[FatherofFive]

Paleo is just a repackaging of Atkins

I really don't know anything about Atkins. My diet is:

1. Eat only real foods. Real foods do not have a list of ingredients
2. Eliminate all processed foods with chemicals
3. Eliminate refined sugars, esp. HFCS
4. Eliminate all grains.

So I suggest you eat lots of natural foods - meats, dairy, eggs, vegetables, legumes. I eat fruit, but never drink fruit juice (This concentrates the sugars.) I only eat hormone free, grass fed meats. Free range chicken and eggs. Natural foods. I eat everything I want, and as I mentioned, I went from 215 to 170, and dropped 4 inches of belly fat in 2 years. My bp is 110/65, and I have a resting heart rate of 53. I do work out (racquetball) 6 days a week.

[southern rock]

So I suggest you eat lots of natural foods - meats, dairy, eggs, vegetables, legumes. I eat fruit, but never drink fruit juice

I agree on the natural foods part. And I blend fruit, never juice it. But no way am I eating meats, dairy and eggs. However plenty of whole grains is perfectly fine for me.

[RichardMoore]

How old are you? The cholesterol that builds up in your arteries usually takes over when you hit your 50’s.