About

The Paleo Diet, the world’s healthiest diet, is based on the simple understanding that the best human diet is the one to which we are best genetically adapted. It is supported by documented scientific evidence and by real-life improvements, even triumphs, of people winning their personal health battles.

The Paleo Diet team brings together

• Loren Cordain, Ph.D., the world’s leading expert on Paleolithic diets
• Pedro Bastos, completing his M.S. in Human Nutrition and Food Quality, nutrition consultant, researcher, and lecturer from Lisbon, Portugal
• Nell Stephenson, B.S. in Exercise Science, Ironman athlete, personal trainer, and health and nutrition consultant
• Chris LaLanne, health and fitness coach and grand-nephew of legendary health advocate Jack LaLanne
• Maelan Fontes, M.Sc., nutrition and psychoneuroimmunology expert from Spain

The insight that the evolutionary template provides, supported by research in the world’s top scientific journals, is provided in our free weekly newsletter, The Paleo Diet Update. Each week we cover the scientific basis, the practical application, and the “how to” of humanity’s healthiest diet.

We also offer numerous programs designed to help people address particular nutritional and health needs. These programs can enable you to achieve your health goals whether you seek to:

• permanently free yourself from acne
• improve your athletic performance
• slow progression of an autoimmune disease
• enjoy a longer, healthier, more active life
• lose weight without dieting and exercise,
• reduce or eliminate your risk of diseases, including cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and the vast majority of all chronic degenerative diseases that affect humanity

Dr. Loren Cordain is a member of the faculty of the Department of Health and Exercise Science at Colorado State University.

During the past two decades he has researched the effects of diet on human health and specifically examined links between modern diets and disease.  He is the author of numerous scientific articles examining the link between diet and health, and has published three popular books, The Paleo Diet, The Paleo Diet for Athletes, and The Dietary Cure for Acne.  Additional information and specifics may be found in the articles, books, and materials listed on this web site, and through The Paleo Diet Newsletter.

Pedro Bastos writes for The Paleo Diet Update, and provides consultations, research, and advice to the Paleo Diet community.

Pedro is a member of the New York Academy of Sciences, The International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids and The Nutrition Society, a certified Personal Trainer and Strength and Conditioning Instructor and holds Post-graduate diplomas in Exercise and Health (from School of Sport Science of Rio Maior, Portugal) and in Biochemistry and Orthomolecular Medicine (from Fernando Pessoa University, Portugal). Presently, he is obtaining his Master degree in Human Nutrition and Food Quality through Universitat de les Illes Balears (Spain). His research interests are Dairy Products and Human Health, Nutrition and Chronic Inflammatory/Auto-immune Diseases, Role of Micronutrients in Human Health, Prevention of Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia, Nutrition and Liver adenomas, and the Role of Nutrition in Sports injury prevention.

Chris LaLanne is the grand nephew of health and fitness pioneer Jack LaLanne.

Chris is an accomplished athlete with over 15 years of experience as a fitness professional. He holds a B.S. in Kinesiology/Physiology as a graduate of the Exercise and Nutritional Sciences Department at San Diego State University. Uncle Jack has been his biggest influence since day one. He feels honored to follow in the foot steps of a man who has helped so many and truly made a difference in our world. Nearly 5 years ago, after following the Paleo Diet for just one week, his strength and energy skyrocketed beyond imagination. He has been helping others feel better and look better ever since, by teaching the Paleo Diet lifestyle. Chris is the owner of LALANNE FITNESS powered by CrossFit, located downtown San Francisco, California. His students have demonstrated weight loss, increased athletic performance and faster recovery when following the Paleo Diet.

Nell Stephenson, BS, Exercise Science, USC, ACSM H/FI

Nell writes for The Paleo Diet Update, and delivers several of our Implementation programs. Nell Stephenson is a competitive Ironman athlete, personal trainer, and a health and nutrition consultant. She has an Exercise Science Degree from the University of Southern California, a Health/Fitness Instructor Certification from the American College of Sports Medicine and over a decade in the health, fitness and nutrition industry. To support her training for Ironman Triathlon, Nell has tried many different nutritional plans and has found that The Paleo Diet is superior to all other ways of eating. She’s found that she’s leaner, faster and fitter than ever before and uses her own experience to teach clients how to achieve optimal nutrition and health. You can visit her website at:  www.paleoista.com

Maelán Fontes Villalba, M.Sc. Clinical Psychoneuroimmnology (Universitat de Girona, Spain)

Maelán writes for The Paleo Diet Update, and shares his private practice experience in physiotherapy and clinical psychoneuroimmunology. He is a member of the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease Society and the Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society. He also lectures in Clinical Psychoneuroimmunology at the Unversitat de Girona in Spain. In addition to his Graduate degree in Physiotherapy, and his Post-graduate degree in Clinical Psychoneuroimmunology, Maelán has studied and taught Nutrition as Medicine: Pain, Resoleomics; Neurotraining; Nutrition as Medicine: Detoxification; Auriculotherapy (Neurobiopsychology); and Nutrition as Medicine: Infant nutrition.

Our mission is…

• To accelerate the widespread recognition of the evolutionary basis for the optimally healthful diet
• To generate publicity, discussion, and research on this topic
• To inspire health-conscious individuals and healthcare practitioners to adopt and recommend this way of eating
• To help people reduce their risk of lifestyle-based diseases