The Paleo Diet in Plain English

[whitecoast]

Hi everyone!

This weekend I had a conversation with my sister and brother in law over dinner about the type of diet I was on, and both of them expressed interest in learning about the paleolithic diet. Specifically, my sister asked about some of the books I've read on it. I mentioned Primal Body, Primal Mind, and Life Without Bread (Vegetarian Myth and Sleep, Sugar, and Survival both touch somewhat on it, but only peripherally) and she asked if she could take a look at them.

Naturally I'd love to share that information, but Primal Body, Primal Mind is quite a dense read in terms of the nutritional information, health effects, et cetera. To be Frank, neither of them know very much medicine and biochemistry. I'm going to share the book with them in any case, but I was wondering if any of you have read other, more "plain english" books that talk about the benefits of the paleolithic diet, and the reasons for choosing some foods and avoiding others? Because if so, I'd like to either recommend it to them or send them a copy. :)

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[Renaissance]

If they're interested, I think the information in PBPM may only spark their interest more. It is rich in info, but I think that's a part of it's appeal; I think Nora does such a good job in explaining things that it's okay if someone doesn't have much of a background in nutrition. At least that's been my experience.

 

[loreta]

For me Life Without Bread was the most important book I read about health, and very clear and easily reading! After reading this book you have a good idea about the benefits of low carb diet. And I started to read the book Primal Body Primal Mind and think also is very clear and not very complicated. :)

 

[Carl]

Hi everyone!

This weekend I had a conversation with my sister and brother in law over dinner about the type of diet I was on, and both of them expressed interest in learning about the paleolithic diet. Specifically, my sister asked about some of the books I've read on it. I mentioned Primal Body, Primal Mind, and Life Without Bread (Vegetarian Myth and Sleep, Sugar, and Survival both touch somewhat on it, but only peripherally) and she asked if she could take a look at them.

Naturally I'd love to share that information, but Primal Body, Primal Mind is quite a dense read in terms of the nutritional information, health effects, et cetera. To be Frank, neither of them know very much medicine and biochemistry. I'm going to share the book with them in any case, but I was wondering if any of you have read other, more "plain english" books that talk about the benefits of the paleolithic diet, and the reasons for choosing some foods and avoiding others? Because if so, I'd like to either recommend it to them or send them a copy. :)

Thanks in advance for your help.

Life without bread is a good start, it is not too dense and most people with sufficient motivation will understand the concepts.
However I would suggest making it clear to them that LWB doesn't have all of the answers, and that further reading is necessary to truly understand it.

Perhaps you should tell them that if there are things they don't quite understand, then to ask you about them? Assuming that you know the subject well enough to relay to somebody else in simple terms.

I did a similar thing and made notes/highlighted in my copy and wrote simple summary bullet points at the end of each chapter. This was both for me to remember things, and for other people that I have lent the book to.

 

[dugdeep]

If they're interested, I think the information in PBPM may only spark their interest more. It is rich in info, but I think that's a part of it's appeal; I think Nora does such a good job in explaining things that it's okay if someone doesn't have much of a background in nutrition. At least that's been my experience.

I'd echo what Shane says here. Nora does a great job of explaining things in plain english. Even though PBPM does go into some complicated areas, it is great at explaining things in layman's terms. I've recommended it to several people with no nutritional background and they've all understood it just fine.