Why is it so exciting for you, to see Paleo adopted by the masses?

Let's see. If my family adopted a Paleo/Primal diet, then family get-togethers would be a lot more fun.

I wouldn't be expecting my family to get sick & slowly die of diabetes-related complications, a stroke or a heart attack.

My sisters would all cease to be clinically obese.

My nieces/nephews would grow up without broken metabolisms.

Health insurance rates would go down. Many nursing homes would close.

Once folk go Paleo, I notice that many start being concerned with food quality after awhile, so I expect the whole conventional agriculture/CAFO farming methods would gradually be replaced with more sustainable/humane methods of raising food (look up Polyface Farms.)

Food costs might go up, but healthcare costs would go down.

The downside: More fit folk on the trails, so we may have to go earlier in the morning to avoid the crowds.

Too late. Hipsters discovered offal some time ago and the offal price increases are slowly spreading outward from hip city centers.

It would make my life much easier. Better restaurant options. Less tempting engineered foods all over the place.

In theory, population would become healthier over time and would mean lower healthcare costs which we all share the burden of. Maybe also less chance of getting stuck next to someone on a plane who spills over into my seat.

If paleo went mainstream the shelves would become filled with fake paleo food and the whole idea would become clouded with confusion. I have never found any dirt cheap grass-fed meat and if I did I would be suspicious of it. Most labels lie about what's inside and a label like "grass-fed" would be as easy to lie about as any other. I'm happy to just do the best I can, eat my paleo food and get on with my improved life.

@PaleoMouth,

Let me summarize the advantages that you claim under the status quo:

1. a variety of healthy foods available to you at low prices
2. you have status as a unique and hip person

Now, let's see what happens when paleo goes mainstream:

1. Markets adjust due to supply and demand. Initially, some foods become more scarce and expensive, but eventually more suppliers respond to consumer demand, and once again variety and prices improve.

2. Since you are an innovator and a leader, certainly it should not surprise you that others will follow and imitate your lifestyle. Once upon a time, few people had body piercings and tattoos. Now "everyone" has them to express their "individuality." You can express your uniqueness as a leader by staying ahead of the curve with the "next thing."

So, the net result is that you will still be unique and well-fed, a neutral result for you. But millions of people will be better off by being spared from untimely death and disability, a net positive for the world.

"to stay unique and to feel like you are doing something above what society expects of you nutritionally (and loving it).."

You will go a lot further in life if you give up defining yourself by the food that you eat.

ALso, it looks like you can brush up on your economics 101. When demand for a product increases, in the short run it is true that price will rise because there is insufficient supply to meet this new demand. This will bid up the price. However, in the the medium/longer run the higher than average returns in, for example, grass fed beef, attract more producers and entrepreneurs to the field. This will result in an increased supply, and the price will then return to normal levels. Additionally, over the longer haul, entrepreneurs will take note, innovate, and reduce the price further.

p.s. "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing" - Edmund Burke

We complain about the "culture of obesity" in America and how everyone out there is slowly killing themselves, and now we complain when a healthy way of eating is catching on and may actually solve those problem?

I don't care personally, but my livelihood doesn't depend on it.

Money changes everything.

There are definitely other things that I am more concerned about going mainstream: equal rights, living wage increases, an end to corporate control of government, the need for seperation of church and state. Access to quality food, that is nutritious and affordable is important, though.

If I just consider myself and my family I absolutely understand your way of thinking as far as availability and affordability of our pastured meats etc. However, as a society we are very sick and masses of sick people cost massive amounts of money to everyone. In taxes, in healthcare costs etc. So, I think it would benefit society as a whole to try and steer people to a paleo way of eating. I really do not see this happening though, at least not anytime soon. The US Gov't has way too much pull in our food systems and big Ag has too much power in the decisions made in farming. They are not in the business of keeping people healthy, they are in the business of making profits.

I could care less. I want people to become healthier and happier. Those who don't, won't. Evolution will play out eventually :)

I don't know about others but for me personally I enjoy helping people. The reason there is so much suffering and the reason why people eat so badly is not because people do not care it is because there is a system which manipulates them into it.

I personally decided to eat "healthy" after I graduated college. Limited fast food lots of "Healthy Whole Grains", low fat the whole usual spreal. That was one of the worst times of my life. It is only because I have been brought up to be cynical and only through a lucky google search after a LOT of wading through bad information that I stumbled upon Marksdailyapple.com and paleo.

Most people aren't like me and won't get lucky. They will keep killing themselves following the USDA recommendations and the constant barrage of "health foods" (look at how many vitamins these cookies have!).

I don't believe the health crisis is the fault of the people themselves but of the system that manipulates them into making bad choices. I try to do my part to counteract that system.

Here is what will happen: Paleo will become popular for quite some time, mainly because it appeals to people who want to eat alot of meat and fat (they won't pay attention to the "good fat" part or the veggie part). Some people will lose weight, some people won't, some people will keep it up, some people won't. In a couple of years it will fall out of the limelight leaving some people with a changed way of life for the duration of their lives and some people will go back to whatever they were before (SAD, vegetarian, whatever). I've seen it in every kind of "diet" cycle in my lifetime starting with the "no-white" diet in the 70s thru Atkins in the 90s That said, I am sincerely hoping that the popularity of this WOE will help many people stop eating all the processed crap that masquerades as food these days, and start getting out and MOVING. Otherwise the USA is going to be crippled by the demands of a public that is sick due to their dietary choices and can't afford healthcare.

This is my cheeky philosophical response: No one gets very far in life propping themselves on the shoulders of others (ie practicing behavior that they deem is superior, achieving good results from it and not encouraging others.) this kind of behavior might get you ahead for awhile, but society will figure out your game, be it professional, political or nutritional. When you're found out, you are tha a$$hole that greedily filled his coffer (with money, political favors or offal) while allowing others to flounder while you thrive. Where do you draw the line? With friends, family? At what point does the line blur so much that everyone is your enemy... And then you die alone.

I'm not saying this is your attitude, but I can say with certainty I've never regretted sharing anything, even when there is a cost to me that I hadn't anticipated.