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Primal body, primal mind beyond the paleo diet for total health and a longer life
"Examining the healthy lives of our pre-agricultural Paleolithic ancestors and the marked decline in stature, bone density, and dental health and the increase in birth defects, malnutrition, and disease following the implementation of the agricultural lifestyle, Nora Gedgaudas shows how our mod...
| Main Author: | Gedgaudas, Nora T. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Rochester, Vt. :
Healing Arts Press,
c2011.
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Table of Contents:
- pt. 1. Primal body. A look at where our dietary requirements originated
- So, what's for dinner?
- Grains: are they really a health food?
- So what about soy?
- Digestion and nutrient assimilation: a north-to-south journey
- Your gut and the immune connection
- Dietary facts: the good, the bad, and the ugly
- Dispelling the cholesterol myth
- Vitamin D: what all da buzz is about
- Making the omega-3 fatty acids connection
- The tyranny of trans fats
- So, how much natural fat do I need, anyway?
- Carbohydrate metabolism 101
- Leptin: the lord and master of your hormonal kingdom
- Weight management 101 and the path to type 2 diabetes
- Taming the carb-craving monster
- High fructose corn syrup: a sticky wicket best avoided
- What about fiber as an essential carbohydrate?
- Adrenal exhaustion: a uniquely modern epidemic
- A word about water
- Understanding the role of protein
- Our primordial past: understanding mother nature's plan and where we fit in
- Using insulin and leptin to our advantage
- pt. 2. Primal mind. Feeding your brain: why it matters
- How important is fat to the brain?
- Where does ADD/ADHD fit in to all of this?
- Relief from anxiety and depression in our uncertain world
- What about food allergies and sensitivities?
- The impact of modern dietary and environmental stress on the brain
- pt. 3. Paradise lost. Surviving in a modern world
- What generation of Pottenger's cat are you?
- Appendixes. A. Where to start?
- B. Sample menus
- C. Protein content in foods
- D. An abbreviated guide to supplementation
- E. The Weston A. Price Foundation
- F. Pyroluria
- G. Paleo/traditional diet resources and related websites
- H. Recommended reading.