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Mark does acknowledge that refined carbohydrates are the main culprits. Although carbohydrate restriction (or at least wheat and sugar restriction) does have its place in treating obesity and metabolic dysfunction in modern populations, ultimately I don't think it's necessary for the prevention of those same problems, and it can even be counterproductive in some cases. He suggests that eating more than 150 grams of carbohydrate per day leads to fat gain and disease, whereas I feel that position is untenable in light of what we know of non-industrial cultures (including some relatively high-carbohydrate hunter-gatherers). We part ways on the issue of carbohydrate. He tries to create a plan that will be sustainable in the long run, by staying positive and allowing for cheats. I like his diet suggestions because they focus on real food. He also suggests avoiding grains, legumes, dairy (although he's not very militant about this one), processed food in general, and reducing carbohydrate to less than 150 grams per day. He advocates eating meats including organs, seafood, eggs, nuts, abundant vegetables, and fruit. The diet section will be familiar to anyone who has read about 'paleolithic'-type diets. To illustrate his points, he uses the example of an archetypal hunter-gatherer called Grok, and his 21st century mirror image, the Korg family. He does it in a way that's empowering accessible to nearly everyone. Mark uses the example of historical and contemporary hunter-gatherers as a model, and attempts to apply those lessons to life in the 21st century.

The Primal Blueprint is not a weight loss or diet book, it's a lifestyle program with an evolutionary slant.

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Full disclosure: I'm not getting anything out of this, I'm simply mentioning it because I was reviewing Mark's book anyway and I thought some readers might enjoy it. If you order it from on March 17th, Mark is offering to sweeten the deal with some freebies on his site Mark's Daily Apple. If you've been thinking about buying Mark's book, now is a good time to do it.

He's trying to push it up in the rankings so that it gets a broader exposure. That's why Mark has asked me to publish my review of his book today.

The drawback of self-publishing is it's more difficult to break into a wider market. The front cover sports a simple picture of Mark, rather than a sunbaked swimsuit model, and the back cover offers no ridiculous claims of instant beauty and fat loss. The big advantage is that you aren't subject to the sometimes onerous demands of publishers, who attempt to maximize sales at Barnes and Noble. He self-published the book, which has advantages and disadvantages.

In 2009, Mark published his long-awaited book The Primal Blueprint. Mark is a practice-what-you-preach kind of guy, and if physical appearance means anything, he's on to something. He has also written several other books, edited the Optimum Health newsletter, competed as a high-level endurance athlete, and served on the International Triathlon Union as the anti-doping chairman, all of which you can read about on his biography page. He and his staff have been posting daily on his blog ever since. Mark Sisson has been a central figure in the evolutionary health community since he began his weblog Mark's Daily Apple in 2006.

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