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For any parents out there (or for anyone generally interested in general health recommendations for children), check out this guide from the World Health Organization:

I’ve been meaning to post this for a while now, so for the sake of satisfaction and actually getting this post live, it’ll be short and sweet.

So I’ve been eating a paleo / primal diet since maybe June or July of 2008.  The idea is to eat the high quality, nutrient-dense food we evolved to eat, rather than the highly processed and refined stuff (most often grains and sugars) that make up so much of the modern diet (and has arguably led to the “(degenerative) diseases of civilization”:  diabetes, cancer,  heart disease, autoimmune diseases, etc.).  I am not “dieting” in the sense of weight-loss:  I am thin, weighting 165 pounds at 6′1″.  I am eating this way for the health of it.

How has eating a paleo diet affected my health?

For one, I am hungry a lot less.  I used to eat what “conventional wisdom” told me was healthy:  whole grains, little saturated fats, little red meat, smoothies, etc.  I would often snack throughout the day on such a diet, and this isn’t surprising as carbs/sugar cause an insulin spike, which make you even hungrier (not to mention that sugar is more addicting than cocaine!.  Now, I am rarely hungry, even when I fast (do this: it’s good for you!).

I feel higher energy, and a clearer head.

Enough subjective talk; let’s look at some numbers! Below find my lipid profile:




What to note: After eating a paleo diet for a year, my triglycerides were down 21.15%, VLDL was down 20%, and HDL was up 23.81%. Total cholesterol and LDL were both up, but I am not at all concerned about that as both are within a healthy range, even by conventional standards.

If you are curious about the science behind eating this way, check out Gary Taubes’ “Good Calories, Bad Calories“, or if you are lazy, watch this video:

I plan to update my lipid panel spreadsheet every 6 months, so stay tuned for updates.