The Paleo Diet: Lose Weight and Get Healthy by Eating the Food You Were Designed to Eat
The Paleo Diet: Lose Weight and Get Healthy by Eating the Food You Were Designed to Eat
According to author Loren Cordain, modern health and diet problems didn’t start with the advent of packaged snack food, but much earlier–back at the dawn of the agricultural age many thousands of years ago. As humans became less nomadic and more dependent on high-carbohydrate diets, we left behind the diet we had evolved with, which is based on low-fat proteins and plenty of fruits and vegetables. Sugars, fats, and carbs were rare, if they were present at all, and survival required a steady, if low-key, level of activity.
Cordain’s book The Paleo Diet blends medical research with a healthy sprinkle of individual anecdotes, practical tips, and recipes designed to make his suggestions into a sustainable lifestyle, rather than a simple month-long diet; he even includes cooking recommendations and nationwide sources for wild game.
Claims of improving diseases from diabetes to acne to polycystic ovary disease may be a little overstated, but in general the advice seems sound. Can any of us really go wrong by adding lots more vegetables and fruits to our daily regimen? One recommendation on safe tanning with a gradual reduction in sunscreen is surprising and not much detail is provided for safety issues that can accompany increased sun exposure. Still, Cordain’s assertions have helped many people, and could provide exactly the changes you’ve been looking for to improve your health. –Jill Lightner “We can’t recommend The Paleo Diet highly enough!”
- Michael and Mary Dan Eades, M.D.
authors of Protein Power
“The Paleo Diet is at once revolutionary and intuitive. . . . Its prescription provides without a doubt the most nutritious diet on the planet.”
-Jennie Brand-Miller, Ph.D., coauthor of the bestselling The Glucose Revolution and The Glucose Revolution Life Plan
“Filled with delicious recipes and meal plans, The Paleo Diet will open your eyes, trim your waistline, and improve your overall health.”
-Michael R. Eades, M.D., and Mary Dan Eades, M.D.
authors of The 30-Day Low-Carb Diet Solution and coauthors of The Low-Carb Comfort Food Cookbook
“Finally, someone has figured out the best diet for people-a modern version of the diet the human race grew up eating. Dr. Loren Cordain’s easy-to-follow diet plan cuts right to the chase.”
-Jack Challem, coauthor of Syndrome X: The Complete Nutritional Program to Prevent and Reverse Insulin Resistance
Healthy, delicious, and simple, the Paleo Diet is the diet you were designed to eat. If you want to lose weight-up to 75 pounds in six months-or if you want to attain optimal health, The Paleo Diet will do wonders for you. The world’s leading expert on Paleolithic (Stone Age) nutrition, Dr. Loren Cordain demonstrates how, by eating all the lean meats and fish, fresh fruits, and nonstarchy vegetables you want, you can lose weight and prevent and treat heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis, Syndrome X, and many other illnesses. Over 100 delicious Paleo recipes provide enough flavor and variety to satisfy anyone, and the six weeks of Paleo meal plans get you started on a healthy and enjoyable new way of eating. Start reading and following The Paleo Diet today and eat your way to weight loss, weight control, increased energy, and lifelong health-while enjoying every delicious bite.
User Ratings and Reviews
3 Stars A god nutrition reference but…
…I wish there were more scientific in-depth discussion to the claims of the book. There’s a lot of persuasive talk (and I believe that’s how the diet books are written) but unlike some other diet books this one has an incredible and consistent message: The humans evolved to eat a certain diet; what we eat presently is contrary to our genes, thus all the “diseases of affluence”; thus, you eat what you ancestors ate.
Unfortunately, this is a standard diet book, and I wish the authors explore more and debunk the criticism of the Paleo Diet (for example, the role of abundance of calories and role of exercise), the book would be more credible. I would give it 3 1/2 starts, since the overall message of the book can take on a dozen of diet books put together.
By all means be familiar with this diet.
4 Stars Paleo Diet
This book is very informative and gives you loads of advise on changing your diet.
4 Stars good book
I really enjoyed this. The information makes sense to me - not just my brain, but my physical intuition resonates with this way of eating. I was so grateful when it came out because I had suspected, in recent years, that our genetic history should dictate our diet. I do think we should have more detailed background on what our specific ancestors ate.
For instance, I have a native American friend who, through process of elimination & re-introduction has discovered she can eat beans and corn with no problems whereas I cannot. Her ancestors have had enough time to adapt to a diet including them. I suspect the grain barley would be OK for me because it was eaten for thousands of years by my Celtic ancestors. Orientals probably have foods they are genetically predisposed to deal with just fine.
But this is a really good start on what I hope will become a more detailed subject for some researcher in the future.
4 Stars Ohhhweeeohhh, Paleo: A Diet So Easy Even An American Can Do It!
As one of the classic diet and health books to ever be written, this one surely stand the test of time because it is based on the diet of our “hunter-gatherer” ancestors. Or, as Dr. Loren Cordain puts it, this is “the diet you were designed to eat.”
Health and weight loss await you as you take your eating habits literally back to the Stone Age consuming foods like fish, meats, fresh fruit, and non-starchy veggies in virtually unlimited quantities can bring about weight loss and prevent such health calamities as heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis, metabolic syndrome, and more. Although there are a few subtle differences between the Paleo Diet and more mainstream low-carb diets such as Atkins, the premise is the same-reduce your carbs, control the insulin, and improve health dramatically!
You’ll get a history behind why all those other diets have failed, a detailed explanation about why the Paleo Diet will work, lists of foods you can eat as well as foods you shouldn’t eat, and a plan of action that includes six weeks of sample menus and recipes that will have you eating like a caveman. In fact, this diet is so easy even an American can do it!
4 Stars The Paleo Diet
I really liked this book - and started the diet.
My sugar levels are way down, my blood pressure is down -
I wish I had this book 20 years ago!
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