I haven’t notice anywhere else, but I find it interesting that one of the leaders of the Paleo movement here in the US is Robb Wolf, author of The Paleo Solution and the master of Raw eating and living is David Wolfe (he has books and videos too numerous to list here!).

Now, I realize this is, on the surface, just a coincidence of last names.  But…what if there is something more to it?  What if  life is trying to tell us something and it is just so painfully obvious we don’t see it?

You can Wiki wolf and wolves and find out a lot of information about them, but these things are apparent to me;  they know what they want, they have a plan they stick to and they are very protective of themselves, their family and their friends (or pack, if you prefer).

So, how do you translate that to Robb W. and David W.?  Here’s the thing.  A majority of us live an 80/20 life.  That’s not a bad thing, it just seems to be the way we are made.  If you are Vegan, there’s a good chance you do it 80% of the time.  If you live paleo/primal the chance is high you stick to that 80% of the time.  If you were to follow a diet, lifestyle, etc. 100% of the time then your life would be “in balance”.  Who wants balance?  Balance is static, there is no change, no variety..life and our existence here should be dynamic and challenging.  This doesn’t mean; extreme.  Perhaps the better phrase is common sense!  I listened to a David Wolfe podcast about his philosophy on diet and eating (listen to it here),  Let me say first, in my opinion, David is one of the smartest most passionate teachers about diet, etc. I’ve ever met.  This is not about being perfect or following every rule to the letter.  This is, as David says, about “having your best day ever”.  We desperately need to learn for ourselves how to do it correctly, don’t be a “sheeple”.  How do you do that?  Take the time to listen to these smart guys.  David has an extensive educational background and years of real life experience.  For that matter, Robb Wolf is a biochemist for heaven’s sake! Did you take chemistry in college?  Yeah, I made it through three weeks of organic before I knew my mind was built for other studies.  Both of these gentlemen are very smart, articulate and present their ideas, products and services so we can all understand how they work and what they can do for us.

Listening to them, reading, studying…that’s the easy part.  Now, you have to choose!  Here’s another important point.  You will have to experiment.  Not everyone likes lemonade with pepper and maple syrup, just as not everyone likes a fat sixteen ounce T-bone.  Find your “smart” choices, that’s the key.  If you allow your lifestyle to be ruled by man-made food then you will become a victim of the man-made healthcare system.  Jack LaLane (may he rest in peace) used to say if man made it…Don’t eat it.  I think those are pretty simple words to live by.

I believe there is a wonderful blending of paleo and raw that exists for us.  For one, all those years ago the hunter-gatherers weren’t crushing everything into a paste, bleaching it and baking the daylights out of it.  They found a berry they knew didn’t kill them…and they ate it.  The bison they brought down may have roasted over an open fire but when they ate it they didn’t slap it between two slices of wonderless bread, cover it with ketchup and wash it down with twelve ounces of corn syrup;  did they!

The circle of life applies to all of us.  I don’t personally believe we should skew it so much it looks like a hexagon, but at the same time, the planet provides for us in so many ways.  We need to understand, for ourselves, what that means and remember…be smart; it’s what makes us special.