Customer Reviews:
 Agree that lean meat, seafood, fruit & vegetables are healthy, however... October 10, 2008
0 out of 5 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
1 out of 2 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
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
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!
 works for me May 17, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I read this book a few years ago and at the time, thought it was too extreme and unworkable.
Then, about 6 weeks ago, I read it again, tried this new way of eating and have lost 10 pounds so far.
It takes some getting used to, but you don't have to restrict calories, you just have to eat plenty of LEAN protein (unlike the Atkins diet), and plenty of fruits and veggies. No dairy, no grains, no legumes, no sugars. Yikes! For most Americans, used to eating bread, pasta, potatoes, milk, ice cream, cheese, etc., it will seem like blasphemy to give those things up.
Try it and you'll be surprised. I'm a cheese hound, love desserts, and have eaten my share of pasta, rice, bread and potatoes. I don't crave these things the way I used to, although don't get me wrong, I still like them. I just eat them occasionally and find that eating the paleo way is quite satisfying and my desire for the other foods has diminished greatly.
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