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The Paleo Diet for Athletes: A Nutritional Formula for Peak Athletic Performance
by Loren Cordain, Joe Friel
from Rodale Books

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Helpful read for endurance athletes
  I thought this book was very helpful and believeful and I started out as a total skeptic. I think think these principles are sound, although I find them hard to follow. This book is very easy to understand, even for a lay person and many sports 'self help' books aren't. I find that this book gives enough scientific evidence that makes it good, but not so much that its boring or hard to understand. Definitely a must-have for endurance athletes' reference collection.

• different diets
  I didn't think this book was an easy read. I think many other diet books flow better. I can't imagine eating salmon for breakfast every day!

• Useful information for low-carb endurance athletes
  I have followed a low-carb diet for about 3 years now, and in the last year have gradually become an avid runner. I was looking for info on how to add carbs into my diet to support my running, and this book has specific, useful info on that topic. I do not agree with all of his dietary advice in general (for general info on low-carb diets I would recommend that you read a variety of books to gather well-rounded advice on this diet, as each author contributes a different piece of the puzzle), however I do... more info

• Cordain sold out his diet to Joe Friel
  Two stars for the Paleo Diet but Zero stars for the "modifications."
  I was severely disappointed with this book. I hoped that an athlete would adopt the diet and adapt his training to the demands of the sound science that Dr. Cordain authored with his Paleo Diet. Instead, we have an athlete who has basically adapted the Paleo Diet to the high carbohydrate nonsense that permeates the "endurance world", which leads to good results, but bad health. How many of our great athletes have to continue... more info

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