June 25, 2014 Tina — No Comments

This semester of T School will progress in three parts.

The first trimester is all about getting real about what you are eating, how much you are eating and what happens biochemically to that food once it enters your bloodstream.

You may have a few guesses- it makes you feel good or bad- helps your energy or zaps it- allow you to focus or not- and keeps you lean or something else.

We know that to change your body, you’ve first got to change your mind. If you don’t understand why you want to change, your hope of lasting change is small.

If you have the education and support to make changes that you see have helped other folks just like you, you have a great opportunity to achieve the fat loss and health goals you have in mind.

That’s why we’ve created this page: as a resource for you to have to learn about healthy nutrition, Paleo nutrition in particular and reap all the benefits that eating this way will bring.

In addition to the materials you will receive in your T School Manual, here are our top 10 resources for nutrition science.

	The following books are Evolve Paleo Chef, (and T School Coach) Caleb Summers top five pics for keeping Paleo simple and straightforward in the kitchen. Of course, if you need a little help in that area, Chef Caleb and his team at Evolve are happy to help and will even deliver your food weekly to Pilates 1901! Click here to learn more about Evolve Paleo.
The first book on this list, the 21 Day Sugar Detox, will be your BIBLE for the first trimester of T School. Buy it NOW to read it before we even start!
	This book is a MUST READ. Written by Diane Sanfilippo, author of Practical Paleo and host of the Balanced Bites pod cast and blog, this will be your bible for our T School 21 Day Sugar Detox- which we will do as a group together as a way to get processed foods, junk and sugar out of our diets and our bodies for the first 21 days of T School. This book is a step by step guide to better health and vitality by discovering the toxic effects of sugar in our diets. Click on the book cover on the left to get link to sign up for Diane’s emails and a link to purchase her books!

	The two essential tricks for happy, healthy eating are being prepared and avoiding boredom. Well Fed explains how to get in the habit of a Weekly Cook up so that you have ready-to-go food for snacks and meals every day. The recipes are as simple as possible, without compromising taste, and they’ve been tested extensively to minimize work and maximize flavor. In fact, this has been such a wonderful success that the author has just come out with a sequel, Well Fed 2! Click on the book cover on the left to get link to purchase.

	Another wonderful recommendation from Chef Caleb Summers for delicious paleo recipes that are uncomplicated and real life easy to make. In Everyday Paleo, Sarah Fragoso gives detailed instructions for acquiring a Paleo lifestyle and improving the health and longevity of your family. An active mother of three, Fragoso shows that eating Paleo is not only feasible for the busiest of families, but also easy, delicious and completely life-changing. She offers numerous recipes for all meals of the day, and provides tips for getting around common roadblocks, such as eating out. Click on the book cover on the left to get link to purchase.

	Having battled an autoimmune disease the modern-medicine way for many years, Danielle Walker took matters into her own hands and set out to regain her health through the medicine of food. After four years of turning her kitchen into a laboratory for revamping her culinary point of view, Danielle mastered the art of grain-free, dairy-free and gluten-free cooking–and improved her well-being, eliminating all her ailments. Paying homage to the dishes she loved from her pre-Paleo life, she has ingeniously recreated all of her favorites without grains, gluten or dairy in her first-ever cookbook. Click on the book cover on the left to get link to purchase.

	This book is also one of my favorites- the asian meatballs alone sold me! Authors Michelle Tam and Henry Fong, creators of the acclaimed Nom Nom Paleo website, have cooked up a visual feast, with more than 100 fool- proof Paleo recipes and over 900 step-by-step photographs and cartoons. There’s something for everyone here, whether you’re a busy mom, a triathlete in training, or a lifelong foodie who’s curious about the “caveman” approach to eating. Click on the book cover on the left to get link to purchase.

The next Five Books are also great resources for recipes and the science behind the Paleo lifestyle.

	Written by oneof the best Paleo authors around, Diane Sanfilippo, (also author of the 21 DAY SUGAR DETOX), Practical Paleo explains why avoiding both processed foods and foods marketed as “healthy”—like grains, legumes, and pasteurized dairy—will improve how you look and feel and lead to lasting weight loss. Even better—you may reduce or completely eliminate symptoms associated with common health disorders! This truly is a practical guide to all things Paleo. Click on the book cover on the left to get link to purchase.

It Starts With Food outlines a clear, balanced, sustainable plan to change the way you eat forever–and transform your life in unexpected ways. Their Whole30 program has helped tens of thousands of people to weight loss, improved quality of life and a healthier relationship with food – More significantly, many people have reported the “magical” elimination of a variety of symptoms, diseases and conditions – in just 30 days.

The great thing about this book is it will mirror your 21 Day Sugar Freedom as the first 3 weeks of T School!. Click on the book cover on the left to get link to purchase.

In the late 1970s when the government mandated we get the fat out of our food, the food industry responded by pouring more sugar in. The result has been a perfect storm, disastrously altering our biochemistry and driving our eating habits out of our control. To help us lose weight and recover our health, Lustig presents personal strategies to readjust the key hormones that regulate hunger, reward, and stress; and societal strategies to improve the health of the next generation.

There is a SUMMARY version available as well.

Click on the book cover on the left to get link to purchase.

For decades we have been taught that fat is bad for us, carbohydrates better, and that the key to a healthy weight is eating less and exercising more. Yet despite this advice, we have seen unprecedented epidemics of obesity and diabetes.

Taubes argues that the problem lies in refined carbohydrates, like white flour, easily digested starches, and sugars, and that the key to good health is the kind of calories we take in, not the number. In this groundbreaking book, award-winning science writer Gary Taubes shows us that almost everything we believe about the nature of a healthy diet is wrong.

Click on the book cover on the left to get link to purchase.

Building upon his critical work in Good Calories, Bad Calories and presenting fresh evidence for his claim, Gary Taubes revisits the urgent question of what’s making us fat—and how we can change. Bad nutritional science of the last century—none more damaging than the “calories-in, calories-out” model of why we get fat—remains dogma while good science has been ignored.

Why are some people thin and others fat? What roles do exercise and genetics play in our weight? Persuasive, straightforward, and practical, Why We Get Fat is an essential guide to nutrition and weight management. Click on the book cover on the left to get link to purchase.

More to come regarding online resources, but these free handouts are a great place to begin!