I got cut off in my previous message - I am new to this technology :--) Anyway, I am around 50-30-20 (F-P-C), which is much more manageable, and I'm doing it with the help of potatoes and certain legumes. The more fundamental issue is that of the health benefits. How do you reconcile the fact that chronic disaease such as heart diease and cancer and degenerative diseases really didn't exist very much at all throughout most of history, while people were stuffing their faces with bread, cheese, potatoes, and other non-paleo food. Oh, and what diseases are we talking about, anyway? The Eskimos are cited as an example of excellent because of virtually no heart attacks or ca ncer, but they do have extremely high rates of stroke (I think that Ward Nicholson has made this point). Shouldn't the goal be to live a long, vigorous, upbeat life and do have diet assist in that. Is is better to die of stroke than of a heart attack? It is significant that we are living to 75+ years of age, which is astronomical compared with modern-day "primitive" people, who live in clean environments and don't have auto accidents, war, drug abuse, or inner-city homicide. People constantly cite the improved medical care that we have in this day and age, but does this neatly explain everything? My point is that it has not been well-established what the precise benefit of eating a very strict Paleolithic diet is. Certain individuals have been able to cure themselves of major disease or illness by eating a Caveman diet, such as Audette, and then turn around and try to convince everyone that they must only eat these certain foods. I am very happy for anyone that has rid themselves of MS or autism, or anything else, but the fact is that the vast majority of us do not suffer from a major food allergy, and would not gain much by adopting a strict approach. It's all very individualized - some people react badly to strawberries and tomatoes, others to peanuts and cheese. Clearly, there are some junk foods that have no nutritional rationale - bread, margarine, hot dogs, for example. But beyond avoiding such crap, I think that the best approach is to eat good, fresh, whole foods, with lots of lean meat and fish, a variety of vegetables, and fruits, nuts, seeds, and plenty of good-quality fats and oils. Beyond that, don't worry about it. Well, that's my two cents, at least :--)