Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Diet Questions & Answers

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Anybody know of of Primary Care Physician who is Paleo (or close) near Palo Alto, California, where I live and work? I want to go for my annual physical and would like to find a good physician around here.

flag	asked Apr 18 2011 at 23:16 Thomas Seay

Adah · Answer 1 · 2011-05-31 01:37:41Z UTC

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I found out about paleo from Dr. Lorenzato in Foster City, at Mariner Medical Center. He also advocates the Mediterranean diet but at least he's supportive of paleo.

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Dexter · Answer 2 · 2011-04-18 23:21:59Z UTC

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Chris Krisser at http://thehealthyskeptic.org/ is in Berkeley. He is definitely paleo.

answered Apr 18 2011 at 23:21

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	Yes, but I don't think he counts as a Primary Care Doctor, does he? I want to use my insurance. – Thomas Seay Apr 18 2011 at 23:39
	He's not a Physician but am not sure about insurance. I doubt it very much. – Shari Bambino May 17 2011 at 0:27
	Yes, in Calif, TCM practitioners are considered PCPs. He may, or may not, choose to accept insurance. – Marie May 31 2011 at 1:19
	He also isn't taking new clients – Kelleil Jul 7 at 3:33

RG73 · Answer 3 · 2011-04-18 23:24:46Z UTC

My friend has reported good experiences with Dr. Thomas Cowan in San Francisco. He's more Weston Pricey than pure Paleo, but from talking to her I don't think he'd disagree with most aspects of most "paleo" diets.

And yes, Dexter beat me to it, I was going to suggest Chris Krisser as well. But he's a doctor of Chinese medicine. He's low on the woo factor actually and explains Chinese medicine from a scientific perspective. So you'd have to be comfortable going to a Chinese medicine doc instead of an MD/DO or what have you. But given what most physicians know about nutrition, I'd see Dr. Krisser.

Cave Tomboy · Answer 4 · 2011-08-23 09:27:10Z UTC

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BTW, it's Chris Kresser (with an e).

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Steve · Answer 5 · 2012-07-06 04:22:18Z UTC

Check out Paul Abramson MD at My Doctor Medical Group: http://mydoctorsf.com. He's Paleo-friendly and has even presented data from his own personal Paleo experiments at a Quantified Self meetup. He's here in San Francisco, and is "out of network" for insurance, but had a biller who submitted claims after the fact for me.

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