I've been on the "Paleo diet" for 2 years and have been very happy with my results. I have clearer skin, have more energy than I know what to do with, need only about 5-6 hours of sleep per night (compared to 9-10 before the diet), am more mentally stable (better serotonin regulation), have lost all excess fat, and I gain muscle more easily.
Humans went 2.5 million years without grains, legumes, or dairy. If you think that 10,000 years is a long enough time for the human genome to fully adapt to the environmental changes brought on by the agricultural revolution, please take the time to education yourself on the basics of evolution and the process of gene expression.
I'm not saying that eating Paleo is the end-all-be-all solution to a happy, healthy life. I'm not saying that a few grains here and there are totally disastrous. But calling something as common sense as eating the way through which our genes have been optimized through 2.5 million years of evolution -- calling that "crazy" is, in itself, pretty crazy.
Humans went 2.5 million years without grains, legumes, or dairy. If you think that 10,000 years is a long enough time for the human genome to fully adapt to the environmental changes brought on by the agricultural revolution, please take the time to education yourself on the basics of evolution and the process of gene expression.
I'm not saying that eating Paleo is the end-all-be-all solution to a happy, healthy life. I'm not saying that a few grains here and there are totally disastrous. But calling something as common sense as eating the way through which our genes have been optimized through 2.5 million years of evolution -- calling that "crazy" is, in itself, pretty crazy.