In this episode, Michelle sits down with Liz Wolfe, NTP and Stephanie Greunke, RD to discuss the history of the Paleo Diet and its evolution over the past 15 years. They touch on its history and health benefits, but also its downsides and what the paleo movement spiraled into. 

They discuss: 

• What is the paleo diet & why was it created? 
• The response of different nutrition communities
• Strict paleo rules vs. general principles 
• Downsides of the movement
• Its ties to orthorexia/ eating disorders/ diet culture
• Evolution of paleo into a functional health approach 
• Where we go from here - finding a “structured flexibility” approach

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Timestamps:

(1:23) Intro to Steph & Liz

(8:25) The response to paleo from nutrition communities 

(17:30) What is paleo, why was it developed? 

(24:00) Strict paleo vs. following general principles

(30:00) Downsides of the paleo movement  

(40:00) Ties to orthorexia/ eating disorders

(47:00) Evolution of paleo into a functional health approach

(51:00) When paleo became diet culture 

(1:08:00) Where do we go from here? Structured flexibility approach

Links:

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Liz Wolfe’s resources –

Balanced Bites podcast

https://realfoodliz.com/

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Steph Greunke’s resources: 

www.stephgreunke.com

The Doctor Mom podcast

Postpartum Reset Program

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Work with Michelle and her free resources: 

Quiet the Diet

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