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Index
Cover Image
Title Page
Dedication
Epigraph
Cautionary Note and Disclaimer
Table of Contents
Illustration Permissions
Foreword by Mark Steinberg, Ph.D.
Foreword by Brent Pottenger
Preface
Introduction
Part One: Primal Body
Chapter 1: A Look at Where Our Dietary...
The Prehistoric Food Pyramid the USDA (and Other Vested Interests) Didn’t Want You to See
Are Genes Really Everything They’re Cracked Up to Be?
Chapter 2: So, What’s for Dinner?
Chapter 3: Grains
Gluten: A “Cereal Killer”
Opening the Floodgates
Healing the Gluten-Ravaged Gut
Celiac Disease: More Common Than Ever?
Testing for Gluten Sensitivity
The Nitty-Gritty of Going Gluten-Free
Chapter 4: So What about Soy?
Additional Concerns (As If All That Wasn’t Bad Enough)
Continued Still . . . Believe It or Not
Still More Bad News
Chapter 5: Digestion and Nutrient Assimilation
Going from Bad to Worse
So, Why Don’t I Have Enough Hydrochloric Acid?
How It’s All Supposed to Work: Digestion 101
Meanwhile, Farther South
Yikes! What Do I Do?
Chapter 6: Your Gut and the Immune Connection
The Second Brain?
Chapter 7: Dietary Fats
We Are Creatures of the Ice Age
Chapter 8: Dispelling the Cholesterol Myth
All Cholesterol Is Exactly the Same
Chapter 9: Vitamin D
The Unfortunate Flaw in Nutrient Research
A Possible Dark Side to the Sunshine Vitamin
Chapter 10: Making the Omega-3 Fatty Acids Connection
Just What Is Omega-3 Fatty Acid, and What Makes It So Important?
If We Used to Get So Much Omega-3 Fatty Acid, Where Did It All Go?
Sources
Dosages
Other Important Essential Fatty Acid Considerations
Chapter 11: The Tyranny of Trans Fats
Don’t Get Greased by Vegetable Oils
Chapter 12: So, How Much Natural Fat...
What about Ketosis?
Chapter 13: Carbohydrate Metabolism 101
The Relationship between Insulin and Blood Sugar
The Need for Steady Fuel
What We Have Here Is a Failure to Communicate
Chapter 14: Leptin
Who Knew the New Kid on the Block Ran the Whole Neighborhood?
How Do I Know if I Am Leptin Resistant?
Chapter 15: Weight Management 101...
The Downward Spiral
Hint: Osteoporosis Isn’t Necessarily about Low Calcium Levels
The Solution?
In a Nutshell . . .
Overcoming Weight-Loss Myths
Fats and Carbs Together: A Bad Combo
The Slippery Slope
Why Calorie Counting Doesn’t Work
The Hidden (and Not-So-Hidden) Ravages of Blood Sugar Dysregulation
But What about Exercise? Won’t That Make Up for It?
Chapter 16: Taming the Carb-craving Monster
Eleven More Reasons to Cut the Carbs (If You Aren’t Already Convinced)
Why You Shouldn’t Use the Glycemic Index as Your Guide
Chapter 17: High Fructose Corn Syrup
What about Artificial Sweeteners?
The Agave Myth
Chapter 18: What about Fiber...
What about Juicing: Isn’t That Really Good for You?
Chapter 19: Adrenal Exhaustion
Examples of Adrenal Stress Index Results
Chapter 20: A Word about Water
The Myth of “Healthier” Bottled Water— Caveat Emptor
Finding That Happy Medium between Dehydration and Drowning
Chapter 21: Understanding the Role of Protein
Hot off the Press
But Isn’t Eating Lots of Lean Protein What Our Ancestors Did?
Chapter 22: Our Primordial Past
The Part That Evolution May Not Have Intended
But Why Does Caloric Restriction Work?
What Do All the Longest-Living Individuals Have in Common?
Chapter 23: Using Insulin and Leptin...
Is There Any Other Way?
Part Two: Primal Mind
Chapter 24: Feeding Your Brain Right
Prozac Nation
My Own Clinical Experience
How We Get There in the First Place
The Biology of Belief: The Real “Secret”
Chapter 25: How Important Is Fat
So, How Important Is Fat to the Health of the Brain?
Chapter 26: Where Does ADD/ADHD...
Other Dietary Considerations
ADD/ADHD, Learning Problems, Behavioral or Mood Disorders, and the Omega-3 Fatty Acids Connection
Memory—Husker Du?
Mineral Deficiencies and Learning, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders
Sources in Food
Chapter 27: Relief from Anxiety...
Nutrients to Support Depression and Anxiety
Precautions
So How Does Exercise Fit In to This Equation?
Chapter 28: What about Food Allergies...
Chapter 29: The Impact of Modern Dietary...
Summing It Up
Part Three: Paradise Lost
Chapter 30: Surviving in a Modern World
EMF Pollution: The New Tobacco?
What about Detoxification Regimens? Are They a Good Idea?
Steps to Take toward Detoxification
Chapter 31: What Generation of Pottenger’s
How Do We Possibly Adapt to What We Face?
How Do We Possibly Overcome This?
The Takeaway Here: Toward a Journey of Self-Empowerment
Appendix A
Appendix B
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Nutritious Snack Foods (or Quick, Healthy, Small Meals on the Go)
Dessert, Anyone (If You Must)?
Great Healthy Snack Food Recipe
Appendix C
Protein Content Based on a 3-ounce Serving
Protein Content in Incomplete or Plant Sources of Foods
Appendix D
Appendix E
Appendix F
Symptoms and Characteristics Commonly Associated with Pyroluria
Appendix G
Organizations and Laboratories
Products and Supplies
Websites and Links
Appendix H
References
Footnotes
About the Author
About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company
Books of Related Interest
Copyright & Permissions
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