Diane Sanfilippo is the owner and founder of Balanced Bites, a certified nutrition consultant, and a two-time New York Times bestselling author of Practical Paleo and The 21-Day Sugar Detox. She is also the co-author of Mediterranean Paleo Cooking.

Diane co-hosts the top-rated weekly health podcast, The Balanced Bites Podcast.

Diane lives in San Francisco with her husband, Scott, and two fur kids.

In this episode, we discuss:

The fundamentals of paleo
White rice can be part of a healthy diet
Almost everything we know about good nutrition is wrong
How carbs fit into the paleo diet
Plants have built in defence mechanisms
The health benefits of eating paleo
Paleo approved sweeteners
The paleo diet vs. the ketogenic diet
The story of fats
The less saturated the fat, the less stable it is
Healthy fats you will want to start eating
What Diane eats in a day
Paleo snacks in between meals or on the run
Prioritizing yourself first thing in the morning
As a busy entrepreneur, how Diane prevents burnout

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117: Diane Sanfilippo - The Fundamentals of Paleo • Preventing Burnout • Paleo vs. The Ketogenic Diet

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