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Our Paleo ancestors survived on a low salt diet. Today, it’s everywhere and nearly impossible to avoid. Discover the dangers of a high salt diet.
By Dr. Marc BubbsDr. Cordain discusses dairy’s unfavorable effect on health and how milk proteins and peptides can promote allergies, inflammation, and autoimmune disease.
By Loren Cordain, Ph.D.How much sugar does fruit contain, compared to candy? The answer might surprise you!
By Isabella MeadA healthy gut exposed to wheat isn’t fine in anyone. Find out how the relationship between wheat and the immune system causes inflammation in our guts.
By Trevor Connor, M.S.By examining the environment under which our genome arose, we are able to determine if high protein diets are helpful or detrimental to our health.
By Loren Cordain, Ph.D.Eating foods that send our blood sugar levels on a roller coaster can lead to health conditions like insulin resistance and diabetes.
By Mark J. Smith, Ph.D.Certified Piedmontese is the first food brand to achieve the new PaleoFLEX™ certification from The Paleo Diet.
By Dave TrendlerHere's why meat and eggs provide significantly better nutrition than beans or other plant-based foods.
By Mark J. Smith, Ph.D.The Paleo Diet® and the keto diet are both popular ways to lose weight, but there’s a lot of confusion about what differentiates the two.
By Lauren FellowsMost Americans are way off on these delicate balances.
By Betsy SchroederDr. Loren Cordain’s final graduate student, Trevor Connor, M.S., brings more than a decade of nutrition and physiology expertise to spearhead the new Paleo Diet team.
One of the original members of the Paleo movement, Mark J. Smith, Ph.D., has spent nearly 30 years advocating for the benefits of Paleo nutrition.
Ironman athlete, mom, author, and nutrition blogger Nell Stephenson has been an influential member of the Paleo movement for over a decade.
As a professor at Colorado State University, Dr. Loren Cordain developed The Paleo Diet® through decades of research and collaboration with fellow scientists around the world.
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