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You Are What You Eat: The Science Behind Our Food
 

The Dangers of High Salt Diet: Impact on Autoimmunity

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 Bubbs

Dairy: Milking it for all it's worth

Dr. 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.

Fruits and Sugars

In general, fresh fruits are healthy, nutritious foods that are good sources of vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, and fiber. However, the common fruits we eat today bear little resemblance to their wild ancestors.

By The Paleo Diet® Team

The Wheat Series Part 1: Wheat and the Immune System

A 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.

Evolution and High Protein Diets Part 1

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.
Addressing the Science of the Paleo Diet
 
A Brief History of the Contemporary Paleo Diet Movement
By Loren Cordain, Ph.D.
Forget the Macronutrient Ratios - You Are What You Were Designed to Eat
By Trevor Connor, M.S.
Artificial Sweeteners: Agents of Insulin Resistance, Obesity and Disease
By Loren Cordain, Ph.D.
Big Brains Do Not Need Carbs
By Loren Cordain, Ph.D.
Eliminating Non-Paleo Foods Improves Nutrient Density
We compare the nutrient density of Paleo foods to non-Paleo foods to show the health benefits of eating natural foods.
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Chronic diseases have surpassed infectious diseases as the primary threat to human health. See how Paleo can prevent CNCDs.
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Trevor Connor

Dr. 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.

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Dr. Mark J. Smith

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.

Nell Stephenson
Nell Stephenson

Ironman athlete, mom, author, and nutrition blogger Nell Stephenson has been an influential member of the Paleo movement for over a decade.

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Dr. Loren Cordain

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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