I wish I had a book like this years ago when I was going through my struggles. I overcame low temperatures and hypogonadism by following the same principles taught in this book. For me, I had to open up a physiology book to understand the complex nature of how the body works and specific nutritional strategies work to minimize stress and sympathetic nervous system activity. I spent many nights reading elsevier journals, pubmed, oxford medical journals, the journal of clinical nutrition, etc... I've observed that while much of the science sounds reasonable in theory, it generally fails to account for what looks good on paper vs. what realistic in everyday life. I think this is why so many diets fail. They may be based on scientific studies, however the foundation for building healthy approaches are lacking, and thus people are doomed to fail before they even take their first bite on any given "diet."
"The First Diet" is different in that it explains the importance of the science behind how the human metabolism may have evolved. It doesn't do this by asserting what exactly humans ate x number of years ago, but by utilizing what paleontologists generally agree upon as the beginning region of the human race, the equatorial region. Here is where warm-blooded mammals began consuming foods that support warm-blooded metabolisms. With the focus on the equator and foods that come from there, understanding the concepts of how the first diet works becomes much easier. For years I have been trying to think of ways to explain this way of eating. I believe that Sean Bissell found a simple and compelling way to do this in a book that is fun and enjoyable to read. I don't want to give everything away, so I would encourage anyone to pick this up as it can change your life and start making you think differently about everything you've ever learned about human nutrition.
Steven Smith, RD, LDN
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Brilliantly written and researched - a true and refreshing take on a very distorted subject, accessible for everyone.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 30, 2016Kelly
Excellent book. I love the way Sean writes
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The best nutrition book I've read in a while!
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