This article is a short summary of what you should and shouldn't do in a Paleo diet. You don't have to follow these rules 100%, it's flexible and totally up to you.

1. Eat a generous amount of animal protein from red meat, poultry, eggs, organs, wild caught fish. You can eat even the fatty cuts.

2. A good Paleo diet should be moderate in animal protein, high in fat and low in carbohydrates.

3. Saturated fats are encouraged all the time like coconut oil, beef tallow, duck fat. Make sure that they come from healthy animals.

4. Eat good amount of veggies, preferably raw. Yams and sweet potatoes are good sources of non-toxic carbo.

5. Remove grains and cereals from your daily diet for e.g. wheat, oats, barley, corn, brown rice, soy, peanuts and many more. Cut out all vegetables oil like soybean oil, sunflower oil or corn oil. Olive oil and avocado oi are fine as long as you only use them as raw, not cooked.

6. Eliminate sugar & dairy. This will cut most of packaged products, juices, cream, butter.

7. Only eat grass-fed & lean meat coming from your local farm.

8. No calorie counting, meal time keeping. Eat when you are hungry, do what  you feel it's most natural.

9. Eat low amount of fruits and nuts. Try to it fruits that are low in sugar, like berries. Eat nuts that are high in omega-3 and low in omega-6 like macadamia nuts.

10. Enjoy your life, eliminate stress. Sleep when you feel like it.

Paleo is great, no doubt about it. However, you need to understand that it's just a natural diet, not some miracle pill that you can swallow and expect things to happen right away. Furthermore, there are nutrition facts that you must be aware of when doing Paleo.

Here are some of the common mistakes people often makes on a Paleo Diet

1. Lose 10kg in 7 days?

Some people say "I've been following Paleo diet for a week and haven't noticed any change in my body weight yet". Sorry, this is not another celebrity diet that FORCES your body to lose weight in a short span of time. If you want to lose 10kg in 7 days, forget about Paleo

2. Overeating nuts

Nuts are high in calorie in nature and not all nuts have good ratio of Omega 3 and Omega 6. Do a handful a day is sufficient

3. Fats make me fat?

Many people I know scared of fat. They may cut the fat off meat before eating or use just a little olive oil on their salad. Truth is your diet should contain a generous amount of fat.

4. Don't wanna cook

This one is big. Many just refuse to cook. That limits their choices of food which makes it harder on them to follow Paleo. If you are stuck at what to cook, get a good cookbook for instance Paleo Recipe Book

5. No exercise

Paleo isn't meant to be your "only" resource of staying fit and healthy. Exercise regularly is part of staying healthy too.

6. Only Paleo

If you are finding it difficult to follow Paleo due to limited choice of foods, you should allow yourself some treats (max 10%). That balances up your eating and make you feel more comfortable. Remember that part of Paleo is you not being stressful about anything.

7. Eat too much fruits

Remember that fruits contain a lot of fructose, something that should be kept in check. Hence, don't try to replace your junk foods with too much smoothies, salads or whole fruits.