Perhaps I got an odd version of paleo. I kind of thought the vegetables were the POINT. I'm not great at it, but my body is so much happier if half my plate at every meal is full of veggies. I hate salad, I really do. the only time my body craves it is in summer. But I eat it, because it's available and an easy way to get the veggies. Snow peas, green beans, squash (summer squash, zucchini, etc.), broccoli, brussels sprouts (brussels sprouts go really nicely with bacon), I do put carrots in my stew. Nuts, berries, and veggies were likely more available than meat to our ancestors. I was also inspired by that TED talk, Mind Your Mitochondria.

I let the animals I eat eat my greens for me.

I prefer organ meats to most vegetables, so I eat liver 2 x /week, other organs once a month and 1-3 cups ofchard, spinach or salad a week. Very occasional potatoes.

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I eat about a pound of non-starchy vegetables a day and feel best when I do. Yes, I would consider mine to be the tried and true old school version. Or just call it Primal....

I do the old-fashioned paleo diet, except for fattier meats. Honestly, I don't know how people do it without lots of greens. If I don't have them for even a day, I feel off.

I have a huge leafy salad most days. I do occasionally skip a day but I find myself thinking about salad the next morning.

I also add a lot of vegetables to my bone broth stews and omelets. As the veggies are eaten out of the stew, I keep adding fresh ones to cook in.

I have 2-3 cups of fresh fruit daily plus water kefir. I seem to naturally rotate acid, sweet and starchy fruits over time but the constant is grapefruit.

White or sweet potatoes are an occasional thing for me; they don't "call" to me so I frequently forget. I do enjoy add slices of rutabaga to my stews though. Or celery root.

I eat lots of kale sauteed in butter w/garlic and shallots. Creamed spinach and romaine lettuce salads. Plus meats, chicken/turkey and sea foods. Hardly any fruits except in the summer months, then it's fresh berries w/cream. I had a bad experience with bananas, tried to do green smoothies and doubled over with stomach pain. Learned a lesson fast.

I eat a ridiculous amount of kale - I too was inspired by Dr. Terry Wahls (she turned me to the paleolithic diet, in fact) and try to eat like her in terms of all the leafy greens. I have fibromyalgia and intense migraines, so that video really encouraged me, and I am noticing an improvement in my health.

I actually don't eat too many other vegetables regularly besides broccoli and spinach (both of which I usually buy as frozen organic), which is supposedly bad but I'm so happy and satisfied with my kale that I don't really care. I usually steam a heaping pan of it with lots of garlic, then top it with extra virgin olive oil and a bit of sea salt, which may or may not be accompanied by some meat/seafood.

Oh, I do buy organic romaine lettuce sometimes, but it's so bland and not really as nutrient-dense as I'd prefer my greens to be.

Where does this no veg come from? Cordain's new book talks a lot about them and there importance. Starch veg are only important for replenishing glycogen after hard workouts. You can easily get buy with no starches.

I used to follow the Cordain Paleo diet but just couldn't get the calories I needed to maintain my weight (I'm borderline underweight now). I tried eating more but you just can't eat enough lean mean and fruit to do it. I switched to PHD. Surprisingly, without dairy, it's pretty hard to get enough fat into my diet as well to regain weight but at least I'm stable now. I eat 200 - 300 calories of safe starches a day but aim for the nutrient rich ones; I try not to eat white rice or white potato. Sweet potatoes, yams, Jicama, carrots, etc are my choice starches, as are starchy fruits like bananas and plantains.

i dont mix my meals up. i eat a meat meal a vegetable meal and a fruit meal. i have a theory thats how food is found in nature and thats better for digestion. digestion is time dependant, and these three foods groups require there own times for proper digestion.any way it has been working great for me. the only starch i eat is a banana snack.