Considered it, but thought the work would be too much for the merit. (She says as she's swilling egg nog and a ham on raison bread with butter).

I couldn't live without sandwiches. Have they figured out how to make gluten free, flour free bread? I'm an old Leopard.

Good luck Dej, glad it's working for you.

Sally, they do make several gluten free breads, but they dont taste nearly as good as the regular bread. Ive been gf for almost 2 yrs do to my Celiac. I couldnt handle the gf breads anymore and Ive been bread free for almost a year. I really dont miss it. I was going to try the swank diet, but like you said Dej, its too restrictive. I wasnt sure about the Paleo diet. I decided instead to go vegetarian and I feel so much better. Good luck with the Paleo, Im glad its working for you.

I think that each person must find through experimentation what diet works best for them; as we are all different in what we digest easily, as well as what is do-able given our different life-styles and our unique challenges .

My diet is a low fat (don't digest it very well), ovo-lacto vegetarian one; but is 80-90% vegetable based. I consume very small amounts of egg and dairy (yogurt, coffee cream, cheese only); and grain is restricted to small amounts of rice and whole oats.
I do use a bit of Xyla, molasses or honey for sweetening hot beverages but other than that don't consume any other forms of sugar; including fruit juices and preserves. Some fruit is taken, but this too is rather restricted as too much tends to upset my digestive system.

While this sounds restrictive and boring, it isn't.
Although I generally don't eat for entertainment, when I'm looking for a treat, I can usually find something that satisfies the odd craving from within this diet. There are so many different vegetables and ways to prepare them in combination to satisfy both the palate and nutritional requirements.
For snacks, I make my own vegetable & seed crackers on a dehydrator...but must admit that occasionally I give in to popcorn, Cheezies or a bit of chocolate .

Protein principally comes from quinoa (which is a seed) and legumes, but is rounded out with eggs and dairy.
Fats and oils principally come in the form of coconut oil, but I also use peanut, sesame, pumpkin and sunflower seeds and their oils in smaller amounts.

I've been on this diet for decades and it works to control the symptoms of regional enteritis and also seems to keep the symptoms of general inflammation in check.

With love, Erika

Wonderfully informative postings in this thread !
Many thanks to all!
I'll be passing along this info to others whom I know who are looking at dietary & nutrition changes to improve various health conditions.

Dej, The Paleo Solution, written by Robb Wolf, is an excellent book to read if you're interested in Paleo. It's an eye-opener regarding all this crap food we keep puting in our mouths. I intend on eating this way, although, it doesn't happen overnight. Iv'e been dairy free for 6 months and all I can say is that my stomach never felt better...almost gas free!! Dr Terry Wahls who was dx with progressive ms eats this way as well, I believe their was something mentioned of her in a recent post. Anyway, I feel that it certainly can't hurt us to eat more whole and raw foods.

Just make sure you purchase these raw foods at a trusted shop and be sure they are fresh. Remember, we died at a much earlier age eating raw food. My mother had a fever type desease from raw milk.

I drink coconut milk! No dairy allowed on the diet. Sal, your absolutely right about where we get these foods from. Is organic really organic? The FDA says it is....LOL..if we can believe our wonderful government...what a joke!