Diane Sanfilippo is the owner and founder of Balanced Bites, a certified nutrition consultant, and a two-time New York Times bestselling author of Practical Paleo and The 21-Day Sugar Detox. She is also the co-author of Mediterranean Paleo Cooking.

Diane co-hosts the top-rated weekly health podcast, The Balanced Bites Podcast.

Diane lives in San Francisco with her husband, Scott, and two fur kids.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The fundamentals of paleo
• White rice can be part of a healthy diet
• Almost everything we know about good nutrition is wrong
• How carbs fit into the paleo diet
• Plants have built in defence mechanisms
• The health benefits of eating paleo
• Paleo approved sweeteners
• The paleo diet vs. the ketogenic diet
• The story of fats
• The less saturated the fat, the less stable it is
• Healthy fats you will want to start eating
• What Diane eats in a day
• Paleo snacks in between meals or on the run
• Prioritizing yourself first thing in the morning
• As a busy entrepreneur, how Diane prevents burnout

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