I don't expect others in my household to give up those foods, but a little support would be appreciated during meal planning. Especially if I'm going to be doing the cooking. They can stuff their faces with grains all day long at work and outside the house if it pleases them. Is it too much to ask that they not bitch and moan if I make a dinner that it meat and vegetables only?

Gimmicky diets... at this point, who knows who is right? There is very little advice available, but there is an overabundance of marketing. Don't count on the USDA to sort things since they shape the food pyramid (it's a plate now, right?) not according to any science but according to whatever section of the farming or agriculture industry has their knickers in a twist.

Mark Sisson is selling a product/methodology, but it's a system that appeals to me because it stresses using locally-grown, organic produce and sustainable meats, and avoiding processed foods. I'll take that over the master cleanse: drinking a maple syrup, cayenne pepper and lemon juice cocktail for a week.