feeling confused after friends went to Paleo diet.. (Page 2)

I know what you mean, I'm a vegetarian and I was called a communist at our company Christmas party bc I don't eat meat. The guy's logic being that factory farms are good for a capitalist society so I'm not supporting America. Or something.

To the OP, I've been a vegetarian for 15 years, and I havent lost any friends bc we don't have the same diet. If you are bothered that your friends are only talking about food right now, that will pass.

last night we had "tacos" Paleo style. I had to laugh, there were no taco shells or tortillas for the hard-cores.  Instead, raw red cabbage leaves to put everything in.  I was like "okkaayy" and dug in. Was pretty good, but a bit strange.  The meat was the highlight of course.

I did notice they tossed a few tortilla chip rounds on a plate to appease the non-Paleo's that might graze. They were probably stale (chuckle)

I've been doing Paleo for about a year (I think. Can't really remember when I started).  But I eat dairy (especially butter and half and half for the coffee) and also moderate amounts of wine.  Beer sometimes, but that I consider to be cheating.  

My basic rule is to avoid foods that you basically couldn't digest if you ate them raw.   Almost any part of an animal is digestible raw.  (Note:  I don't actually eat much raw food, just foods that I COULD eat raw if I had to.)   Fruits and vegetables are digestible raw.  Grains are not.  They will basically go right through you.   I have a thing for potatoes, so I eat more of them than I should while sort of convincing myself that I could digest raw tubers.   I also try to avoid seed oils.  The basic idea here is that while all you have to do to get olive oil is press some olives, most other oils (corn, soybean) require a science lab. 

In the end, you end up eating foods that were around pre-agriculture under the idea that most of our evolution took place before agriculture was invented.  Works for me.  Your mileage may vary. 

I found this article interesting :

http://www.leighpeele.com/the-paleo-diet-fad-religion-or-solution

actually I am learning about it and taking in the points that seem relevant to me.

the responses have been interesting to see what others are doing...