My rule of thumb is that any diet or scheme that suggests you move away from what your body is designed to do (I.e be an ominivore) should be treated with a little caution. The paleo movement can be a little "religious" in their teaching precluding dairy etc
I'm inclined to agree - but all these annoyingly healthy vegetarians and vegans trumpeting the virtues of their lifestyles swayed me, and I was a vegetarian-trying-to-be-vegan for 6 years. Till March this year.
I really tried, despite the ME, but I was so ill I gave in to my husband's pleas, and I now enjoy chicken and fish, eggs and cheese. It was such a relief to feed my body this "forbidden" food!
But absolutely no improvement.
The "fat causes you to be fat" myth has also well and truly been blown wide open, so we all need to recondition ourselves to a bit more fat in our diet (ideally as cold oil)
THIS IS THE MOST WONDERFUL THING EVER! When I think how many years I wasted trying to stick to a low fat, low carb, low calorie diet! Oh the misery! The hunger!
How bizarre! I eat butter, cheese and nuts and drink full fat milk. Whatever I want. But I've lost weight! Giving up grains and sugar, and eating very few potatoes is a teeny weeny price to pay for this freedom.
Nuts and seeds are great for micronutrients (particularly vitamin e, magnesium etc.) but watch your portion size (25g servings).