Product Description

In this unique ground breaking and enlightening book, Nora Gedgaudas provides a sane departure from conventional thinking about nutrition as promoted in the media and by conventional diet pundits. You will at last come to truly understand the basic principles of how your body and brain function based on both fundamental human physiology and the ancient selective pressures that shaped it. You'll also come to appreciate how these same selective pressures came to establish our most basic nutritional requirements-your key to health and freedom from disease. Never again be confused-or fooled-by misleading or conflicting dietary information! This is NOT just another book about "caveman diets" or "low carb eating". Although these topics are covered, there is a unique "twist" to the material that will have you seeing your health and your diet in a way you never have before. Fasten your seatbelts. This is not a conventional paradigm...It is most certainly outside the conventional box you were always told was the true picture (the same conventional box that is dedicated to supporting the corporate interests of the food, medical, pharmaceutical and even supplement industries). This book reaches credibly across disciplines and gives you the greater "aha!" of how various aspects of health actually fit together-including aspects of diet, physiology, modern anti-aging research, weight loss, supplementation, brain health, mental health, and even physical fitness. More than this, you will also come to understand where nature's most basic intent may not always be compatible with our own and how to apply information provided by the latest in science and human longevity research to live longer, healthier and more vibrant lives than you ever before thought possible. Regardless of whether you're already healthy and want to improve that, or whether you're trying to lose weight or reclaim your health from whatever is challenging you, this book will be an indispensable tool. Finally, learn how to apply these new and ancient principles in a way that will not only save you from the pitfalls and economic devastation of the "disease care industry", but also potentially save you hundreds, if not thousands of dollars on your grocery bills, as well. Primal Body-Primal Mind is truly the ultimate health approach for the "new economy" and for the New Millenium!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #28450 in Books
• Published on: 2009-02-17
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 404 pages

Customer Reviews

Primal tools for the (almost) modern human
Primal Body-Primal Mind covers a wide range of health topics - nutrition, metabolism, exercise, weight loss, vitamins and supplements, depression and other emotional issues - but ties them all back to one central idea: physically, we are virtually identical to our Paleolithic ancestors. We may drive minivans and listen to modern jazz on iPods, but our bodies and brains haven't really evolved past the stone-tools era. Your great-grandfather to the 10th power thrived on particular foods and types of exercise (although he never called it that), and so will you.

Nora obviously ploughed through an enormous amount of research to write this book, and she summarizes it quite nicely. She explains biochemical concepts clearly, while managing to sneak in a bit of humor here and there - always a plus with me. I enjoy a book when the information is dense, but the writing style isn't.

The sections dealing depression and alcoholism are especially eye-opening. We've been told over and over that these are mental or spiritual conditions. Perhaps they are ... but perhaps they are caused or at least aggravated by the wrong diet as well.

Overall, an excellent read and an excellent resource.

One of my favorite books in the genre to date
Substance, science and humor; what a great combination to put into a book on a subject that has the potential to touch so many in ways that, ironically, most people in our culture are not even remotely aware of. Being a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, I have lots of books on my shelf that extol the value of eating nutrient dense foods, prepared properly for maximizing and enhancing the available nutrients. I also have scores of books and articles on how our physiology deals with these nutrients and what happens when good nutrition is lacking or absent. To date, none of what I have and what I've read comes close to comparing with Nora's excellent Primal Body - Primal Mind in terms of clearly explaining how what we take into our bodies affects our cells, our various systems and our whole being. This is a compendium of information, written in a very easily readable form that covers the gamut of what one needs to know to be truly healthy from the point of view of what we eat. Each chapter of her book could be a stand-alone reference guide on a particular aspect of good nutritional health. She has a way of telling a story and wrapping it up in deeply and clearly researched facts, data and information, and presenting it in a way that is readable, fun, poignant, eye opening and sometimes "catch-your-breath" scary. I'm reminded somewhat of one of the first science writers I was introduced to, many years ago, who put things together in a similar way - Isaac Asimov. This is a book that I will share with as many people as I can because I think it has the possibility to really change lives. If I had the skills, knowledge and experience that Nora has, this is the book I would want to write.

She walks her talk
Primal Body-Primal Mind: Empower Your Total Health The Way Evolution Intended (...And Didn't)

I have actually had the chance to meet Nora, which makes what she writes even more valuable to me. So often you meet healthcare providers, and they just don't look healthy themselves. It does not inspire me to follow their advice. Nora is the perfect example of "walking her talk", she looks vibrant, healthy, and her mind is clear and (well) just plain amazing.
I encourage everyone to read this book, it will change your life. I am a working Nutritional Therapist and recommend this book to all my clients.

Tracy Bosnian NTP, CH.