Paleo for Beginners

Essential information before you begin the diet.

Dieting is hard, but with a little guidance, weight loss can be made simple. This is the goal of John Chatham's "Paleo for Beginners: Essentials to Get Started," which successfully breaks down the Paleo diet for those interested in the popular, new food-fad. The diet, which encourages people to eat like a "modern day cave-dweller," is explained to readers in a clear way that is sure to make shedding pounds a little easier. In just five short chapters, the book provides recipes, shopping lists, and tips to help you stay on track in a way that is quick and easy to read. The shopping lists and recipes included in the book list foods that are easy to find and naturally gluten-free, making the diet, like the book, simple. With encouraging and relatable advice, the author helps readers actualize their weight loss goals in a way that is welcoming and inviting. Chatham's positive tips like "Don't beat yourself up when you slip, and don't forget to reward yourself when you get back up," help make the relatively strict diet very doable. Overall, the book can be used by readers to increase the success of their diet, and is sure to be an effective tool in weight loss.

I had vaguely heard of the Paleo diet and I had heard that it was really good for you health in so many ways. So I bought this book to teach myself all about it before I jumped in with both feet. This book explains Paelo in great detail and I discovered I wasn't going to be living on lettuce leaves and salad stuff alone. You will NEVER feel hungry on this diet. I say diet, but it doesn't feel like a diet as I am eating more than I've ever done, the difference being, that I'm eating all the correct stuff. It includes some tasty recipes, so you can have your steak dinners with just a small tweak on what you have with it. I've been on it for two weeks now and lost 12lbs. I have been trying for ages to get my blood sugar levels under control, to no avail, my Insulin dosage was being raised each week without any sign of it dropping down to normal levels. Within two days of starting this new eating way of life, my sugar levels dropped from being in the 20's, to the "normal" levels of between 5 - 9. Only today, all my 8 readings were in the 5's. My severely swollen stomach has practically disappeared during this time, and I just FEEL better from within. Buy this book. You won't regret it and your body will thank you for it.

I bought this book out of curiosity, and decided to try its recipes for 2 weeks with an open mind. I was positively surprised at the taste and how good and simple these meals were. Some ingredients are quite uncommon and need a trip to the grocery store to get started (e.g. tapioca flour, almond meal, flaxseed flour). This little book is a keeper even if I don't switch to a 100% paleo diet on the long run. The recipes are for 1-8 servings, so one needs to juggle a little with the portions.

bought for my daughter that is gluten and lactose intolerant and she loves these books!!! fantastic healthy recipes that her little boy loves as well

I guess my biggest beef was the fact that this looks like something I could have downloaded off the internet. Black and white pictures, poor layout. The recipes are okay, but for the price just find a good website to subscribe to. If you must buy a book, it's not the worst.