Note: This is a repost from the Whole9 archive. We felt it was time to pull this one back out, as we have so many folks new to the Whole30 and the Paleo lifestyle. One of the first struggles you’re likely to encounter with your first Whole30 isn’t the cravings, […]
Archives for February 2012


The Official End to my Whole30, by Camilla N.
Today’s guest post (a follow-up to Monday’s article, “Is your Whole30 Unhealthy?”) was written by Camilla N, who blogs at http://tgipaleo.wordpress.com. We encourage you to leave your thoughts and own experiences in comments. Camilla’s Story “Stop. Before you assume I went on a McFlurry-bender before I wrote this, just stop. […]

The Whole30 Gone Bad
A few years ago, Melissa’s sister Kelly attended a nutrition lecture at a local gym. There, she learned how to apply the Zone diet principles, and how to portion her food into the Zone’s “40/30/30” standard. She immediately began weighing, measuring, and tracking, and saw improvements in her energy level, […]

The Whole30 and PDD
Last week, Nicole L. from Corona, CA shared this comment on our Whole30 post: “We (the L. family) finished up the Whole30 on the 30th of January and we feel great. The behavior in our children have improved drastically – my oldest has PDD, and the absence of gluten and […]

WE’RE REALLY REALLY HEALTHY! (The truth about food and health claims.)
A special guest post by Lori Zanteson, editor for Team CrossFit Academy‘s newsletter (and Whole9 Nutrition Partner). The supermarket is not the place I choose to linger. The last thing I want to do, especially with kids in tow, is choke my way through the food label maze. This isn’t […]

Dr. Matt Mechtenberg and the Whole30
In May 2011, we received a note from Dr. Matt Mechtenberg, Hospitalist and President of the Medical Staff of Parkview Medical Center in Brunswick, ME. Dr. Mechtenberg wrote, “Just wanted to share that I recently ran my first marathon in 10 years and without carb- loading, no Gatorade and a […]