And you are correct about the father's health affecting the child. In particular as men get older the chance of the child having Downs Syndrome increases, apparently less if the man is in good shape.

I'm a lifelong compulsive overeater currently in a 12 Step program for my eating disorder. I have osteoarthritis and am about 90 lbs overweight (down from 180 lbs overweight). I suffer from advanced systemic candidiasis that makes sticky smelly enflamed patches between the folds of my skin and in my armpits. As a result of all this, I am on a naturopath-directed food plan: meat, vegetables, no fruits, no grains, no sugars of any kind, very low dairy. I have been on this almost-paleo eating plan for over a month now. My candidiasis is already much better. My brain fog from sugar is receding. I am not sure what I weigh, but I know it is less, because my clothes are getting looser. And best of all (this is for Gnollers for whom the idea of a Higher Power is not an ego trip or a sign of mental weakness) without the sugar being poured down my gullet constantly, I have had some spiritual experiences that are changing my attitudes towards intimacy and death. Do I have cravings? Sure. But so far my Higher Power has helped me eat according to plan, which is sort of a miracle, because I am a chronic relapser in 12 Step language. I credit the paleo diet (which just happens to gibe with the Blood Type Diet for me as an O+) for much of this healing process.

For the fifty years prior to adopting paleo/home made sauerkraut I have had teenage anroexia (ages 14-21), lifelong myo-facial pain, two rectal surgeries, abdominal hernia surgerty, and chronic indigestion.

I have been paleo + daily home made sauerkraut for three years now. Magic!

One stunning realization for me is that for the previous 50 years pre-paleo I have lived in a dream-like, fuzzy-minded state. Now on paleo my mind has become clearer, my emotions more even, and - amazingly - I have become interested in maths and engineering to the point that I, with no previous knowledge, have recently designed and constructed 1) a classroom toy/model that illustrates various applications of conic sections 2) a new form of construction blocks for children. Engineering, maths and physics now interest me.

What is the basis of this? I suspect it has to do with a lessening of chaotic messaging from the intestines through the enteric system to the hind brain, allowing the forebrain to operate better/be more dominant.

Just a theory.

Other improvements in my health include the fact that my system of fascia is in much better health (flexibility, strength posture).

In fact, today, my health is just great.

Viva Paleo! Viva!