There are many diets that work, but over the years we have found the Paleolithic or Caveman diet to be the one from which we get the best and most consistent results. The high protein, healthy carbohydrate Paleo diet works very well with the CrossFit and Poloquin training and nutritional approaches used at Synergy. To help you get started and to support our members in this lifestyle, we are providing the following list of informational resources:
Paleolithic Diet Websites
FatHead YouTube Channel – A documentary response to “Super Size Me” that demonstrates how nearly everything we’ve been told about obesity and healthy eating is wrong.
Mark’s Daily Apple – This “Primal Living in the Modern World” website is full of great articles and includes a blog that covers everything from nutrition to living a stress free life.
The Paleo Diet – A website by Dr. Loren Cordain who has published numerous books about the Paleolithic diet and its benefits.
Robb Wolf – A solid resource for anything about the Paleo diet and lifestyle. Robb is a former bio-chemist who left the industry to follow his passion with nutrition and fitness.
Paleo Diet Lifestyle – A personal blog by Sébastien Noël who turned to the Paleo lifestyle to address several health issues he had. This website is good for people unsure about or new to the Paleo lifestyle.
Whole9 Fish Oil Guidelines – An important supplement for the Paleolithic diet, these FAQ provide simplified guidelines for the amount fish oil you should be taking.
Books
The Protein Power Lifeplan, by Drs. Michael R. Eades and Mary Dan Eades
The Paleo Diet: Lose Weight and Get Healthy by Eating the Foods You Were Designed to Eat, by Dr. Loren Cordain
The Primal Blueprint: Reprogram your genes for effortless weight loss, vibrant health, and boundless energy, by Mark Sisson
Online Lectures
Big Fat Lies, Gary Taubes, 1:11:47
Gary Taubes, an award-winning writer for Science, the New York Times Magazine and other publications, came to the Stevens Institute of Technology to discuss his controversial new bestseller, Good Calories, Bad Calories which argues that much of what we have been told about the relationship between body weight, diet and exercise is wrong.
The Paleo Diet and Multiple Sclerosis, Loren Cordain, Ph.D, 1:06:21 (Part one: 22:00)
Part one of the lecture covers the rationale behind modeling our nutrition after our hunter-gatherer ancestors and data to support its health benefits.
The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Michael Pollan, 59:05
The UC Davis Mondavi Center presents bestselling author and UC Berkeley journalism professor Michael Pollan. He explores the ecology of eating to unveil why we consume what we consume in the twenty-first century. Michael Pollan is the author, most recently, of The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals.
If you have any Paleolithic Diet resources you think should be added to the list, contact us and we will review your suggestions.
