We Love Paleo Page #2

in Olympia, Washington.

I grew up

in a totally normal family,

your standard, American family,

and grew up eating cereal,

and bagels,

and Subway sandwiches.

And there was no food

in the food that I was eating.

There was

no pasture-roaming animals.

There was no grass-fed meat.

There were no seasonal,

local vegetables.

It was like

whatever we could pick up

and throw in a plastic bag

at the grocery store,

and, like, whatever is on sale.

A general health consciousness

was very strongly present

in my life

because my parents

ran a pharmacy.

My father was a pharmacist,

which means that we ate healthy

according

to conventional wisdom

on what is a healthy diet.

So I ate very little meat.

No fat at all.

That was forbidden.

We had the fat substitutes,

of course, every day

on the table.

Margarine instead of butter,

the heart-healthy alternative.

None of us

in the family was healthy.

My father suffered

psoriasis heavily.

My mother had severe asthma.

My sister,

which I discovered now,

clearly had a histamine problem.

I had a number of health issues.

You know,

I had this asthma as well,

skin problems.

Major energy dips

throughout the day

as being a child.

Now, I realize

what was the reason for that.

I was never able

to wake up in the morning.

It was hell

to drag my body to school

and to pay attention in school.

I couldn't...

It was impossible.

I would fall asleep

in the first hours of class.

Nobody could tell me

why that was,

and nobody questioned it even.

So from this background...

You know,

it would have been different

if we had grown up in a family

eating junk food all the time.

We did not.

So we were obviously

doing everything correct

according to

conventional standards.

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I had several inflammations

going on in my body.

I had aching joints

all the time.

I was lethargic,

tired all day long.

It doesn't even matter

if I had slept six hours,

or 12, or 14 hours,

I was just tired the entire day.

My life before going Paleo

was pretty much that

of a fitness nut.

Like, just doing silly workouts

at a commercial gym.

I think people are really tired

of the conventional stuff

they've been told for years,

so they, eventually,

are really ready for a change.

[Man] I went to my doctor

in my early 30s.

And my doctor said to me,

"Based on your blood work,

"and based on the results

that we've got back,

you have an increased risk

of X, Y, and Z in terms

of lifestyle diseases."

My blood sugar was very high.

My cholesterol levels were high.

My blood pressure was very high.

When I asked him

for lifestyle alternatives,

he said, "Well,

you're eating a low-fat diet,

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