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A review by theartolater
Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live by Marlene Zuk
4.0
I have a lot of friends (perhaps more than most) who do some version of the paleo lifestyle, whether it be simply the food, or some combination of food and exercise, or some modified version. I'm very much live-and-let-live with what people want to do - if it makes you happy, it makes you happy. With that said, any time I can learn more about something, I want to take the opportunity. I've gotten a lot of information about paleo from the pro-side, but not much of anything otherwise. Paleofantasy tries to be the other side, and I'm glad I read it on a whole.
The book has small, digestable chapters that are pretty standard. It takes a claim, looks at the science, and lays it out there. Given the title of the book, you can probably guess where the information lands, but it is interesting to get some history and science behind things like evolution, genetics, digestion, and so forth. Even without the paleo stuff, it's a solid primer on a lot of issues and specific ideas.
If I have a complaint, it's that the book doesn't really take a point of view beyond the science. While it's probably fine that the book doesn't come across as explicitly pro- or anti-paleo specifically, it would have been nice to have that extra insight from an expert.
Overall, a solid read. Very glad I picked it up, definitely learned a lot from it.
The book has small, digestable chapters that are pretty standard. It takes a claim, looks at the science, and lays it out there. Given the title of the book, you can probably guess where the information lands, but it is interesting to get some history and science behind things like evolution, genetics, digestion, and so forth. Even without the paleo stuff, it's a solid primer on a lot of issues and specific ideas.
If I have a complaint, it's that the book doesn't really take a point of view beyond the science. While it's probably fine that the book doesn't come across as explicitly pro- or anti-paleo specifically, it would have been nice to have that extra insight from an expert.
Overall, a solid read. Very glad I picked it up, definitely learned a lot from it.