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So I love eating paleo; all of the health benefits, the lack of calorie counting, and the overall happier lifestyle. However, there are certain moments when I feel the desire to enjoy a fine cigar, a quality beer, and maybe indulge on something sweeter. What is everyone's (if any) favorite "cheat?" This question is for fun and general curiosity; I don't want it to turn into a "you ought to not" thread.

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Kevin · Answer 1 · 2012-04-21 19:25:23Z UTC

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Mostly Heroin and Cocaine... But hey, Grok probably chewed coca leaves and inhaled opium! Go Paleo!!!

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Thommo · Answer 2 · 2011-03-31 11:34:18Z UTC

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Beer. I'm drinking one right now.

I'm a mad keen homebrewer so it's not just the drinking that I enjoy, it's the brewing of the beer in the first place.

If only I could figure out a way to ferment fat and protein!!!

answered Mar 31 2011 at 11:34

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I'm with you. I went strict paleo last fall with two full carboys bubbling happily away in my closet. My pre-paleo consumption would have burned through that by now, but I find I can't drink beer with as much vigour since (sniff). Still love a big gravity home brew on a Friday after work... – Riveted Mar 31 2011 at 15:05

second the homebrewing. i just do mine gluten free – mloster Apr 22 2012 at 2:06

Ali · Answer 3 · 2011-03-31 13:00:39Z UTC

I still drink liquor on a fairly regular basis. I enjoy it and have no plans to cut it.

Sugar, in the form of chocolate torte, has been my latest vice. My husband and I just finished the one I made last week and I'm already trying to find an excuse to make another...mmmm...

being · Answer 4 · 2011-03-31 14:49:34Z UTC

i drink wine. never been much of a beer drinker. i have wine a few nights a week, and if i have more than one glass, i always end up having a cigarette, too. for food, i make a killer dark chocolate-chipotle gluten free cake with cinnamon whipped cream. im talking twice a year for that one, but worth it every time.

Carly · Answer 5 · 2011-03-31 09:09:55Z UTC

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There are a few questions related to "cheats" on Paleo hacks. Go to "tags" type in "cheats" and look at the questions and answers.

answered Mar 31 2011 at 9:09

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Mama_Z · Answer 6 · 2012-04-21 22:33:38Z UTC

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Negronis. But I'm on the wagon because I want to drop more weight and that's not going to happen if I don't take an extended break.

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Dana · Answer 7 · 2011-03-31 09:07:04Z UTC

I grew up eating a lot of dairy, so when I cheat it is usally ice cream or a really good cheese. But, then I do pay for my cheat, I have found out by going paleo that I have quite a few food allergies, and dairy is one of them, so needless to say I don't cheat often.

Joan · Answer 8 · 2011-03-31 09:18:35Z UTC

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I still drink hard liquor and smoke cigarettes when I go out on the weekends with my friends. I might suck down 10-12 drinks and a pack of luckys on a Saturday, but honestly I'm young, it's an essential part of my social life, I enjoy it, and if I'm 98% paleo the rest of the week I don't think it's so bad. Plus, being well nourished, I'm the only one of my friends that doesn't have a hangover the following day :)

answered Mar 31 2011 at 9:18

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I dropped the beer completely though! No gluten for me :) – Joan Mar 31 2011 at 12:23

If you think smoking a pack of cigs in a day isn't so bad, you might want to do a little more research. – Brad Mar 31 2011 at 13:17

I'm yet to see any convincing evidence the occasional indulgence in tobacco is truly harmful to my health. nutrition-and-physical-regeneration.com/blog/2534/… – Joan Mar 31 2011 at 13:23

Plus, like I said, I enjoy smoking and doing it once in a while is a "risk" I'm willing to assume. – Joan Mar 31 2011 at 13:25

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Binge drinking 10-12 (!) drinks in a night and an entire pack of cigs (Luckys, no less) sounds like addiction to me, but it's your body. – Brad Mar 31 2011 at 13:59

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Carl_Stawicki · Answer 9 · 2011-03-31 12:55:16Z UTC

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I smoke cigars when the weather is nice. Going for a walk at night, doing yard work, and while fishing are my favorite opportunities to light up. I'm not giving it up.

answered Mar 31 2011 at 12:55

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Nor should you! =) – Bryce Jun 9 2011 at 5:32

StalkingMySupper · Answer 10 · 2011-03-31 15:00:07Z UTC

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Plain white rice. Growing up Asian, we had it with every meal. It has been the hardest thing for me to give up, and it has become a "comfort food" when the urge to emotionally eat comes on.

answered Mar 31 2011 at 15:00

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I still eat plain white rice, at least three times a week - I don't consider it a cheat. It is perhaps nutrionally 'void' but is relatively harmless, and does taste yummy drenched in butter! – Jason Mar 31 2011 at 15:14

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I'm just starting out, so I'm trying to train myself to give up grains entirely for now. I figure when I get used to the lifestyle I can slowly incoporate it back in. – StalkingMySupper Mar 31 2011 at 15:45

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...yeah, I eat plain white rice 2-3 times per week after soaking it then cooking it in a nice gelatinous broth, sort of WAPF style. I don't consider it a cheat! – JeJ Apr 21 2012 at 22:21

I eat a lot of white rice - with Kerrygold originally, and now in the form of sushi (I'm in Japan now, yay!). I've gotten over any guilty feelings for it, because my body seems to digest it really easily and I find my recovery is good. – SlightlyReworded Apr 22 2012 at 1:24

Riveted · Answer 11 · 2011-03-31 15:07:32Z UTC

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Red wine, vodka, or craft beer on weekends. I have to watch it though - when the wheels come off, I suffer for days.

answered Mar 31 2011 at 15:07

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Thumper · Answer 12 · 2011-03-31 15:10:34Z UTC

If I'm going to cheat - it's go big or go home time for me. CUPCAKES! From a special cupcake store where I live - mmmmm vanilla cake filled with a coconut lavender cream. Topped with a lemony cream cheese style frosting (but in the 6 months that I have been paleo -I've only had one).

We had pizza about a month ago - and I was up all night vomiting and shaking. Don't know if that was all physical or partially mental though - definitely will not be eating pizza again though!

Bryce · Answer 13 · 2011-06-09 05:12:23Z UTC

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A nice Cameroon wrapped stogie while fishing with a flask of Scotch, and a Sapporo or Kirin (both rice beers) with sushi suits me just fine.

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	Ummmmmmmmm. Sapporo and Kirin are both made with malted barley as well as rice. I think it's almost impossible to make beer with just rice. (I live in Japan and my colleague just wrote a book about alcohol over here- "Drinking Japan"...). Some beers are low malt, they're known as 'happoshu,' but both Kirin and Sapporo have gluten in them. – sophie Jun 9 2011 at 12:58
	What about Yebisu? – SlightlyReworded Apr 22 2012 at 1:25

SlightlyReworded · Answer 14 · 2012-04-22 01:32:01Z UTC

It's always alcohol for me, but extremely rarely. I love the history and craftsmanship that comes along with every form of alcohol, so learning about them, doing tastings, and discovering all of the variations is as much "play" as it is drinking.

Since I travel a lot, I have a lot of opportunities to cheat. I love to connect to a culture and be snobbishly educated this way - I'm trying artisan sakes in Japan, I recently traveled Belgium and tried tons of beer and genever there, wine in France, baijiu and maotai (EWW.) in China, gin in England. I hate whiskey unfortunately so I can't tack that to my list in any country, but I'd love to be a whiskey-sipping bad-ass.

Celine · Answer 15 · 2012-04-21 20:22:08Z UTC

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Chocolaaaaaate. With tons of sugar.

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CJ · Answer 16 · 2012-04-21 21:13:17Z UTC

Pizza. Usually if we have a pizza night I'll have my husband pick up a gluten free one from a Hyvee on his way home from work. Veggie though, so there aren't nitrate meats on it. Sometimes I'll make my own, but I like having the night off. Also like a good wine from some in state small wineries. Mike's Hard Lemonade Light is nice on a hot evening or on rare occasion a Red Bridge Beer.

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