrapped around being miserable anymore.
I get so sick of people complaining of having no energy, always hungry, gas, loose stool, etc... You're right on, man. It really is worth it to have to whine about not eating pizza, but you can train like a BAMF and look like a Greek god.
You're also right on about there being no places that market products for either Paleo or Primal diets. It would be a goldmine, methinks.
I think you're further right about customizing the diet to your own needs. I am not gluten intolerant, but there is definitely a sensitivity there. I can eat cheese, though, and I drink unpasteurized milk (which tastes a lot better than you think).