Review: I love the personal touch to this popular diet
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 21, 2014
This diet seems to be all over the place and so I was expecting more of the same old, same old when I picked up this book.  But Elizabeth's writing adds a wonderful personal touch right from the beginning, telling her motivation and reason for eating this way. It makes everything more believable instead of sounding like another sales pitch.There are a lot of "scare stories" to start off, which I normally don't like, but I understand the reasons for.  If you're going to make a dramatic change in your life, you need as many motivating reasons as possible.  And again they are written in a very informative way, rather than just trying to trash the status quo.When she gets down to telling you what kinds of foods you can eat, I really love the way she highlights the important foods in the middle of long paragraphs so your eye jumps right to them, preventing you from needing to constantly dig through the book to find what you're looking for.The stories about celebrities that use the Paleo Diet are a nice touch because they give you positive role models as motivation to do it yourself.  Anything to help make habit changes easier is great!And speaking of that, the 7-day meal breakdown was perfect for eliminating any excuses.  Every meal for 7 days is spelled out in detail, even down to the recipe required to make the food.  And the wide variety of foods is wonderful. It even includes pictures.  It's like getting a recipe book and diet book in one.  Even types of exercise are included.It's hard to make major shifts in lifestyle and habits, which is why most people don't do it, but Elizabeth does a wonderful job of making it as easy as possible with this book.  Everything is easy to find and reference when you need it and she comes up with great ways to eliminate your own resistance and give you the information you need to really want to eat in a much more healthy way.All in all a very well written and put together diet book.  Highly recommended.