On Sun, 25 May 2003 19:24 ... Theola Walden Baker ... wrote:

>> Perhaps what works for me as a male may not work for women,
>
>Keith, does Faigin limit the scope of his book to men only or does he
>address women's issues at all?
>
>Thx-
>Theola

I have read his book thoroughly twice and referred to it carefully many
times.  In my view, Rob has in his mind a male reader in his late 20s or
early 30s who is hoping to lose weight and put on muscle.  These are
certainly the vast majority of those who have self-selected to participate
on the NHE discussion list.

However, to be fair, Rob himself declares (on his web site) that he is
really interested in presenting a diet and exercise program to promote
optimal health.  Like many authors, Rob has quite a few references to
women, but I always have the underlying feeling that these are an add-on;
the women are rarely with the male readers at the centre of the book.

In any case, there is a lot of good "evolutionary fitness" in the
introductory chapters and his long and important Chapter 5 is all about
the application of our knowledge of human evolution to health, fitness and
understanding of physiology.

I can understand why Rob had to publish the book outside the mainstream
(it's a bit quirky), but I still find it one of the most useful there is.
I thoroughly recommend it, but primarily as a second or third book (after
Audette, Cordain and looking through the old archives of the Evolutionary
Fitness list (1997-1998))

Keith