Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
Purchase Benefits
What is included with this book?
Illustration Permissions | p. x |
Foreword | p. xi |
Foreword | p. xiii |
Preface | p. xxi |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Primal Body | |
A Look at Where Our Dietary Requirements Originated | p. 4 |
So, What's for Dinner? | p. 24 |
Grains: Are They Really a Health Food? | p. 29 |
So What about Soy? | p. 49 |
Digestion and Nutrient Assimilation: A North-to-South Journey | p. 54 |
Your Gut and the Immune Connection | p. 64 |
Dietary Fats: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly | p. 68 |
Dispelling the Cholesterol Myth | p. 76 |
Vitamin D: What All da Buzz Is About | p. 87 |
Making the Omega-3 Fatty Acids Connection | p. 96 |
The Tyranny of Trans Fats | p. 109 |
So, How Much Natural Fat Do I Need, Anyway? | p. 115 |
Carbohydrate Metabolism 101 | p. 122 |
Leptin: The Lord and Master of Your Hormonal Kingdom | p. 133 |
Weight Management 101 and the Path to Type 2 Diabetes | p. 139 |
Taming the Carb-craving Monster | p. 162 |
High Fructose Corn Syrup: A Sticky Wicket Best Avoided | p. 172 |
What about Fiber as an Essential Carbohydrate? | p. 177 |
Adrenal Exhaustion: A Uniquely Modern Epidemic | p. 181 |
A Word about Water | p. 187 |
Understanding the Role of Protein | p. 194 |
Our Primordial Past: Understanding Mother Nature's Plan and Where We Fit In | p. 201 |
Using Insulin and Leptin to Our Advantage | p. 216 |
Primal Mind | |
Feeding Your Brain: Why It Matters | p. 220 |
How Important Is Fat to the Brain? | p. 230 |
Where Does ADD/ADHD Fit In to All of This? | p. 236 |
Relief from Anxiety and Depression in Our Uncertain World | p. 261 |
What about Food Allergies and Sensitivities? | p. 272 |
The Impact of Modern Dietary and Environmental Stress on the Brain | p. 277 |
Paradise Lost | |
Surviving in a Modern World | p. 284 |
What Generation of Pottenger's Cat Are You? | p. 294 |
Where to Start? | p. 301 |
Sample Menus | p. 308 |
Protein Content in Foods | p. 314 |
An Abbreviated Guide to Supplementation | p. 316 |
The Weston A. Price Foundation | p. 321 |
Pyroluria | p. 324 |
Paleo/Traditional Diet Resources and Related Websites | p. 328 |
Recommended Reading | p. 333 |
References | p. 368 |
About the Author | p. 377 |
Index | p. 378 |
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.
The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.