Loren Cordain, Ph.D.

The Primal Kitchen Podcast

Mark Sisson & Morgan Zanotti

Fitness, Entrepreneur, Sisson, Parenting, Health, Wellness, Weightloss, Primal, Paleo, Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 717 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2019

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Elle Russ chats with Dr. Loren Cordain - the world’s foremost authority on the evolutionary basis of diet and disease. Featured on Dateline NBC, the front page of the Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times, Dr. Loren Cordain is widely acknowledged as one of the world’s leading experts on the natural human diet of our Stone Age ancestors. He is the author of more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific articles and abstracts, and his research into the health benefits of Stone Age Diets for contemporary people has appeared in the world’s top scientific journals including the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the British Journal of Nutrition, and the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, among others. He is also on the Advisory Board of Paleo Magazine the first, and only, print magazine dedicated to the Paleo/Primal lifestyle and ancestral health.

Dr. Loren Cordain’s popular book, The Paleo Diet, has been widely acclaimed in both the scientific and lay communities. His next book, The Paleo Diet for Athletes, published in October 2005, discusses how the Paleo Diet can be modified for the high-performance endurance athlete and lead to improved health and performance. His next book, The Dietary Cure for Acne, is available in paperback and as an instant download ebook. The Paleo Diet Cookbook was published in 2010 and became an instant bestseller. His most recent book, The Paleo Answer,represents a sequel to The Revised Paleo Diet.

Dr. Loren Cordain received his Ph.D. in Health from the University of Utah, his master’s in physical education from the University of Nevada-Reno, and his bachelor’s in health sciences from Pacific University. He was a professor in the Department of Health and Exercise Science at Colorado State University from 1982 – 2013.

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Mark Sisson.
0:03.1	Welcome to the Primal Blueprint Podcast, where we deliver a variety of fresh content to help you live awesome.
0:09.9	Enjoy the show.
0:10.8	Engage with us online at marksdailyapple.com and on social media and send your questions to info at primalblueprint.com.
0:22.0	Hey, everyone. Welcome to the Primal Blueprint Podcast. Today, I am so excited. We have the
0:27.2	original grandfather, the original gangster of paleo-ancestral primal health. That's Lauren
0:34.3	Cordane. He's the New York Times best-selling author of the Paleo Diet and much more including the paleo answer, the paleo diet for athletes.
0:42.7	He's been around for a while and was one of the first authors and researchers to really jump on this train.
0:48.5	And we're just so honored to have you on the show today. Welcome.
0:51.8	Well, thank you, Al. I appreciate the kind words.
0:55.1	Your research emphasis over the past three decades has solely been focused on evolutionary and anthropological
1:01.3	basis for diet and health, and thus was born the paleo diet. You know, I guess in this world,
1:09.8	we get so attached to these food lists, we know what they are,
1:12.6	we can look at an ancestral food list, but I like to get back to the basics, which is, I guess
1:17.6	let's start off with, you know, people are always like, well, what do Paleolithic people have
1:22.1	to do with us, right?
1:23.6	I mean, that was so long ago.
1:25.6	Could we talk a little bit about the DNA evidence and
1:28.8	our evolution a little bit? Sure. When we spoke earlier, you had mentioned that you had seen
1:36.4	the CJ Hunt search for the, in search of the perfect human diet. And I did a little clip on me,
1:43.7	and that was years ago.
1:45.3	But I think it's still relevant in this day and age.
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