I am speaking for my son, his asthma and eczema have all but vanished, he was born with them (he is 14 now), he was in the hospital constantly when he was younger, always on various drugs. There is no putting into words how he feels now, he says he is 'normal' for the first time in his life and the worry I have always had has lifted, so less stress for the both of us. I am a single father so I have always shouldered the responsibility and stress.

when my neurologist told me that not only was there no more disease progress (i have multiple sclerosis) in my most recent MRI, but that one of my lesions had actually disappeared. around the same time i noticed that i could take a hot shower without losing the feeling in my hands. talk about finding the key to the universe....

When my 3 year old daughter was at a pool party this summer, someone offered her a juice box and she said "sugar is bad for you".

It almost brought me to tears knowing that she has does not have to wake up at age 42 to undo 41 years of abuse. I am so thankful!

not really one moment i guess. I had been eating relatively well (WAP, strict) for years beforehand.

Perhaps the total lack of gas now? Was never that bad but its like, never now. Which is one of the not-really-mentioned but extremely important for day to day living that is key.

I can't fathom how people live their daily lives eating shit and just farting all day. It really grosses me out now.

Besides all the amazing physical benefits...

My defining moments include:

Cooking and eating liver with enjoyment.

Buying bones, boiling them and calling it my multi-vitamin.

Ground beef feels really good in my hands.

Not bathing in the last week, going for a swim or a quick cold shower and smelling great anyway.

Loving my food, taking pictures of it and putting them on Facebook and wondering why everyone else isn't totally in love with their food and then remembering that I had little regard for it when I was eating anti-nutrients and the like.

Watching a dinner party in a pufa and sugar feeding frenzy and seeing the power of unconscious eating, the addiction to junk and realizing I had found a way of eating that brought balance, satiety and healing.

Yeah, leaning out effortlessly and feeling like I found the key to the universe.

Cake no longer tastes good.

When it took less than 5 minutes to fall asleep due to a calm brain and body. I have never, ever been able to fall asleep in less than an hour and without music or some sort of distraction before paleo. I cannot begin to explain what this has done for my stress levels and peace of mind.

Great question by the way. +1

-I woke up one morning 2 months in with the realization that the horrible headaches, constant diarrhea, bloating and pain were finally GONE- gone for good! I wasn't fooling myself with a panacea- it really was working!

-The moment when my father looked at me and thanked me for introducing him, my brother and my mom to a Gluten free/paleo lifestyle... My mother can finally move around without constant pain in her bones and is finally growing back some of her hair and my father isn't fighting to think through the haze of antibodies to his own nervous system...

It's such a relief that they listened to me, got tested even though their doc dismissed it and now will never go back to the SAD lifestyle they had. My family means a lot to me and it was horribly painful to watch them suffer- life is MUCH better now...

My deadlift went from 465 to 505 within a month.

I was evaluating myself after a few weeks and realized the following:

1. My crippling heartburn was gone. Not just diminished but GONE. I hadn't had a tums in over a week.
2. My blood sugars were normal about 80% of the time. Non-diabetic normal most of the time, and even when out of range, it was only by 20-40 points (instead of 100-300 points!)

No bloating. No gas. No depression. No anxiety. No headaches.

I don't necessarily look better but I have a lot more confidence. That's huge. Big!

Four things:

Gas: It used to be chronic, and foul, and I thought I'd just have to live with the pain and tension (can't ever relax in the company of others) for the rest of my life. Now it's rare, and even when I do get a little windy (because I've cheated), there is no smell.

Dairy: I do eat it now, despite it being sort of a no-no, because after avoiding cheese and yogurt for 15 years because I thought I was lactose intolerant, I suddenly realized that I could process it all just fine without grains and sugar in my life. I am making up for lost time!

Hair: I've had the same hairdresser for more than a decade, and at my last appointment, when I mentioned I'd been eating a lot more fat lately, she said, "I can tell - your hair has never been healthier."

Cake: At a friend's baby shower, a big sugary confection was passed right under my nose and I was able to hold it, look it straight in the frosting and say, "I'm just not attracted to you anymore." I mean, I sort of still am, but I had control in that moment, and that was major.

This morning I woke up on an uninhabited island after having lead a group of sea kayakers there the day before. I forgot to pack my bowl, so I used a shell for my caveman crunch with coconut milk breakfast.

I was a freshman in college and fit into a dress I wore in 8th grade.

-No more post-meal bloating. Chronic low-level stomach upsets and discomfort (which I always thought were norma) just vanished.

-Eating liver or oxtail stew or something and feeling like I was doing something good for my body, instead of feeling guilty that I should have been eating even more vegetables in place of the meat.

-Realising how much better my hair and skin looked. I'm a swimmer and the chlorine really does a number on your hair, but now that I'm not eating super low-fat it still looks much better.

3 months after going cold turkey on gluten/grains, etc., when I went thru what everyone said was an unusually bad Florida spring allergy season with NO Sudafed!

Paleo & IF means I no longer need to snack and I am no longer thinking about food ALL the time. I can't believe how liberating this is! Truely. If you had told me 6 months ago I could happily skip breakfast and not eat till lunch then a dinner. I would have FREAKED out. Gone are those days of 6 meals and trying to keep my calorie count low.

Saturday was amazing I went for a big long hike and didn't eat till lunch. There was a part of my mind hanging on to the idea I might collapse in a heap unable to move without breakfast but no I was just pleasantly hungry at our lunch stop. Amazing. Fat burning rocks!

For me it was about five years ago and I had a 26 year old female come in with acute spinal cord compression with paralysis due to an Osteopenic burst fracture of C6. I took care of her for close to two years and diagnosed her with many Neolithic diseases. That is when I knew I had to do something drastic

Going from craving restaurant food to craving my food. THAT is a defining moment.

When I first discovered Mark's Daily Apple, I ate strict "Primal" for about 4 days without cheating. During those 4 days I got more housework done than I normally did in a month, because my depression fog lifted and I had tons of energy. I didn't notice it until a few days later, though, when I felt crappy again.

Realizing that my knee joints didnt have to hurt. Instead of dull pain when walking up and down stairs they feel like warm pudding of nothingness. So good!

Was trying to eat along the lines of vegetarianism but did not completely eschew meat, then did raw vegetable for a week, felt weak, was doing manual labor so I had no choice, I started eating raw eggs to my instant increase in energy. Raw milk cheese then back into meat with a vengeance...no more naps needed in the afternoon. Stomach feels better. Skin breaks out like clockwork every time I eat wheat, which usually involves some extra sugar. Don't eat them, my skin has not broken out yet during a period of slim to nil sugar or grain consumption.

I'm a wild beast, definitely feeling crippled by the society around me in a lot of ways. My response is simply to become ever the wilder for it, and in it, stronger, more disciplined, focused, intuitive...I realized paleo-informed eating was essential to my goals of becoming ripped (I was inspired by martial artists like Bruce Lee and I would even venture to call Erwan LeCorre a sort of martial artist - inspirational in philosophy and psychology as well as practical experiments with obvious results) and feeling good after a meal and not tired every afternoon. Not having to eat every three hours to function like a decent human being.

I sabotaged my own training before by not eating smart and in my experience what you eat is really about 90% of it at first but then it enables you to do more with your body so then you are putting in more than 10% on top of that in your discipline and efforts of mind and body and with that increases one's attention on feeding and you move to a better level of strength, wildness, and perhaps with it, sadly in a way, a clearer perception of the craziness of the civilized world.

I was never able to stick with my fitness goals or even actually believe them realistic before I started training and eating in a primal, paleo, low carb sort of way. grain-less at least. Because I didn't have the energy. But when I saw what I could do with certain foods and without certain ones, I was suddenly exceeding way, way beyond my previous thoughts as to what was possible for me to do.

Going from 324lbs to 218lbs. That will really get your attention...LOL

bittersweet moment when cheesecake and also ice cream (premium) lost their mesmerizing hold over my 'in-the-store' habits. as opposed to the 'before-store' plans.

I was on the road to Damascus...

Two things for me: My rosacea is gone and I've stopped with the medication I was using! YAY! The other? The other? You may think it's dumb but it actually made me get a little teary from happiness. I've been given such grief and teasing from friends over these transitional months that receiving an email from a girlfriend saying she would like to bring something to a party that I could enjoy with everyone else, and again what could I eat and not eat? This is something that I have always been aware of with my friends, allergies, likes/dislikes, and would cook accordingly for them. But for someone to take a minute to think of me and my lifestyle? Meant the world. Sometimes the smallest things have the biggest impact :)