The Paleo Diet

by Cordain, Loren

  Resources

  Recommended Web Sites

  Loren Cordain’s Paleo Diet Web site

  www.thepaleodiet.com

  Loren Cordain’s Dietary Cure for Acne Web site

  http://www.dietaryacnecure.com/

  Robb Wolf’s Web site

  http://robbwolf.com/

  Don Wiss’s comprehensive Paleo Web site

  http://paleodiet.com/

  Recommended Books

  Cordain, Loren. The Dietary Cure for Acne. Fort Collins, CO: Paleo Diet Enterprises LLC, 2006.

  Cordain, Loren, and Joe Friel. The Paleo Diet for Athletes: A Nutritional Formula for Peak Athletic Performance. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 2005.

  Cordain, Loren, Nell Stephenson, and Lorrie Cordain. The Paleo Diet Cookbook: More Than 150 Recipes for Paleo Breakfasts, Lunches, Dinners, Snacks, and Beverages. Hoboken, NJ:John Wiley & Sons, 2011.

  Suppliers of Paleo-Related Foods

  Paleo Brands

  http://www.paleobrands.com/

  Suppliers of Game Meats

  Broken Arrow Ranch

  3296 Junction Highway

  Ingram, TX 78025

  (800) 962-4263

  www.brokenarrowranch.com

  Exotic Meat Market

  130 Walnut Avenue, Unit A-18

  Perris, CA 92571

  951-345-4623

  http://exoticmeatmarket.com/

  Exotic Meats USA

  1330 Capita Blvd.

  Reno, NV 89502

  (800) 444-5687

  http://www.exoticmeatsandmore.com/

  Game Sales International

  P.O. Box 7719

  Loveland, CO 80537

  (800) 729-2090

  www.gamesalesintl.com

  Grande Natural Meat

  P.O. Box 10

  Del Norte, Colorado 81132

  (888) 338-4581

  www.elkusa.com

  Hills Foods Ltd.

  Unit 130 Glacier Street

  Coquitlam, British Columbia

  Canada V3K 5Z6

  (604) 472-1500

  www.hillsfoods.com

  Mount Royal Game Meat

  3902 N. Main

  Houston, TX 77009

  (800) 730-3337

  www.mountroyal.com

  Polarica

  105 Quint Street

  San Francisco, CA 94124

  (800) 426-3872

  www.polarica.com

  Suppliers of Pasture- and Grass-Produced Meats, Eggs and Dairy

  Jo Robinson’s comprehensive listing of pasture and grass-fed meats, eggs, and dairy in the U.S. and Canada

  http://www.eatwild.com/

  George Bass’s free-range eggs:

  The Country Hen

  P.O. Box 333

  Hubbardston, MA 01452

  Phone: (978) 928-5333

  countryhen.com

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