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Do you want to keep yourself safe from some of the scourges of this century like cancer, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson, rheumatoid arthritis and so on? Do you also want to lose excess weight and lead a healthy life? The Paleo Solution: The Original Human Diet, written by Robb Wolf and Dr. Loren Cordain is a book that claims to be able to help you with all those things… but does it work?

Is this really a way  in which you can lose weight and keep it off? I hope that this review will help you see the good and bad things about the method this book teaches.

The Paleo Solution: An Overview

This unique diet plan adopts a multi-pronged approach that claims to help dieters lose weight, burn fat, get fit and reverse a number of autoimmune diseases in a period of 30 days.

As the name indicates, this lifestyle plan is based on the supposed habits of the Paleolithic age when man survived on unprocessed, raw, healthy foods. The idea is that this is the way in which we should eat today as our body was evolved to follow that kind of lifestyle.

The authors focus on many aspects of healthy living and eating. This includes restful sleep, reducing stress levels, performing activities that jog the metabolism and eating real foods.

There are helpful sections on how to get proper nutrients from food, and how certain nutrients affect various factors like weight loss, performance, productivity and longevity.

Processed foods, flours and refined food products are not allowed in the diet plan, while fresh fruits and vegetables, nuts, seeds, legumes and other healthy foods are allowed.

Some of the important points made in the book include:

• Avoid the intake of Gluten, even in cheat meals as gluten harms the lining of the gut and could lead to autoimmune diseases and inflammation
• Sleep up to 8 hours in a very dark room
• Reduce the intake of processed foods and sugars – In this I totally agree: it’s one of the many problems of the modern diet in developed countries.

Exercise is vital if you want to lose weight, get lean, and improve fitness. So, it offers workout plans for beginners as well as intermediate followers of the program.
This is a book for those who like to know their facts. There is a generous helping of facts, studies and individual experiences in the book. That the book focuses on various aspects of healthy living and eating is only one of the reasons it is so popular with readers.

However, the book is in danger of becoming too scientific in parts, and this could be overwhelming for some readers. Bear this in mind when you’re reading it.

The Paleo Solution Pros and Cons

Pros:

• Not just an eating plan, but a lifestyle plan
• Recommends the intake of natural foods
• Exercises for beginner and intermediate levels provided
• Promotes weight loss through healthy eating and lifestyle factors
• Handles many myths pertaining to the Food Pyramid, fats, carbs and grains

Cons:

• The time period of the diet plan may be too short to bring about such a comprehensive change in eating habits. However, it can be a good start for a longer routine.
• Forms a great break from today’s common eating plans.

In Conclusion

The Paleo Solution is a thought provoking book and provides a nice way of looking at what has brought this generation to the brink of deadly diseases.

If our ancestors did not have it, they must have done something right or at least different. So, following a diet and lifestyle that closely mirrors theirs could be the solution to the problem, right?

Naturally, this is something that is not certain but a lot of people report great results with such a lifestyle.