The Primal Blueprint: Reprogram your genes for effortless weight loss, vibrant health, and boundless energy
- ISBN13: 9780982207703
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Combining modern genetic science and evolutionary biology, The Primal Blueprint dispels a number of the myths that modern medicine and conventional wisdom have come to accept as fact. Author Mark Sisson takes the reader on a fascinating journey through human evolution, comparing the life and robust health of our hunter-gatherer ancestors with a day in the life of a modern family – exposing potential health issues that arise from trying to do the right things living in the 21st century. Sisson offers a solution in 10 empowering ‘Blueprint Lifestyle Laws’ that can help us reprogram our genes away from disease and pain towards a direction of effortless weight loss, vibrant health and boundless energy. The reader learns how the right high-fat diet can actually help one lose weight; how popular low-fat, grain-based diets might trigger illness, disease, and lifelong weight gain; why doing too much cardio exercise might actually suppress the immune system and how… More >>
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According to the author “the human species reached its evolutionary pinnacle about 10,000 years ago. After that, we started to take it easy, and get soft…” For that reason the author suggests reprogramming our genes by following primal laws that were validated by two million years of human evolution. These laws that enable us to live long and healthy, be fit and lose weight, are the following:
1. Eat lots of plants and animals
2. Avoid poisonous things.
3. Move frequently at a slow pace
4. Lift heavy things
5. Sprint once in a while
6. Get adequate sleep
7. Play
8. Get adequate sunlight
9. Avoid stupid mistakes
10. Use you brain
Some of these lows are just common sense and obvious, some others require some explanations, yet others might disagree with some people’s perception. This is why you need to read the book to find out what the author really means and why. The author explains how to apply these lows in our modern society that is used to consumerism and quick fixes rather then the pursuit of health. It is often not easy and for some readers this book might be revolutionary. Especially for those who like having their coffee with skim milk rather then with cream so as not to consume too much fat. Surprisingly according to Mark Sisson eating meat, eggs, and high-fat diet is not only healthy but it is also the key to losing weight, being healthy and energetic.
Yes, do eat less carbohydrates but don’t get crazy working out in your gym. Intense strength sessions and sporadic sprints can be more beneficial to your health then grueling daily cardiovascular workouts.
This book certainly deserves more than a casual glance. For those interested in more reading about the natural way of living, eating, breathing, exercising and generally living the life that the Nature has intended I suggest checking the book titled Can w e Live 150 Years?
Rating: 4 / 5
This is a fantastic book. The chapter on the “Korgs” is worth the price of the book alone. Once you see how messed up modern life has become for so many, everything begins to fall into place.
What sets this book apart from an average “diet” book is that it’s integrated with far more than just diet, it’s a whole lifestyle, and it’s not a 1, 2, 3… prescription either, but a set of principles or rules of thumb to apply to your life in diverse ways, self-experimenting until you get things right.
Following these principles, I lost 60 pounds, gained tremendous strength, and at the age of 49 am the healthiest I’ve been in my life. And I sleep like a baby for 7.5 to 8 hours every night. Never in my life, before.
Rating: 5 / 5
This book is absolutely amazing. It’s refreshing to find someone out there that truly wants to help people. Mark Sisson doesn’t try to get you to buy products/gimmicky DVDs/equipment – he offers simple, honest advice that works and that anyone can follow for FREE. Every single health problem I had in the past is GONE after following his advice for only FIVE MONTHS! I’ve lost 35 pounds, my depression is gone, my endometriosis has cleared up and I’m pain free for the first time in years. This book (and it’s companion[...]) has changed my life.
Rating: 5 / 5
Implemented the program in Aug 2009, lost 22 lbs in 3 months. Its now Jan 2010 and I have maintained my weight loss and feel better than ever!
Rating: 5 / 5
I love this book. It has changed my life. I have been following primal ideals for about three months and have lost 40 pounds, and 95 total inches. This is a way of life that I can follow for the rest of my life. Anyone struggling with weight needs to read this book.
Rating: 5 / 5