Synopses & Reviews
"We cant 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 peoplea modern version of the diet the human race grew up eating. Dr. Loren Cordains 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 weightup to 75 pounds in six monthsor if you want to attain optimal health, The Paleo Diet will do wonders for you. The worlds 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 healthwhile enjoying every delicious bite.
Review
"I've lost 10lb, look surprisingly clear-skinned and fit into that LBD. I'd recommend this to anyone needing a quick fix..." (Elle Magazine, January 2008)
Synopsis
As seen on "Dateline NBC"
Healthy, delicious, and simple, the Paleo Diet is the diet our genes were made for. It is humanity s original and optimal diet, designed by natural selection. Written by the world s acknowledged scientific expert on Paleolithic (Stone Age) nutrition, "The Paleo Diet "presents readers with a revolutionary program that causes weight loss in overweight people up to seventy-five pounds in six months while normalizing blood cholesterol, and increasing energy levels. It is also useful in the treatment of diabetes, hypertension, kidney stones, osteoporosis, Syndrome X, and autoimmune diseases. With over 100 delicious Paleo recipes, six weeks of Paleo Meal Plans, and three levels of the diet for everyone from casual dieters to those who seriously need to lose weight, "The Paleo Diet "gets us back to the way Mother Nature intended us to eat.
Loren Cordain, PhD (Ft. Collins, CO), is one of the world s most renowned scientists doing substantial research on the original human diet. He is generally acknowledged as the world s leading expert on the Paleolithic diet. Dr. Cordain s work has been featured on "Dateline NBC "and on the front page of "The Wall Street Journal."
Synopsis
"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.
About the Author
LOREN CORDAIN, Ph.D., is one of the world's most renowned scientists doing groundbreaking research into the original human diet. Generally acknowledged as the world's leading expert on the Paleolithic diet, he is a professor in the Health and Exercise Science Department at Colorado State University and is a member of the American Institute of Nutrition, the American Society for Clinical Nutrition, and the American Heart Association. He regularly lectures and travels around North America and the world.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments.
PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING THE PALEO DIET.
Introduction.
Not Just Another Low-Carb Diet.
The Ground Rules of the Paleo Diet.
How Our Diet Went Wrong and What You Can Do About It.
PART TWO: LOSING WEIGHT AND PREVENTING AND HEALING DISEASES.
Losing Weight the Paleo Diet Way.
Syndrome X: The Civilization Diseases.
Food as Medicine: How Paleo Diets Improve Health and Well Being.
PART THREE: THE PALEO DIET PROGRAM.
Eating Great: What to Eat, What to Avoid.
The Paleo Diet User's Manual.
The Meal Plans for the Three Levels of the Paleo Diet.
The Paleo Diet Recipes.
Paleo Exercise.
Living the Paleo Diet.
Appendix A: Acid-Base Values of Common Foods (100-gram portions).
Appendix B: Comparison of the Total Fat in Domestic and Wild Meats.
Appendix C: Practical Implementation of Parts of the Paleo Diet on a Global Scale.
Bibliography.
Index.