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The modern paleo diet was launched into the mainstream by Dr. Loren Cordain, an exercise and health professor at Colorado State University, whose 2002 book became a global bestseller. This marked the pivotal moment when the concept moved from academic theory to a widely followed lifestyle and diet. However, its roots extend much further back, shaped by multiple researchers over decades.

In 2002, Dr. Loren Cordain, a professor at Colorado State University, published his influential book, *The Paleo Diet*, officially popularizing the concept for the modern world. But tracing who started the paleo diet reveals a longer history, with important scientific and medical groundwork laid decades prior to Cordain's work.