[jbischke]

So I finished up the book tonight and I'm not sure what to think. On one hand it makes a lot of sense in that it seems a more "natural" way of eating. On the other hand, eating meat or seafood at every meal doesn't seem to me to be all that healthy. A few more thoughts:

1. There wasn't an acknowledgement made about either the expense associated with only buying organic/free-range meats (and buying them for every meal) or the fact that when you're eating out you can rarely get organic/free-range meats.

2. The author does allude to the acid/alkaline theory of nutrition to which I buy into for the most part. However, meat is pretty acidic and therefore it seems strange to advocate so much consumption of it (even if you have lots of fruits and veggie as a "buffer"). He has states that you can't eat too much protein because as you approach high levels you'll start to feel nausea, etc. Um, I'd prefer not to have a diet that relies on me getting sick to know when I've had too much...

3. Another thing that is not really addressed is the environmental issues associated with this diet. The author does acknowledge that if everyone adopted The Paleo Diet than the world would not be able to support nearly the population we currently have. That's probably true but begs the question of whether it's ethical to advocate a diet that isn't sustainable? That was curious to me.

On the whole, this book did make me re-think things and I'm going to do some more research into this diet and how it stacks up re: others. In 2006, I was probably 95% vegan with my diet and while I feel that I'm generally pretty healthy right now I'm always looking to optimize.