The Primal Blueprint - Reprogram your genes for effortless weight loss, vibrant health and boundless energy

YouÆll transition out of the regimented, carb-dependent, fat-storing Standard American Diet (SAD), the chronic, overly-stressful exercise patterns recommended by Conventional Wisdom, and other health-compromising elements of hectic modern life. Instead, youÆll smoothly implement the evolution-tested lifestyle behaviors of our hunter-gatherer ancestors to promote optimal gene expression.

By eating Primally, youÆll transform from a carbohydrate-dependant ôsugar-burnerö into a ôfat burning beastö as Sisson puts it, where the fat stored on your waist, hips, thighs and everywhere else becomes your body's preferred fuel source, and your energy, hormone, metabolic, and immune function are optimized automatically. With an intuitive mix of Primal workouts, youÆll get exceptionally fit in only a few hours per week - and have fun while youÆre at it!

The Primal Blueprint 21-Day Transformation is stocked with photos, diagrams, concise section summaries, workout descriptions and pictures, resource lists for Primal-approved foods and foods to avoid, recipe suggestions, and detailed real-life success stories to help you stay confident and focused on your Primal journey. MarksDailyApple.com provides extensive support with thousands of articles on living Primally in the modern world.

Key Concepts
• 1. You really can reprogram your genes by the way you eat, exercise and live from day-to-day.
• 2. The clues to optimal gene expression are found in evolution: adapt the simple lifestyle behaviors of our (genetically identical) hunter-gatherer ancestors into hectic modern life.
• 3. Your body prefers burning fat over carbohydrates: Eating Primally will return your body to its ôfactory settingö as a fat-burning beast
• 4. 80 percent of your body composition success is determined by how you eat - particularly your ability to regulate the wildly excessive insulin production of the Standard American Diet.
• 5. Grains are totally unnecessary: Grains (and legumes for that matter) offer minimal nutrition, a high insulin response, and contain anti-nutrients that promote inflammation and compromise digestion and immune function.
• 6. Saturated fat and cholesterol are not your enemy: They are critical to cellular health, hormone function and metabolism, and only cause problems when insulin production is excessive.
• 7. Exercise is ineffective for weight management: Energy burned during workouts is negated by increased appetite/caloric intake. A chronic exercise pattern results in burnout and compromised fat metabolism.
• 8. Maximum fitness can be attained in minimal time with high-intensity workouts. Brief, intense strength and sprint workouts promote optimal gene expression and broad athletic competency. You can get super-fit in only a few hours per week!

Key Actions

Armed with the secrets to healthy living, youÆll take decisive action over your 21-day journey to:

• 1. Eliminate SAD foods that promote weight gain and chronic health problems.
• 2. Go Primal: restock your kitchen and implement winning strategies for shopping, dining out, and snacking.
• 3. Understand the spectrum of best to worst foods in each of the Primal food categories.
• 4. Implement Primal Blueprint Fitness workouts, blending frequent slow-paced movement, regular brief, intense strength workouts, and occasional all-out sprints.
• 5. Slow life down: enjoy the simple pleasures of ôslowö food, intuitive exercise, focused work habits, relaxing evenings, and plenty of time for play, socializing, and sun exposure.

Unlike many complex, regimented, quick-fix programs, the Primal Blueprint 21-Day Transformation is a simple, sensibly-paced journey shaped by personal preference and a strong emphasis on enjoying comfortable modern life. The material is scalable for everyone, from Type-A fitness die-hards who might benefit from a more relaxed approach, to couch potatoes who need motivation to take that first step.

Mark Sisson guides you in a light-hearted, irreverent tone that will make you feel comfortable and inspired, and never intimidated. You can expect quick results in the first 21 days (fat loss, improved energy levels, fitness, and blood test markers), but your 21-Day Transformation is only the beginning of a life of ease and contentment that is possible when you live in harmony with your genetic expectations for health and longevity.

ôWhile health and fitness is my life, I understand that many people are just too busy, too stressed, or perhaps even too intimidated - to make major lifestyle changes. The Primal Blueprint 21-Day Transformation book makes getting Primal easy, simple and totally do-able - no matter what your starting point is right now.ö

- Gabby Reece, professional volleyball star, international supermodel, fitness celebrity, and busy mom

ôAfter seven years of nagging diet-related illness, I felt completely recovered within one week of eating Primally - one week! IÆve experienced a breakthrough in energy and vitality that feels better than winning the lottery.ö

- Timothy Williams, West Los Angeles, CA

Lost 32 pounds from 5Æ9.5ö, 185lb to 153lb, in 2 months

ôWith my insulin and blood glucose under control, I can go a whole day without food and still feel energized. IÆm freaking happy all the time, and losing weight without really trying!ö

- Tara Grant, Travis AFB, CA

Lost 82 pounds, from 5Æ9ö, 235lb to 153lb, in 18 months

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Informed by cutting-edge science and nutrition, along with case studies from men and women who have experienced life-changing transformations in their health after waving goodbye to wheat, Wheat Belly is an illuminating look at what is truly making Americans sick and an action plan to clear our plates of this seemingly benign ingredient.