Nora GedgaudasPrimal Body, Primal Mind – by Nora Gedgaudas

‘Primal Body, Primal Mind‘ shows us sustainable diet strategies to curb sugar cravings, promote fat burning and weight loss, reduce stress and anxiety, improve sleep and moods, increase energy and immunity, and enhance memory and brain function.

Today, what a lot of us tend to put in our bodies would hardly be recognized as food to our ancestors. Our modern diet has influenced our susceptibility to diseases such as cancer, osteoporosis, metabolic syndrome, heart diseases and ADD – just to name a few.

The paleo diet is based on our evolutionary biology into what we are today. 99.99% of our genes developed before agriculture. ‘Primal Body, Primal Mind‘ combines your Paleolithic needs with modern nutritional and medical research for complete mind-body wellness.

The paleo diet, which suggests a high proportion of animal fats is controversial to many people – but if you want to learn what the diet can do for you then this book is for you!

Primal Body, Primal Mind (dot point) Summary

Beyond the Paleo Diet for Total Health and a longer Life

Ch1 – A look at where our dietary requirements originated

• 99% of our genes were formed before the development of agriculture
• The hunter-gatherer diet can be described as neo Paleolithic ice age Paleolithic
• Their diet consisted of both cooked and uncooked wild game, antibiotic pesticide free, naturally organic, no genetic alteration. This diet included eggs and insects and seafood
• Fat was the prime commodity for its concentrated nutrient and energy value
• Omega 3 was the dominant fatty acid in the brain, for chimps and prime apes It is omega 6
• Diets with significant carbs is a modern phenomenon, our ice age human physiology was evolved with very little adaption to
• Most organs in the body prefer ketones, the energy derived from fats
• The food industry and heart association are invested in the anti-fat and anti-cholesterol agenda
• Studies show the cholesterol was negatively correlated with coronary heart diseases
• Degenerative diseases and other uniquely modern disease processes are readily attributable not to natural saturated fats and cholesterol but to ‘metabolic syndrome’, essentially insulin resistance
• Insulin resistance is primarily a phenomenon associated with a diet deficient in protein and fats
• Low-fat diets promoted by the US government have clearly not prevented heart disease, obesity, diabetes (rapidly rising) and cancer are not working, they are on the rise!
• Diabetes is not a case of blood sugar but excess insulin
• Trans fats, dietary vegetable fats have risen exponentially
• Number one source of dietary calories in the US is high fructose corn syrup
• The public is being deceived by the greatest health scam of the century. The diet-heart hypothesis that suggests high intake of fat and cholesterol causes heart disease has been proved wrong multiple times.
• An average life span of hunter-gatherers and us was relatively similar. When we compare the difference in life spans it is due to the hostility of the environments

Ch3 Grains are they really a health food?

• Depletes serotonin stores and greatly depletes B vitamins required to convert amino acids into many needed neurotransmitters
• Zero grains needed for optimal health

Gluten: A cereal killer

To say gluten can add complications to your health is putting things mildly

It is clear than the consequences of gluten sensitivity

Gluten can ruin your life

It is at the heart of many of the health challenges that millions of people face today, physical and mental

You really need to get this

• A study by American Medical Association shows that celiac disease or gluten sensitivity; whether diagnosed or undiagnosed significantly increases the risks of cancer
• Effects all organs including brain, heart, and kidneys
• Gluten shuts down blood flow to the prefrontal and frontal cortex, the part of the brain allows us to focus, manage emotional stress and exercise short-term memory
• Impairments in these parts of the brain cause ADD and ADHD
• Only 1% with celiac disease (or gluten sensitivity) have been properly diagnosed
• Gluten is the granddaddy of them all
• The New England Journal of Medicine found that 55 diseases are caused by gluten, heart disease, cancer, nearly all autoimmune disease … etc
• If one takes away, eliminate gluten

Ch4 – Soy sucks

Ch5 – Digestion and nutrient assimilation

Ch6 – Your gut and the immune connection

• 70%  of our immune system resides in our gut
• Hundreds of species of probiotics in the gut
• Probiotic supplementation is  a good idea for most people
• Antibiotic can destroy your immune system
• 95% of serotonin, a neurotransmitter associated with mood functioning is in the gut

Ch13  Carbohydrate metabolism 101

• Our physiology has no defense against the onslaught of high fructose corn syrup
• The lower your blood sugar levels, the better off you are
• Cereals and potatoes raise blood sugar faster than a candy bar
• Fats are like a log, carbs are like kindling
• If you are sugar dependant you are a slave to hunger

Ch14 The lord and master of your hormonal kingdom

• Leptin coordinates metabolic, endocrine and behavioral responses to starvation
• Leptin slows aging and extends life span
• You haven’t heard of leptin because a diet is the only thing that can provide it, no drug can
• Carbs make leptin

Ch15 Weight management 101 and the path to type 2 diabetes

• Insulin is the fat storage hormone, it is regulated by leptin
• Body fat can not be burned as long as insulin is present!
• Being fat doesn’t come from eating fat, but the inability to burn fat, which is a direct consequence of relying on carbohydrates as your fuel source
• Eliminate sugar, starchy carbs and gluten is the solution

Ch17 high fructose corn syrup

Ch22 Our primordial past understanding mother natures plan and where we fit in

• Tumors are basically masses of undifferentiated identical cells with a weak protein matrix that feed exclusively on sugars
• If you make the jump, the difference in the health of the brain and nervous system will be immeasurable
• How much insulin we produce in our lives determine how long we live
• Down-regulation of insulin triggers up-regulation of repair and maintenance.
• Study of monkeys with caloric intake showed that with nutrient dense fewer calories, after 20 years 13% of nutrient-dense died and37% of the others died
• The monkeys also looked almost half the age, greater brain volume
• Eat nutrient dense

Ch24 Feeding your brain right

• In 1985 sales of antidepressants was 240 million, today it is 12 billion in the USA
• More than 25% of kids are taking prescriptions on a regular basis
• Functioning of hormones to a large extent influence the way we see the world around us and events in our lives

Ch31 -What generation of pottengers cat are you?

• Taking control of your health is the single most foundational means of taking control of your future. Without health and clarity of mind, we have nothing
• Avoid consumption of food as a source of cheap nutrient devoid entertainment, and make wise choices about us it is we incorporate into our living matrix

About Nora

Primal Body, Primal Mind: Beyond the Paleo Diet for Total Health and A Longer Life. She is also the author of the best selling ebook: Rethinking Fatigue: What Your Adrenals Are Really Telling You and What You Can Do About It.

• Famous in the paleo community
• Thriving practice Portland, clinical neurofeedback specialist,
• Mood disorders in the brain
• Authority in the ketogenic diet
• Ancestry

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Today, what a lot of us tend to put in our bodies would hardly be recognized as food to our ancestors. Our modern diet has influenced our susceptibility to diseases such as cancer, osteoporosis, metabolic syndrome, heart diseases and ADD – just to name a few.

Primal Body Primal Mind shows us sustainable diet strategies to curb sugar cravings, promote fat burning and weight loss, reduce stress and anxiety, improve sleep and moods, increase energy and immunity, and enhance memory and brain function.

The paleo diet is based on our evolutionary biology into what we are today. 99.99% of our genes developed before agriculture. Primal Body Primal Mind combines your Paleolithic needs with modern nutritional and medical research for complete mind-body wellness.

The paleo diet, which suggests a high proportion of animal fats is controversial to many people – but if you want to learn what the diet can do for you then this book is for you!