Loren Cordain

After being diagnosed with celiac disease but not responding to a gluten-free diet, I ended up with a medically prescribed diet that is pretty much Paleo (though a bit stricter). The new diet is working amazingly well, so I thought I'd read a bit about it to educate myself as to why.

Sadly, this is more of a "try this diet" book than a "why this diet works" book. There is some good information to it but it is more infomercial than what I hoped for, particularly with the "you will lose show more weight!" bits. I'm a couple of pounds away from being underweight; the last thing I want to do is lose more weight.

I suppose I'm just the wrong demographic for this book. I've already switched over to this way of eating and after a few weeks, had a dramatic turnaround in my celiac problems (joint pain being the biggest issue), so I don't need convincing. It did give me a few ideas as to where to expand my current diet and did give me a bit more confidence going forward, but probably not the most necessary diet-related reading I've ever done.

Two stars for the book, one more star for the diet (because it has been pretty great to me in helping me control my health issues so far). show less

I've been reading alot about Paleo lately but haven't been able to take the leap and give it a try. This book is pushing me further in the direction of at least trying. I like that there is an 85/15 rule - paleo 85% of the time, other foods 15%. That alone makes if feel more approachable. I don't like that the 7 day meal plan relies on recipes in ANOTHER book, though.

This is the original edition and as such doesn't take into account more recent research about saturated fat in particular. All of the info is available on the web somewhere - I didn't find the book added much of anything, but as with all diet books, it was easy to find used.

It's always heartening to read the other reviews here on Goodreads. Because oish, this book was a nightmare. The author needed an editor, a fact-checker, oh, and something resembling familiarity with the literature in the field. I spotted glaring errors through the first twenty or so pages, which is where I stopped. UGH!