Lindsay Taylor Ph.D.

Lindsay Shaw Taylor, Ph.D., is the Senior Writer and Researcher at Primal Blueprint Publishing and an expert on the primal/paleo and ketogenic diets and lifestyle. She was the lead recipe developer for The Keto Reset Diet (Mark Sisson and Brad Kearns, 2017) and is the author of several forthcoming keto cookbooks. Lindsay also spearheads the popular and ever-expanding Keto Reset community on Facebook, where she promotes a balanced and sensible approach to keto for overall health and vitality. An avid ultrarunner and triathlete, Lindsay also leads the Primal Endurance community on Facebook. There she helps athletes transition from carb-dependent sugar burners to fat-fueled machines through appropriate training and dietary modifications, strongly encouraging athletes to adopt real food fueling practices.

Lindsay earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in Social and Personality Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley in 2009. Her research focused on goal pursuit, self-presentation and self-evaluation, stigma, and online dating, and she is published in several top-tier psychological journals. Lindsay brings her expert knowledge to bear as the co-host of the Primal Blueprint Podcast keto shows and the Primal Endurance Podcast, where she frequently discusses the mental aspects of behavior change and the ways in which mindset affects success. She also appears as a featured expert in the Primal Endurance Mastery Course and the Keto Reset Mastery Course, online multimedia educational programs that bring the Primal Endurance and The Keto Reset Diet books to life.

Lindsay was first introduced to the primal/paleo lifestyle when her husband brought home a copy of a then-new book by Mark Sisson called The Primal Blueprint in 2009. They immediately started incorporating the Primal Blueprint diet and lifestyle laws into their lives. However, it wasn't until 2011 when she started training for her first triathlon that everything really clicked for Lindsay. As a newbie endurance athlete, the benefits of the primal diet and lifestyle were undeniable, and she never looked back. Since then, Lindsay has competed in dozens of triathlons and running events, including numerous marathons (the most adventurous being the Great Wall of China Marathon) and ultramarathons up to 50 miles, and several half-ironman (70.3) distance triathlons and a full ironman (140.6). All of her training is conducted using a low-carb, high-fat (LCHF) diet and fueling strategy, and the aerobic training paradigm taught in Primal Endurance and by Dr. Phil Maffetone. When she began working for Primal Blueprint in 2015 through sheer serendipity, she had already been a devoted follower for years. She is now a passionate educator and advocate for ancestral health and lifestyle principles.

Lindsay resides in Northern California with her husband and sons, where the trails are plentiful and fresh local and organic produce abounds. Whenever possible, the Taylors escape to the mountains for hiking, camping, snowboarding, and swimming in mountain lakes.