Paleo Diet Explanation!

Wow, sorry to bring back old posts, but that was an awesome video!  I was not sure what the paleo diet was, exactly.

I've been a vegan for two decades, but my diet isn't something I can be proud of.  It's a typical American diet, and doesn't have the variety it should.

I am planning to start on the RAVE Diet in March, after I get bloodwork done.  I am going to stick to it for a year and see if there's a good change in my bloodwork at the end of that (I won't be able to eat with friends or family any more, it's going to take a whole lot of explaining and stick-to-it-iveness).  This is a vegan diet that has a lot in common with the Paleo diet.

I am going to eliminate from my diet the calcium supplements (I am keeping a daily multi for the B-12 which according to the RAVE Diet the caveman got from eating dirt because the bacteria in the soil produce B-12), white flour, oil, sugar, salt, and other refined foods.  The RAVE Diet is a 50/50 raw/cooked diet, which is different from Paleo as I understand it.  However, if Paleo is a meat-eating diet, and obviously meat has to be cooked, then I can't understand why the potatoes and sweet potatoes are not allowed in the Paleo diet.  Did the cave man eat only raw meat? If not, couldn't he have dug up a potato and cooked it too?

The RAVE Diet includes grains (but no refined grains, only whole grains), beans, roots and stuff like potatoes, veggies, fruits, nuts, all kinds of spices, etc.  Has anyone even heard of the RAVE Diet or have any opinion of it?  I am currently reading the book, I already watched the DVD.