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Books like The Paleo Solution

The best books like The Paleo Solution are In Defense of Food, The 4-Hour Body, and Why We Sleep. The Paleo Solution by Robb Wolf is about ancestral diet, nutrition, metabolic health. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.

  1. In Defense of Food
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    In Defense of Food

    Michael Pollan · Health

    In Defense of Food opens with seven words that amount to a quiet provocation: Eat food.

    Both dig into nutrition.

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  2. The 4-Hour Body
    The 4-Hour Body

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    The 4-Hour Body

    Timothy Ferriss · Health

    The 4-Hour Body is Timothy Ferriss's account of a decade of self-experimentation with his own body — tracking every measurable variable of diet, training, sleep, and recovery to find the minimum effective dose of each intervention that produces maximum results.

    A kindred health read.

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  3. Why We Sleep
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    Why We Sleep

    Matthew Walker · Science

    Why We Sleep is Matthew Walker's attempt to do for sleep what no amount of public health messaging has managed: make people genuinely afraid of what they're losing.

    A kindred health read.

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  1. Born to Run
    Born to Run

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    Born to Run

    Christopher McDougall · Health

    Born to Run begins as a personal injury investigation.

    A kindred health read.

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  2. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
    Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

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    Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

    James Nestor · Science

    Breath is James Nestor's investigation into one of the most basic and overlooked aspects of human health: how we inhale and exhale.

    A kindred health read.

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  3. Anticancer: A New Way of Life
    Anticancer: A New Way of Life

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    Anticancer: A New Way of Life

    David Servan-Schreiber · Health

    Anticancer is David Servan-Schreiber's account of his own experience with brain cancer, diagnosed when he was thirty-one, and what he learned over fifteen years about the lifestyle and environmental factors that feed or suppress tumor growth.

    Shares nutrition and inflammation with The Paleo Solution.

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  4. The UltraMind Solution
    The UltraMind Solution

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    The UltraMind Solution

    Mark Hyman · Health

    The UltraMind Solution is Mark Hyman's argument that most mental and cognitive problems — depression, anxiety, ADHD, brain fog, memory decline — are not primarily psychiatric disorders but symptoms of underlying physical imbalances.

    Shares nutrition and inflammation with The Paleo Solution.

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  5. Wired to Eat
    Wired to Eat

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    Wired to Eat

    Robb Wolf · Health

    Wired to Eat is Robb Wolf's follow-up to The Paleo Solution, updated with new research on hunger neuroscience and a more individualized framework for dietary carbohydrate.

    Shares nutrition and metabolic health with The Paleo Solution.

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  6. Bigger Leaner Stronger
    Bigger Leaner Stronger

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    Bigger Leaner Stronger

    Michael Matthews · Health

    Bigger Leaner Stronger is Michael Matthews's practical guide to building a lean, muscular physique through evidence-based strength training and flexible dieting.

    Both dig into nutrition.

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  7. Food Rules
    Food Rules

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    Food Rules

    Michael Pollan · Health

    Food Rules is Michael Pollan's shortest and most direct book: sixty-four simple rules for eating, distilled from his longer works and from the accumulated wisdom of food cultures around the world.

    Both dig into nutrition.

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  8. Grain Brain
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    Grain Brain

    David Perlmutter · Health

    David Perlmutter, a board-certified neurologist, argues in Grain Brain that modern carbohydrate consumption — and gluten in particular — is the leading driver of brain disease in the developed world.

    Both dig into inflammation.

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  9. How Not to Die
    How Not to Die

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    How Not to Die

    Michael Greger · Health

    How Not to Die is Michael Greger's systematic argument that the fifteen leading causes of death in the United States are largely preventable through diet and lifestyle change.

    Both dig into nutrition.

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Books like The Paleo Solution: quick answers

What are the best books like The Paleo Solution?

The best books like The Paleo Solution by Robb Wolf are In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan, The 4-Hour Body by Timothy Ferriss, Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker, Born to Run by Christopher McDougall, Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Paleo Solution, such as ancestral diet, nutrition, metabolic health.

What should I read after The Paleo Solution?

A natural next read after The Paleo Solution is In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan. Both dig into nutrition. Other strong choices are The 4-Hour Body by Timothy Ferriss, Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker, Born to Run by Christopher McDougall.

What books are similar to The Paleo Solution by Robb Wolf?

The Paleo Solution centers on ancestral diet, nutrition, metabolic health. Books with a similar feel include In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan, The 4-Hour Body by Timothy Ferriss, Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker, Born to Run by Christopher McDougall, Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor, Anticancer: A New Way of Life by David Servan-Schreiber — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.

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