Sally Fallon Morell, bestselling author of Nourishing Traditions,
debunks diet myths to explore what our ancestors from around the globe
really ate--and what we can learn from them to be healthy, fit, and
better nourished, today
The Paleo craze has taken over the world. It asks curious dieters to
look back to their ancestors' eating habits to discover a "new" way to
eat that shuns grains, most dairy, and processed foods. But, while diet
books with Paleo in the title sell well--are they correct? Were
paleolithic and ancestral diets really grain-free, low-carb, and based
on all lean meat?
In Nourishing Diets bestselling author Sally Fallon Morell explores
the diets of our primitive ancestors from around the world--from
Australian Aborigines and pre-industrialized Europeans to the
inhabitants of "Blue Zones" where a high percentage of the populations
live to 100 years or more. In looking to the recipes and foods of the
past, Fallon Morell points readers to what they should actually be
eating--the key principles of traditional diets from across cultures --
and offers recipes to help translate these ideas to the modern home
cook.