This makes me think of something. I am thoroughly convinced that MANY people are gluten intolerant and don't even know it, perhaps to the point of being a majority of the population. I would be very interested to know exactly WHAT people ate when they cheated and had these symptoms. I think that a big part of why so many people feel so much better eating paleo is because they are removing gluten from their diets. For instance, anyone ever cheat and eat a piece of cheese and get these symptoms? I'm guessing not too many. But I'll bet hot dogs make most of us very sick these days. Why? Read the ingredients. They're half grain, some of them. Opinions? John Pavao ---------- out of curiosity, doesn't 'cheating' make you feel sick? I mean like physically sick. if I eat something non-paleo, I get [choose one or more of the following]: nausea, headache, bloating/stomach cramps, weight gain from water retention, face break-outs, a fast heartbeat (Binnie - this happened after I ate some of that marinated chicken from Giant Eagle, tachycardia all afternoon- so watch it!). <snip> JoAnn.