Sarah Ballantyne, Ph.D. (a.k.a. The Paleo Mom) is a recent convert to paleolithic nutrition, which has made a monumental difference to her health, including contributing to her 120-pound weight loss!
Following the paleo diet autoimmune protocol has also cured Sarah’s Irritable Bowel Syndrome, acid reflux, migraines and anxiety issues while also greatly improving her asthma, allergies, psoriasis and a skin condition called lichen planus. Sarah is continuing to experiment with her own implementation of a paleo diet and lifestyle to reach that lofty goal of perfect health.
Sarah has successfully transitioned her originally skeptic husband and two spirited young daughters to a paleo diet and lifestyle. She enjoys experimenting in the kitchen and sharing her successful recipes with you, including recipes for everything from one-pot dinners to paleo versions of kid staples to decadent paleo desserts.
Most of all, Sarah’s passion is to share her biology, physiology and nutrition knowledge through informative posts that distill the science behind the paleo diet into approachable explanations.
You can read about Sarah’s personal journey to paleo here and see before and after photos here.
I have been trying the paleolithic way am astonished that I have spent so much money on cookbooks and here you are for a donation. Your recipes are wonderfully easy (for us busy working moms) and I feel more educated about paleolithic eating after one browse through your website than I did after reading three books. I love the amazon option..prime delivery…not my gas in my car! And also the like the real world foods., “MOM, I CANT BREAD!” Eleven and now packing his own paleo lunch! I will be trying many of your recipes… plantain chips in oven now… and posting!! Your a life/family/sanity saver…thank you
Hi there,
I just read an article on vacation and travelling that you posted a while back on your blog: http://www.thepaleomom.com/2012/07/guest-post-by-angela-alt-business.html
I thought you might be interested in a vacation infographic we just published, it’s titled ‘Vacation Time goes unused for most Americans’, check it out: http://complianceandsafety.com/blog/vacation-infographic-vacation-time-goes-unused-for-most-americans/
If you like it, feel free to publish it on your site.
Thanks a lot,
Matthew Pelletier
Director of Public Relations
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hi, paleo mom! i am a primal mom, loving your fun, flexible goodies! i have a question about ingredients, and can’t seem to find a reliable answer anywhere online or otherwise.
i notice you use arrowroot and tapioca flour in many of your recipes. i adore this, as i find it easy to digest, more so than any other flour. but, what is the difference between the two? bob’s red mill sells them BOTH, which tells me that there has to be some difference. they are both made from the cassava, i know that, but is one finer than the other? do they work differently? how do you know which to use when you are developing a recipe?
Arrowroot is not actually made from cassava, but rather the roots of the arrowroot plant (the confusion comes from one of the alternate names for tapioca being Brazilian arrowroot). They definitely have different properties for baking. Cassava is kinda a slimey root, so tapioca adds elasticity and can help hold gluten-free baking together. Arrowroot is better at adding lightness to baking and works well at thickening sauces. Arrowroot is also more likely to be well tolerated by people with digestive issues. In some recipes you can sub one for the other, but it usually affects the texture to do this. I’m generally very deliberate when I use one versus the other of both together because they do have different affects of texture, which is something I’m usually pretty picky about in my recipes. I hope this helps!
I just found your blog & website through Paleo/NonPaleo and I just want to say: Thank you! Your blog is everything I’ve been looking for: well-written paleo/primal info from a smart woman with a family. I’ve been disappointed with other blogs and already, I’ve spend hours tonight on yours.
I look forward to reading more of what you have to write!
Thank you!!!
hi Sarah! I was wondering if you could check out my blog? it would mean so much! its mypaleoplan.blogspot.com thanks!
It seems like there are only the most recent 10 podcasts available on podbean. How do we get to the older ones?
Thanks!
The recipe for Simple Chocolate-Coconut Squares seems to be missing. Could you either fix the link of send me the recipe? I love the look of it and am looking forward to your book.
It should be fixed now.
Sarah, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experiences. This blog will improve many lives. My sister and I both reversed autoimmune diseases using a paleo diet a few years ago. I am passionate about the potential of paleo/ancestral health to address autoimmune disease not only because I have one, but because my Mom has severe secondary progressive MS. I’m about to finish the academic portion of master’s degree in a health field and am tentatively planning an in-field pilot RCT for MS patients based on paleo principles for next summer. Would you be willing to contact me via email about this? Thank you for all that you do, Lissa
My e-mail address is thepaleomommy@gmail.com