> I think Todd's right. Keeping within a 'range' of good
> food, with an occasional indulgence, could help many to
> keep the faith about the paleo lifestyle.

May be but it is also for many,  a slippery slope .
To compare with other drugs ( i hope we are clear that many junk foods act
as a drug  in the body by changing hormonal and neurochemical balance ) like
alcool or others , many who had succeded to quit the overconsumption of it
had to Completelly stay away from it . Many in the 12 steps program for ex
have expereienced many relapse as soon they tried one drink.
with foods the effect might not be so dramatic but the mechanism is the same
.and because it is soooo socially accepted drugs it is even more insidious .
First because  almost everybody have or are indulging in junk foods and
considered as normal a certain state of being and second most people will
try to convince you to not be so "rigid' rather  than to recognised in
themselves the rigidity of wanting to hold on mood altering drugs .
Really ,is it so awfull,  difficult, painfull , excruciating to live without
sugar, alcool and other highly denatured foods.?
what purpose those foods have beside masking feelings of despair , sadness,
or  nutritional depletion . do they  at any moment adress the cause of
thoses feelings ?
what is the cause of those feelings ?
Are they not in some way a reinforcement, an aggravation  for those feelings
.?
Are they not the result of nutritional , emotionnal , social and spiritual
depletions ?
Basic needs of a social animal not being met ?

Real foods can't adress all of them but junk foods is used as a tool to stay
unconscious about them .
And when you quit crotches you start to realise that it is difficult to walk
on your own .
There is nothing wrong of using crotches as long you are clear they can't
help you to walk on your own.

jean-claude