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Neanderthin: Eat Like a Caveman to Achieve a Lean, Strong, Healthy Body
Amazon.com Description: Discover the diet that's been worth for thousands of years!
In a revolutionary approach to weight loss and improved health, author Ray Audette presents his groundbreaking "caveman" diet--an eating program that stems from the notion that what we ate before agriculture and technology evolved is still what our bodies need to function effectively, stave off disease, and stay lean and healthy.
Read NeaderThin and you'll discover:
How to become a modern-day Hunter-Gatherer and give up the addictive foods and habits that have kept you unhealthy and overweight; How a high-calorie, high-fat diet can actually make you leaner; Tips for getting started on the NeanderThin Diet, sticking with it, keeping a food diary, and more; Becoming Neander-Fit, a five-week exercise plan to complement your new diet; Dozens of delicious, easy-to-prepare NeanderThin recipes, including Chili, Cold Shrimp-Stuff Avocados, Lemon Thyme Pesto Chicken, and Coconut Ice Cream.
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In terms of pre-industrial diet, I love Ray Audette's Neanderthin. —Pratick Mukherjee in Nourishing Traditions
I have recommended this book to a few of my friends with arthritis and it worked well for them. —Seth in Kefir Making
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Oh, Freedom!, July 6, 2003 Every dieter can be sure of one thing, each diet book that comes out promises to be THE book, that changes your life for ever. Well, all of those books are gathering dust on my lengthy diet book shelf--THE book that changed my life, forever is "Neanderthin."
The premise is simple, eat like your ancestors, get trim and strong and never go hungry. By ancestors, I'm speaking way back, about our Paleolithic forebears. In case you're foggy on this topic, these were the hunter-gatherer people. The diet is somewhat akin to Dr. Atkins' but you don't go into ketosis. "Neanderthin" touts natural whole food, preferably organic. Nuts and seeds; berries and other fruits; veggies, olive & flaxseed oil, plenty of water and a ton of meat round out the offerings. The author encourages folks to reach out of the ordinary supermarket meats, to try ostrich, buffalo, venison and a variety of eggs.
Like one of the other reviewers I lost a lot, quickly--12 pounds in the first week. Naturally, the weight has slowed yet it continues each week. I have no intentions of ever going back to a carb-based diet. I've curbed the sugar demons and wheat bloat that I use to suffer from. This diet is a sweet ticket to freedom for all of the sugar and carb addicts out there!
I took off 1 star because I've been able to work the diet, which is based on a low glycemic index, to include safe grains and a tiny bit of diary without slowing my weight-loss or increasing cravings. Most people will also probably end up trying to add a smidgen of each but will not suffer ill effects. —conjurer2
thrive on a natural diet, February 4, 2000 In NeanderThin, Ray Audette recommends returning to the diet of natural foods on which humans have thrived for eons. Odd that such a simple idea could seem radical to some.I've followed his guidelines for a couple of years (own the 3rd edition) and the results have only been positive. I'm leaner and healthier than ever. It takes a bit of experimenting to find out just how much protein, fruit, fat, etc., is optimal, but it's well worth the effort.I bought this edition after seeing a recent episode of 48 Hours. There, in the middle of the thinly-veiled infomercial for the (gotta RUN, honey) drug Xenocal, was bright, whippet-lean Ray, his slim wife and their exuberantly healthy son. They're proof positive that this way of eating is health supportive.I highly recommend this book. It is non-technical, yet contains a thorough bibliography for anyone wishing to look into the science behind the theory.By the way, this is an expanded edition, and would not be redundant for those who own an earlier version. There are more delicious recipes, info on EFA's, etc., and a couple of completely new chapters.Give NeanderThin a look! —A reader
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