Europe’s First Paleo Restaurant

Sauvage, Europe’s first paleolithic restaurant was recently opened in Berlin, Germany. Each dish that served at the restaurant meets strict “paleo” standards. Check out the news link below for more information: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2055067/Back-Stone-Age-Trendy-restaurant-serves-food-available-caveman-ancestors.html  

Q&A With Dr. Loren Cordain

Below is an interview with Dr. Cordain. Rhiannon Kay, a journalism student at Sheridan College conducted the interview. Who and why should people become Paleo? Paleo is not a weight loss diet per se, but rather a lifetime way of eating to improve all aspects of health and wellbeing. Overweight people can lose weight on Paleo, but more importantly they will reduce their lifetime risk of the chronic diseases (hypertension, high cholesterol, heart disease cancer, osteoporosis, autoimmune disease) which universally affect the U.S. population as we age. What are the benefits of...

Dr. Pastore’s Q&A With Dr. Co...

Dear Robert, Good to hear from you again, and many thanks for your professional support of my research agenda over the years.  I would be quite happy to answer these questions for your interns. 1. What process do you use to start a research project? It usually starts with an unanswered question I have in my mind, or an inconsistentchy between or among scientific papers I have read.  For instance, my paper (Cordain L, Brand Miller J, Eaton SB, Mann N, Holt SHA, Speth JD.  Plant to animal subsistence ratios and macronutrient energy estimations in world wide...

Q&A With Dr. Loren Cordain

Below Is a recent interview conducted by Olga Tymanowska with Dr. Loren Cordain: Olga: In 1985 Drs. Eaton and Konnel published an article on the Paleolithic diet in the NEJM. They expressed the opinion that diet had little direct influence on the genetic composition of humanity. In your book ‘The Paleo Diet’ you claim the same. What evidence do you have to prove it?  Not long ago it was possible to base a full theory of race formation on the diametrically opposite view. What has changed? Dr. Cordain:  The Eaton and Konner paper is more than 25 years old....

Diabetes: Is it safe for The Paleo Diet?

Below is a question we recently received from a Paleo Diet follower:   Dear Mr. Cordain, I have been trying to follow the Paleo diet as discussed in your wonderful book. I am 74, diabetes (under good control), some heart disease (no attacks or anything like that) and the scary thing is stage 3 CKD.  My question is: Have you had any experience with this diet and a slowing of ckd?  My doctor insists that I cut down on protein and eat more carbs. Thank you for taking time to answer this question. Sy Pryweller   Dr Loren Cordain’s Response: Hi Sy, Good to...