Hi folks. I'm Haim, I'm 39, and I live in lovely Portland, Oregon. After a year or two of being aware of eating this way via my naturopath, I'm finally starting to do it. I'm gradually shifting into it, but I'll admit that (some) old habits die hard (I really like beer and chocolate!) Anyway, I started getting lots more leafy greens into my diet about six months ago...mainly via smoothies, but at the time I began I didn't really change my diet in other ways. As these last months have gone by, however, I have noticed my cravings for sweets and starches have significantly lessened, and at the same time I am increasingly convinced that eating a paleo type diet (or one close to it) just simply makes sense. I've been reading Nora Gedgaudas' book and getting a lot out of it.

There are several reasons why I am choosing to do this. The main one is I want to be generally healthy for the rest of my life, and I know that one of the main paths to health is a clean diet. My mother is 69, and suffers from a wide range of serious health issues and I seem to generally take after her physically (my father lived to be 99 though, and just passed earlier this year). Another motivation is my skin - I have been dealing with relatively mild, yet persistent acne for as long as I can remember and it got a bit worse in the last couple of years due to a number of reasons. My health seems very good, otherwise. Finally, as stated above, eating this way just makes good sense when I think about it....individual sensitivities and allergies aside, there are some basic foods that seem to fit us as humans, and so many that do not.

I'm looking forward to learning from and participating in this community.