By LEIGH ZALESKI
Daily Record/Sunday News
York, PA – Seth Duncan didn’t like the way he felt when he ate grains.
He felt sluggish and always had cravings, even after eating a full meal. He was vegan for about two years, and although he ate enough protein, he said he wasn’t getting enough nutrients.
At 5-feet-6-inches tall, Duncan weighed about 128 pounds, but said he had a higher body-fat percentage, about 15 percent.
In January, he abandoned his vegan diet and did a complete 180. Now, he follows the paleo diet, a regimen that’s high in fat, animal protein and nutrient-dense vegetables. It includes some fruits and nuts, but no grains.
Supporters of the diet say it’s designed after the way our ancestors ate in the Paleolithic period, from about 2 million years ago to 10,000 B.C. They argue that, at that time, humans hunted, gathered and didn’t eat grains, and that we haven’t yet evolved to do so.
