The Whole30

Change Your Life in Unexpected Ways

Appears in
Well Fed 2: More Paleo Recipes for People Who Love to Eat
Well Fed 2

By Melissa Joulwan

Published 2013

  • About
I’m going to make a plug right here: If you haven’t experienced a Whole30, I encourage you to seriously consider committing to the 30-day program (even if you’ve been following the paleo diet for some time). It will change your life.
I know that’s a bold claim, but following the Whole30 guidelines for one month teaches you things about food you didn’t even know you didn’t know.

The Whole30 is a program developed by Melissa and Dallas Hartwig, founders of Whole9 and authors of the book It Starts With Food. I urge you to read their wonderful book. It clearly explains the science behind eating paleo, without getting bogged down in evolutionary details or inexplicable jargon. The heart of the book – and the program – is the fact that some foods make us healthier and some foods do not. Eat more healthy food; eat less unhealthy food.