Neander-Thin: A Cave Man's Guide to Nutrition

by Ray V. Audette and Troy Gilchrist

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0964634511
• ISBN13: 9780964634510
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Paleolithic Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Geat introduction to paleolithic nutrition

I gave this book a five star rating because, within its scope, it cannot be significantly improved. I came to this book having already done considerable thinking (and practice) about the subject. And, so, I can say with confidence, that this book easily passes muster. Ray will give you his ten commandments of eating (5 do's and 5 don'ts) which revolve around simple, easily acquired foods. I know that since I have been eating a lot of fresh meat every day I feel much better, both physically and mentally. While recommending this book without hesitation, I do have a nit to pick. Ray says to avoid foods that are acquired through technology. Since any technique is, ipso facto, a form of technology, this is hardly useful or even meaningful advice. Better, in my opinion, that he should recommend avoiding foods that are intrinsically the product of mechanized labor.

Worked for me

I have been fighting allergies for 12 years with little success. Allergists never could pin down what was causing the problem. I was getting sinus infections every few months. I rarely felt well enough to exercise and my glucose and cholesterol started to shoot up. Eventually I was taking medications for both the glucose and cholesterol but they were still too high. 3 months ago I started this diet. I felt better after 2 weeks. I was able to start regular exercise again. I was concerned about the cholesterol but when I went last week for my blood test my cholesterol was cut in half. My glucose was cut in half. My HDL/LDL ratio was much better. All my blood readings were back in normal. My doctor could not believe it. If I maintain these results next time we will start reducing the medications. In addition I lost 5 pounds. I'm convinced that it works.

Finally a rational diet-lifestyle book

Not just another weight-loss diet guide, NeanderThin presents a rational case for how humankind's digestive genetics have not caught up with the radical changes in diet since the start of the Neolithic era (10-20 thousand years ago). A clear, well-stated argument is made for elimination of modern foods that need to be cooked or processed to be edible, or which couldn't be obtained by a hunter-gatherer on the savanna, 'naked with only a sharp stick.' Well done, and totally workable recommendations without demanding too much in the way of dietary sacrifice or lifestyle change. It works!

Can I give a 6th star?

I am a college athlete who was quite interested in losing body fat. This diet caused me to lose 3.5% body fat in five weeks, while improving my strength, speed, etc. I expected to be dead tired after tough workouts, but found myself never tiring. A couple of minor personal health nags cleared up as well. This diet has indirectly given me a new outlook on life, as I continue to improve my performance and health.

The difinitive book on eating!!

Excellent. Finally, a book based on logic and fact. For anyone who has ever wondered what they should be eating. If you're one of the endless number of sheep that have followed the low-cal, processed, man-made shephard of eating, just to get fatter, prepare to be slaughtered. If you're one of those that believes that eating modern day grains,cereals,breads,pastas etc etc etc, will give you the health and vitality you need, you've been eating too much of it already and have had your mind fogged. We are an ancient animal. To ignore that is simply foolish. Read and be enlightened. For GOOD.