Kamal Patel’s response to a reader asking about bread was 1) terrific and 2) funny! A highlight:
I wholeheartedly support “paleo frankenfoods” for those that can eat them without getting gluttony (not gluteny). Whole9 wrote an article called “Sex With Your Pants On” about not eating such foods during a Whole30. Great, excellent, very very good. Whole30 is about strictness, makes for a great baseline, and reliably leads to weight loss. But for someone who has been experimenting with foods and nutrients for a while, sex with your pants on (aka paleo-izing pizza or dessert) is more like sex with a condom. It’s not really that bad, and it can be decent for long term health. Maybe even better than celibacy!
Myself, I am far, far from a paleo purist (we can’t all be Kurt Harris wrt candy cigarettes). I’m also a fan of Ragen Chastain’s underpants rule and think people should make their own choices.
So while I find the idea of “paleo-izing” cinnamon rolls or French toast or cake or even pizza just a bit of a mental gymnastics exercise myself, ultimately I think it’s best to keep Yoni Freedhoff’s maxim in mind: live “the healthiest life that you can enjoy, not the healthiest life that you can tolerate.”
Bon appétit!
Weight Maven is written by Beth Mazur. Beth believes that obesity is more symptom than cause and that the real problem is our Western diet -- especially sugar, refined grains, and industrial oils. Beth writes about nutrition, ancestral health, & food policy. And cats! 
For better *and* worse we are stuck with the society we’re in. Make the best of it and enjoy. When and if you can, nudge it a better direction even if it isn’t ‘right’.
After our holiday indulgences, I put my hubby on a sort-of paleo diet, I say sort-of because it would have been a deal breaker if he couldn’t have coffee. Also, green beans are one of the few vegetables that he likes, so I certainly didn’t want to put them on a “forbidden” list.
However, I understand the Whole9 position: “The problem is, if you continue to have sex with your pants on, it’s inevitable that at some point you’re gonna want to take your pants off.” At some point, I’m going to ease him back to having dry cereal a few times a week. I hope that at that time, he doesn’t pick up other bad habits that he had before.