The Paleolithic Prescription: A Program of Diet & Exercise and a Design for LivingIn a startling new book a team of distinguished physicians and anthropologists tell how the diet and activity patterns of our prehistoric ancestors can be adopted today to achieve far greater physical and mental health, vitality and longevity. |
Contents
The Paleolithic Legacy | 1 |
Our Ancestors Ourselves | 11 |
The Discordance Hypothesis | 38 |
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