The Paleo Diet: Lose Weight and Get Healthy by Eating the Food You Were Designed to Eat | 
 enlarge | Author: Loren Cordain
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
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Pages: 272
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 0471267554
Dewey Decimal Number: 613
EAN: 9780471267553
ASIN: 0471267554
Publication Date: December 20, 2002
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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
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"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.
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A little misinformed November 26, 2008
Ptolemy (Columbia, Mo.)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Overall, a pretty good diet book which is easy to read and understand and follow.
However, in the book Dr. Cordain claims that milk/dairy is bad for you. He claims that our Paleolithic ancestors did not drink milk, which is probably true, but what he fails to mention is that the European and Near Eastern Caucasian people underwent a natural selection process that enabled them to digest milk. Meaning, that ancient individuals that couldn't digest milk died off, and the ones that could digest milk thrived and reproduced, and thus furthered their genetic makeup of adult milk consumption. So obviously, mother nature thought it best to consume dairy products.
No, I refuse to give up dairy products. Milk, yogurt, ice cream, creamer for coffee is what I live for. I hate chalky tasting soy.
 Agree that lean meat, seafood, fruit & vegetables are healthy, however... October 10, 2008
Linda Yo (San Diego, CA)
0 out of 7 found this review helpful
I am a certified weight consultant & the author of Asian Slim Secrets. I can agree with the author that lean meat, seafood, fruit & vegetables are healthy. However, I do not agree that one should get rid of cereals and legumes from their diet. It is not consistent with the food pyramid. Unprocessed cereals and legumes contain a lot of fiber and resistant starch which are beneficial for weight loss.
 Nothing revolutionary August 28, 2008
D. Perelstein (Swarthmore College, PA USA)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
While this book was correct most of the time, and suggests a diet that would likely be effective, it doesn't really have any novel information, or even present the information in any terribly new way. If you do your reading, you will find this information from a million other sources.
Great concept- good follow through July 24, 2008
Compass Marketplace (San Diego, CA)
Paleo Diet follows the great concept of eating how we were designed to eat and does so in a thorough, enlightening way. There are issues to consider, however, like the lack of variety in the foods they recommend and negative non-natural foods the book suggests (like flax seed oil for cooking). Despite the drawbacks, we recommend this book.
Paleo create for Creationists, too! May 22, 2008
J. Schofield (A chiropractor's table in Denver)
2 out of 12 found this review helpful
As a young-earth Creationist, I love the concept of this diet, and it really works. I have been losing about 1/2 lb a day very consistently over time, I have more energy than before, I've lost that "brain fog" that so many people have on a high-carb way of eating, my general mood and outlook are improved, I'm certainly not starving. I'm in ketosis most of the time, so my body is a fat-burning machine, without me even trying - I don't even exercise, although I'll start soon. Why is this great from a Creationist viewpoint? The same principles apply -- what did the first human beings eat? Genesis 1 tells us that God created 1) grasses, 2) edible plants (vegetables,fruits,herbs) with seeds on the outside, 3) edible plants with seeds on the inside. Then, God tells us to eat those edible plants. Nowhere does He say to eat grass (grain) or seeds (grains, legumes, arguably potatoes). In Gen. 9:1-3, right after Noah's flood, God finally gives people permission to eat meat. Sure, people began to eat grain, beans & potatoes later in the Bible, that is an historical fact recorded in scripture. But going back to the beginning, what did our Intelligent Designer create for us to eat, originally? Fruits, vegetabes, herbs, (arguably) nuts and later on, meat too. Not grass, and not foods in which the entire food items IS the seed (grain, beans, potatoes). Some animals can eat those foods fine, but human beings aren't designed by our heavenly Creator to eat those things. We can if we have to, but in a free society today, we have the freedom to eat the way we were designed! I give this 4 stars. I withheld one star only because Dr. Cordain is very vocal about his foolish belief in the fairytale of evolution and its supposed basis for this diet. Frankly, this should be more aptly titled "The Creationist Diet!" It fits perfectly hand-in-hand with biblical Creationism, so I wholeheartedly recommend it to bible-believing Christians everywhere!
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