In any budding trend (idea, product, behavior, etc.) there are always "innovators" (Voegtlin, Eaton, DeVany, Cordain) and "early adopters" (Wolf, Sission, many paleo/primal bloggers, many of you).

What we are now seeing is the potential to begin shifting the "early majority" who require a certain critical mass of "early adopters" to give them permission to try this new (old) way of eating.

The habits of powerfully impactful individuals (mavens, connectors, and salesmen to borrow some of M. Gladwell's language from "The Tipping Point") are going to determine whether or not Paleo/Primal "tips" and goes into the mainstream (early and late majorities).

I think of paleo as the only non-fad diet in existence. If the mainstream pays attention for awhile, that's fine. They'll find something other foolish way of eating to recommend soon enough.

You shouldn't be eating Paleo to be one step ahead. You should be doing it because it's the healthiest known way to live.

Just because something becomes "mainstream" doesn't mean it's bad…it means people are catching on to what's good about it. Most paleo people I know never shut up about it, so it was only a matter of time!

The Raw diet (vegan) has been around for a really long time and there has been press about it, but the masses have never taken to it because it's very challenging, with paleo it's completely do-able in a normal world.

Paleo diet adopted by Minnesotan TV News Anchor