Right now one of the hottest Swedish (hardly a coincidence) trends on Twitter is #ReplaceFilmTitlesWithBacon. Silly but fun for a while. The concept is that one word in a movie title is replaced by “bacon”. For example: Silence of the Bacon. Do you have any suggestion? Let’s see who can come up with the most amusing example. Vote by pressing the ...

Last week, I received a sample of a new Paleo product called a Nosh Bar in the mail. This product is an all-natural, gluten-free, grain-free nutritional bar composed of simple ingredients including pumpkin seeds, almonds, cranberries, organic virgin coconut oil, and grass fed whey protein powder. (Click here to read more about the nutrition facts) It was designed by a CrossFit-ing foodie who ...

Discrete Getup Steps: 16kg 1. Clean & Press: 9+9 2. Stand up out of lunge: 9+9 3. Three point stance to bottom of lunge: 9+9 4. Sweep Leg Through to Bridge: 9+9 5. Seated to Glute Bridge: 9+9 6. Up to Hand: 9+9 7. Up to Elbow: 9+9 8. Shift to side: 9+9 9. Floor press: 9+9 Time: 14:30 As ...

. ... but add egg yolks, fish oil and organ meat and be sane again! That seems to be the message of the following Forbes' article and the study[1]: Sugar Makes You Stupid, But Omega-3s Will Smarten You Back Up A short digest: Though we may not have fully come to terms with it, in theory we know that high-fructose ...

Yeah ... I'm off on a tangent again ;-)  In looking at that new LC v. LF study blogged on here and here, I was reminded of a few studies I've looked into previously that actually increase the protein in the diets.  That post is in the works, but in reviewing one study it hit me -- the macro percents ...

Here’s a sign from the cruise, when the buffet was closed (like in the middle of the night). There was always – always – food around. But what kind of food? Considering the body constitution of ordinary Americans on the cruise the sign was ironic. This is exactly the kind of thing they ought to fear.

Since they produce pretty much zero inroad in anything but small forearm flexors, I've been doing bottoms up cleans whenever I don't have time for dedicated training. Last night I did: bottoms-up clean & press: 24 KG: 5+5 x3 rounds And today: Some pistols, mobilizations, rotator cuff band work, a few hand stand take offs, then more BU C&P's: 24kg ...

I just saw the first episode of the much talked about HBO program Weight of the Nation, about the American obesity crisis. As you’ve probably heard they take an utterly conventional approach. When it comes to causes of this disaster all we’re hearing is the same old failed talk about too much food, fat and calories in – and not enough ...

Not sure that it is all about efficiency....what about injury prevention ..... but you might be interested in this from here.

I was pretty pleased with the discussion thread in comments last week when I first posted about this: Man Alive! A Survival Manual For the Human Mind. Because of that, I thought it would be a reasonable thing to do over the next 12 weeks is to put it up chapter by chapter, every Saturday morning, and hash it out over ...

As I wrote about a while back, it is still amazing to me the benefits of turning out the lights earlier at night.  Just by pushing the lights out time a half hour earlier, I feel better and more energetic the next day. What I've come to realize is that the benefits don't come from more sleep, but seemingly from ...

If you’ve only ever had chicken livers fried with onions or chopped up with hardboiled eggs, then it’s time to experience liver in a more decadent way. Not that Grandma’s chopped liver doesn’t hit the spot sometimes, but the smooth, whipped texture and buttery flavor of Chicken Liver Pâté is really something special. The secret to silky, smooth pâté is ...
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When I was a teenager, I had quite the lucrative babysitting business.  On Saturday nights, before cable and VCR's and DVR's there was Love Boat and Fantasy Island (then SNL and Don Kirshner's Rock Concert <- anyone remember that?).  Given that The Love Boat was aboard a cruise ship, and Fat Head weighs in with a tale that seems more ...

Lately I’ve been waking up to the very important idea of oral health. The idea that if we wish to stay healthy, we need our oral health, and I mean it to the fullest and mostest. It’s not just brushing teeth, it’s not just flossing, it’s not just oil pulling, it is everything. I know …

New Zealand imports 2.6 million litres of olive oil per year from Europe. If you (like me) buy your Spanish or Italian branded extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) at the supermarket thinking you are buying a quality product, you might be surprised at the results of recent tests. Fair Go – a New Zealand Consumer programme, decided to quality test ...

Last week, I hosted a giveaway for an iPad 3 complete with Nom Nom Paleo’s great new app. The runner up also won a copy of the new app! For those of you who have been wondering about the winners, here you go: Congratulations to the iPad 3 winner, Stephanie F. – I hope you enjoy it! And another congratulations ...

As of the time I started writing this post, we were a little over 2 weeks post-PaleoFX , so I realized it was time to start writing again and getting back to the work at hand. My thoughts drift when I begin even pondering about how to go about reconstructing 4 years worth of work and posts lost in the ...
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I'm not sure the wisdom of making this post, but something I read yesterday on Nikoley's latest post on Jack Kruse just didn't sit right with me.  Were it not for the fact that Dick did his best to contribute to the angst of the past going-on two weeks, I probably would just let it slide.  He's just not the ...

Before I get started, just a quick plug about my book. I'm not sure the exact sales so far, but it's somewhere around 5,000, and a good portion of that is to new folks, which was the whole point for me. My promotion for "buy a copy and give away 5 for free" is still running. Could end any time ...
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I have been meaning to write part three in my series on central governors, which is supposed to cover fatigue. Well now I don’t have to, because I can just point my readers to an excellent article written by Tim Noakes, which describes in detail his central governor model for fatigue. The tile provides a good summary: Fatigue is a ...

As I’ve already said plenty of times, snacking on a Paleo diet can be a difficult thing. Of course, ideally your main meals should be enough the satisfy you entirely so you don’t feel the need to snack at all, but that time of the day when you need a little something to last you until your next meal will ...
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It’s Friday, everyone! And that means another Primal Blueprint Real Life Story from a Mark’s Daily Apple reader. If you have your own success story and would like to share it with me and the Mark’s Daily Apple community please contact me here. I’ll continue to publish these each Friday as long as they keep coming in. Thank you for ...
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Sandor Ellix Katz, The Art of Fermentation: An In-Depth Exploration of Essential Concepts and Processes from Around the World, Chelsea Green, 2012. This is a big book—498 pages—packed full of anything you’d want to know about fermented foods, not only as something healthful we seem to have evolved with, but also as something delicious to eat and drink.  Think: cheese, ...

In Raw Milk Reality: Is Raw Milk Dangerous?, we took a closer look at the claims made by groups like the FDA and CDC that raw milk is “dangerous”. We found that, though the relative risk of becoming ill from drinking raw milk is about 9 times greater than it is from drinking pasteurized milk, the absolute risk of getting ...

Please forgive me, dear readers or would-be readers! If the cupcakes on the cover of my upcoming book, Beyond Sugar Shock, tempt you or offend you, I apologize profusely! But, let's face it, the cupcakes on the cover are really a mirror. They just reflect the sugary temptations that will inevitably taunt you on a daily basis (several times) -- ...

I thought of just updating the last post, but this is long enough on its own to warrant a Part II of sorts.  If you haven't read it yet, may I suggest:  LC v. LF Diet Comparison Study Shows Calories Determine Weight Loss.  What distinguished this study from many other comparison studies, was that there was an attempt at keeping ...

I'm a bit late in weighing into the "Sugar Makes You Stupid" mess of poor health reporting on a rat study. At the Embargo Watch blog, Ivan Oransky already covered the mishandling of the study's embargo and ripped into the press release for misleading readers into believing that the study had any meaningful conclusions for college students. Then, Deborah Blum ...

For The Love of Food Welcome to Friday’s For The Love of Food, Summer Tomato’s weekly link roundup. This week superweeds threaten the US food supply, McDonald’s says soda is a fruit and vitamins that cause cancer. Want to see all my favorite links? Be sure to follow me on on Delicious. I also share links on Twitter @summertomato, Google+ and the Summer Tomato Facebook ...

Do you feel deprived on your diet? Like you’re always hungry and craving foods you “can’t” eat? In our culture, we like to do things 100%… and beat ourselves up when we fall short of the mark. When it comes to the food we put in our mouths, it’s no different. We try to stick with strict diets (No animal ...

Written by: Ann Wendel I have always been interested in holistic medicine. Even as a teenager, I read and studied many different healing modalities. Given my love of medicine and my participation in competitive sports, it was no surprise to anyone that I became a Certified Athletic Trainer and physical ...

Here’s Tom Naughton’s report from the Low Carb Cruise. It includes a lot of pictures, about 99 percent of them taken inside the ship. You know we were in the Caribbeans, don’t you Tom? Fat Head: The Cruise (and Kruse) Report

I’ve finally gotten over the sensation that my house is rocking on invisible waves, so I guess it’s safe to write about the 5th Annual Low-Carb Cruise. (I was once on a cruise ship for five straight weeks as a comedian. When I finally went home, it was nearly two weeks before our townhouse didn’t seem to be riding on ...
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Something very strange happened to me recently. It was almost as I if was reenacting 2008. It's hard to believe it's been that long, that it's 2012 now and it's been nearly 4 years ago since I hopped on that plane to Stockholm, Sweden. I remember that day very well because that morning I woke up with my eyes all ...
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Wheat Belly is the #1 book on nutrition on Amazon. Healthy nutrition is not about reducing fat or avoiding animal products. It’s about not letting Big Agribusiness manipulate your eating behavior by allowing this opiate–the gliadin protein of wheat–to rule your eating behaviors and destroy health in the process.

I’ve had a few emails today alerting me to reports of a study concerning the use of statins in healthy individuals. The study in question is a meta-analysis (groping together of similar studies) of statin trials [1]. Part of this meta-analysis involved assessing the impact of statin therapy in individuals deemed to be at relatively low risk of cardiovascular events ...

In previous posts, I reviewed some of the evidence suggesting that human evolution has accelerated rapidly since the development of agriculture (and to some degree, before it).  Europeans (and other lineages with a long history of agriculture)  carry known genetic adaptations to the Neolithic diet, and there are probably many adaptations that have not yet been identified.  This post will ...

I didn't have much time this morning, as I had to go take the GRE, but I knew I'd test better if I did something small before hand. I did the following superset, Ladder style Bottoms up KB clean and press w/ 24kg kb. Renegade Rows w/ 2x24kg KB, Pistols (bodyweight). Round 1 was 1+1, 2+2, 3+3 with each lift, ...

Discrete Getup Steps: 16kg Press: 8+8 Stand up out of lunge: 8+8 Three point stance to bottom of lunge: 8+8 Sweep Leg Through to Bridge: 8+8 Seated to Glute Bridge: 8+8 Up to Hand: 8+8 Up to Elbow: 8+8 Shift to side: 8+8 Floor press: 8+8 As with last time, I started each 'stage,' i.e. the press or lunge portion, ...

The key lift on Monday was Pendlay Rows. Warmed up with 95x3, 135x3, 165x3. Work sets: 185x3x6 - 185 felt about as heavy as I could go while keeping the rep speed fast. However, after 6 sets, I hadn't felt much drop off, so 205 was probably closer. Superset: Barbell Snatch Press: 95lbsx5,4,3 Pistol: 5+5, 4+4 L-chinups: 5,4 Parallete pushups: ...

Last week I was aboard a cruise liner in the Caribbean. I had a lot of fun but was primarily there to participate in a kinda conference organised by low-carb advocate Jimmy Moore. I was privileged to share the stage with some very lovely and inspiration speakers, among them the US cardiologist Dr William (Bill) Davis. I was looking forward ...

via Science Daily In a paper published May 17 in Cell Metabolism, scientists from Salk's Regulatory Biology Laboratory reported that mice limited to eating during an 8-hour period are healthier than mice that eat freely throughout the day, regardless of the quality and content of their diet. The study sought to determine whether obesity and metabolic diseases result from a ...

Oh goodness! The fact that cupcakes are on the cover of my new book, Beyond Sugar Shock -- officially out June 1 but available for pre-order now -- has triggered some fascinating and even strong feelings. This all began when my Facebook friend Natalie told me that the cupcakes bothered her so she simply covered them up with a piece ...

I just spotted this paper and it is definitely worth a read. The whole thing is there for free download as a pdf: Nutritional regulation of muscle protein synthesis with resistance exercise: strategies to enhance anabolism Provision of dietary amino acids increases skeletal muscle protein synthesis (MPS), an effect that is enhanced by prior resistance exercise. As a fundamentally necessary ...

Here’s part five of the marvelous UCTV-series “The Skinny on Obesity”. This seven minute episode is about how mothers influence the future weight of their children even before they are born. High insulin levels in pregnant moms leads to bigger babies. This may have repercussions as the baby grows up, increasing the risk of obesity and disease. The first signs ...

The need for regular meals are a regularly-occurring feature in healthy eating and weight loss advice. I used to believe this myself. But in the last year or two I’ve had to reconsider my thinking on this on this on the basis of my own personal experience as well as people I’ve worked with clinically. Basically, I’ve come to the ...

I have a new post over at Mother Nature Obeyed: AJCN Publishes New PUFA Study That Should Make Us Long For the Old Days This is my response to the new study published in AJCN showing that replacing butter with sunflower oil decreases liver fat, PCSK9, and improves a handful of metabolic markers. I begin with a critical review of ...

Man, you guys really love your peanut butter. I get at least one email a week from a devoted reader of the blog who just can’t shake the desire (that feels like a need) to eat peanut butter on a regular basis. They’re on board with everything else. They’ve ditched grains and vegetable oils. They’re walking more and getting better ...

Hey gang! I thought I'd bring your attention to a new page I added to the blog. I have published over 600 posts here in the past two or so years. The archives widgets are wanting in terms of being able to browse titles. I do try to organize by labels, but even many of those lists are cumbersome. Even ...

On Monday the hubs and I finally got around to checking out the new Korean owned market that opened up nearby recently. It's "full sized" -- taking the place of a regular grocery store and pretty much keeping the produce department intact. I can see getting fish/seafood from there quite often if that department stays as clean and stocked as ...

I’ve been asked to comment on the HBO series, Weight of the Nation and everything that comes with it: the accompanying book, the auxiliary videos, the distribution plan to schools and other institutions, and the Institute of Medicine’s report, Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention. Because I wanted to look at all of it before commenting, plenty of others have beaten ...

I really wanted to get this thing up for Earth Day but I was passed out in a cannabis induced haze. Well, actually, I took part in a Specialty Health presentation on insulin resistance and cancer. Gary Taubes, Dr.’s Peter Attia, Tara Dal and lil-ol me presented on the associations ...

This time in a somewhat heterogeneous (mixed) population of Type 2 diabetics.  In type 2 diabetes, randomisation to advice to follow a low-carbohydrate diet transiently improves glycaemic control compared with advice to follow a low-fat diet producing a similar weight loss From the paper: In the low-fat group, the mean age was 62.7±11 years, there were 13 men and 18 women and ...

Too good to be true? I barely got to meet the legendary dr Jack Kruse before he was booted off our LC Cruise last week, falsely accused of being a terrorist. He got a lot of media attention after that, appearing on a number of TV stations within hours – and declining the offer to get back on the cruise via ...

I watched the “Weight of the Nation” yesterday View on YouTube here: Weight of the Nation I heard concerned parents of overweight children complaining about the amount of time they spent online, and how having screen time stopped them doing exercise: Facebooking with their friends, rather than spending real time with people. Playing online games or ‘Playstation’ or Wii, rather ...

Wow, it's been a crazy few weeks here! We decided to buy a new house, 18 hours later we signed a contract on a our future home, three days later we put our current house on the market, and five days later... it sold! Amazing. Because of all the craziness I haven't been to the grocery store for over a ...

I was really interested to discover a fantastic blog, by a nine year old British schoolgirl, Neverseconds. She’s been taking photos of her school dinners and posting them onto her blog. As someone with a passionate interest in nutrition, but no children, this is such an interesting insight. The blog obviously isn’t written from a Paleo standpoint, but it is ...

Are you hooked on cupcakes but want (and need) to get my book, Beyond Sugar Shock? Follow the advice of my creative Facebook friend Natalie Rothman, who came up with an innovative way of dealing with those enticing cupcakes on the cover of my book. Just paste a piece of pater cover those annoying (but pretty) cupcakes! Thank you, Natalie, ...

This is an interesting one. Serum [25(OH)D] status, ankle strength and activity show seasonal variation in older adults: relevance for winter falls in higher latitudes. ankle dorsiflexor strength varied seasonally. Increased ankle strength in summer may be influenced by increased levels of outdoors activity over the summer months. Reduced winter-time dorsiflexor strength may predispose older people to increased risk of ...

Now I know I was admonished over and over. For months. By "People." Many..."People." Now, mind you: everyone lies. Really. But I've always been the sort to dismiss so-called "white lies," and hyperbole. Moreover, I sit as my own judge in determining for myself whether any particular lie rises to my own standard of outrage—because everyone should have their own ...

It is no secret that I am a big fan of Doug McGuff. I interviewed him here a couple of years ago and he was kind enough to give me a very good review for Hillfit. There is an excellent interview with Doug at the Bulletproof Executive site that is very well worth listening to. Podcast #26: Body By Science ...

So I am back to work and back to "normal" life after a tough couple of weeks. For the last 6 months most of my life has been focussed on planning the elections in Edinburgh. Polling on 3 May and the count on 4 May. 320,000 voters over 62,000 postal voters, 340 polling stations, 17 wards, 127 candidates. Then on ...

This looks really interesting. A new documentary called “In Defense of Fat – Rethinking the Bad Science Eating at America’s Health” is just starting pre-production. The plan is to – among other things – interview a number of people including Mark Sisson, dr Robert Lustig… and me. This movie could possibly make a significant difference. Here’s the thing. The producers ...

First, here's a rather jolly but not safe for work song from The Beautiful South. Mum's GP has approved mum getting 500mg/day Thiamine. I'm waiting for it to arrive from Vitacost. Mum's GP has approved the discontinuation of Aspirin 75mg/day and Omeprazole 20mg/day, as they are of little benefit and it reduces the number of pills that mum has to ...

I don't get out, much. That is, with the blog, other writing projects underway—and dealing with my own comments, Twitter, my own FTA Facebook Page, my Google+ Page—I have little time to pay a lot of attention to what others are doing. But I got wind yesterday of IPMG on Facebook. It's a "closed" group, which means you have to ...

“In Defense of Fat” – A New Documentary on Obesity, Nutrition and the Politics of Health I am pleased to announce my participation in a new documentary titled “In Defense of Fat: Rethinking the Bad Science Eating at America’s Health.” Created by Kennon Hulett of Falling Whale Films, this documentary ...

Another Q&A episode! In this episode, we cover: 1:45 What you need to know before deciding to consume raw milk 14:40  What to do – and not do – if you have iron overload 18:32  The best science to study before naturopathic school (and why Chris started this blog) 30:15  Does consuming fat in the morning get in the way ...

Greetings. It’s Tom, back from the cruise. I’ll post a full report later in the week, but for now I want to thank The Older Brother for taking over the Fat Head chair while I was gone. I also want us all to wish him a happy birthday. He turns 55 today, which means he qualifies for senior-citizen discounts at ...

Who doesn’t like nuts? They’re crunchy, fatty, nutritious, and convenient. They travel well. Tossing them into the air and catching them with your mouth is a fun way to impress any onlookers (this effect is enhanced if you sit in a chair backward at the same time). They even turn into butter. Nuts are the common bond between all dietary ...

I feel pretty grateful. Over the years at my now almost alma mater (one week until I will be able to hold (actually make that hug) my diploma!), I’ve met some wonderful, health conscious friends who view food as medicine, just like I do. This wasn’t always the case, especially during freshman year of college when I couldn’t find a ...

In response to my post on tuna scrape, Professor Alan Reilly, Chief Executive, Food Safety Authority of Ireland (the equivalent of our FDA) sent this photograph of an actual tuna scrape label. After I forwarded it to Bill Marler, he noticed that it is one of several photographs posted on the FDA’s tuna scrape recall web page). The type is too ...

Almonds are super nutritious and great for pregnant women who need the extra calcium. I don’t like to eat almonds, though, because nut fiber is irritating to my gut. Almond milk, on the other hand, (juiced, strained almonds) makes a great way to comfortably obtain all their nutrients. But getting your hands on real almond [...]

It’s the rare person who has never been a victim of Diet Coke. I’ve definitely been there, and I’m not proud of it. My friend E—geek girl extraordinare—overcame her Diet Coke addiction, and can help you find your way to recovery. Since 2008, E. Foley has been helping geeks find love. She writes amazing online dating profiles and guides her clients ...

Click to see the timeline again at full size. We’re taught, as schoolchildren (usually around sixth grade) that the invention of agriculture is not only the most important event in human history…it’s when history began! Leaving aside for the moment the awkward facts that its effects on human health and lifespan were so [ . . . ] ⇒ Continue ...

Hey folks, just wanted to provide a bit of recent media coverage on the risk assessment program here in Reno, NV. If you missed my first piece on this, you can find that here. You might remember Dr. Kim Mulvihill and her 5 part news piece on paleo, looking at ...

The attitude of dietetic professionals towards vegetarian diets has changed in recent years. Compared to the 1980 position statement of the American Dietetic Association (ADA) which raised doubts about the adequacy and benefit of vegetarian eating, the most recent ADA position paper on vegetarian diets, published in 2009, views vegetarian diets more positively. — “The Contribution of Dietary Studies in ...
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This site is growing like crazy. A year ago there were about 300 visits a day, which seemed like a nice start. Last month the daily number of visits hit 5,000 for the first time. And yesterday there were almost 10,000 visits! Feel free to keep spreading the word. The Food Revolution is only getting started. As you can see ...

Olivia posted this incredible story of wheat-free release in the comments on this blog. Her story so powerfully encapsulates how far off course health can go from consuming this inedible thing called “wheat,” that I thought it was worth sharing with everybody: I am a 41-year old busy mom and I have been wheat-free (and gluten-free) for 12 weeks. My ...

One of the biggest health wars being fought in the world today is against the rise of what is considered “worsening” blood lipid profiles.  The major risk factors associated with heart...

Originally lucky post #13 made on March 23, 2010 In light of all of the "fat burning" , respiratory quotient and mitochondrial mayhem discussions of damaged metabolisms, I thought this might be a fitting post to bump to the top today.  The take home message of this study, IMO, is that the body burns what it needs to burn, and ...

Dr Briffa and me Finally I found my long lost twin. The English doctor John Briffa was one of the funniest and cleverest people on the low carb cruise. Apart from that we were so identical that we’ve been selected to star in a sequel to the movie Twins.

Between ER work and kids’ field trips things have been quite hectic.  As a result, I have no topic/theme for this week’s WOW.  I did manage to squeeze in this workout (chest/back emphasis). Lumbar Extension on SS Pulldown (as pre-exhaust for…) MedX Leg Press (trash compactor setup: trapped between a lower turnaround and end stop technique-ouch!) MedX Chest Press (did ...

Over the past couple weeks, I’ve identified two deficits in our modern lives – the lack of sprinting and the lack of walking – and proposed a series of corresponding challenges to address (and hopefully fill) those deficits. Judging from the responses, I think these articles were  successful. Today, I’m trying my hand at highlighting another problem, this time one ...

While Weight of the Nation is airing on HBO this week (I’ll comment on it after it’s fully aired), here’s what happens when public health officials try to do something to make it easier for kids to eat more healthfully. The Massachusetts public health department came up with a proposal to ban bake sales in public schools 30 minutes before, ...

There is no reason to fear fat anymore. High fat food is even good for diabetics, according to a new high-quality Swedish study of 61 patients: Diabetes patients randomized to a high fat (20% carb) diet improved their blood sugar, cholesterol and could reduce their diabetes medication. Patients randomized to conventional (obsolete) low fat advice did not improve anything. No ...

Low Carb Cruise report from dr William “Wheat Belly” Davis

Download Episode Here Topics: [2:00] BCAA Supplementation and Fat Loss [6:57] Ultra High Fat Diet [11:54] Methylglyoxal [15:42] Male Testosterone Drop After Having Child [20:41] General Flexibility [28:18] High Rep Olympic Lifting [50:41] Potts Disease   Questions: 1. BCAA Supplementation while going for fat loss Trevor says: Hi Robb and ...

I just returned from Jimmy Moore’s Low-carb Cruise, a 7-day excursion to Jamaica, Grand Cayman Island, and Cozumel aboard the Carnival Magic. During our 7 wonderful days, a number of authors and experts spoke, each offering their unique perspective on the low-carb world. The focus was the science, experience, and practical application of low-carbohydrate diets. The event kicked off with ...

I believe I previously linked to this study that looks at eating occasions and portion sizes and their links to overweight/obesity.  After thinking about it for a while, I think the results of the study can easily be misinterpreted. The study primarily concludes that larger portion sizes have directly contributed to weight gain in the US.  So the solution is ...

In the modern world, people are looking for more and more efficient ways to exercise.  My own life is pretty atypical, but I’m spending time at my mom’s house right now so this week I can totally...

I keep stalling out on weight loss. It's really starting to annoy me. I haven't written out my story yet (it would take forever at this point!) but I still think something is not quite right with my metabolism. I think food is too much of a bother when you're a mom... I think the main problem is eating too ...

For those of you who’ve stuck with me so far, thanks, and give yourselves an “attaboy.” Tom should be home or almost home and resting up from the Low Carb Cruise. Looking forward to his report, but he tipped me off that there were some problems with the audio of his roast of the featured speakers. He was huddling up ...

I live in a pretty cool neighbourhood, there are cute  cafes with great coffee, organic whole food shops, and a butcher with award winning gluten free sausages and bacon. It also has a beautiful park with a lake, a zoo, and a fair few creative people. One of those is artist is Jude Graveson who has recently been using cast ...
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It’s Monday and that usually means another round of Dear Mark, but today I have something a little different in mind. Today I have some questions for you (along with a chance to win a Primal prize). Since I launched Mark’s Daily Apple way back in 2006 it’s been my goal to help 10 million people take control of their ...

Sunday we drove from Marikina to Infanta via the new mountain road, the Marikina – Infanta road. It’s probably the 6th time I’ve traversed this road and finally this time all the bridges were finished! There were just 2 short hundred meter uncemented road stretches. We used Google Maps on my Ipad and saw Google …

♫ Audio Article: Download a free audio version of this article with commentary or subscribe in iTunes!  "You can't understand the other things that I'm working on unless you know where serotonin fits in. To understand unsaturated fatty acids vs. saturated, you have to understand estrogen and serotonin, and to understand thyroid, you have to understand all of those." - Ray Peat, PhD

Photo by roygbivibgyor There’s been a lot of talk lately about the dangers of sugar, and one reader asked: So if you bake things from scratch with things like unsweetened apple sauce instead of sugar and whole grains and seeds etc… can they still be considered healthy? Like are healthy muffins or banana breads possible? To dessert or not to ...

I was a member of the FDA Food Advisory Committee when the agency approved production of genetically modified foods in the early 1990s. At the time, critics repeatedly warned that widespread planting of GM crops modified to resist Monsanto’s weed-killer, Roundup, were highly likely to select for “superweeds” that could withstand treatment with Roundup. I wrote about this problem in ...

While I was looking at something unrelated (except that it was a fatty acid), the following popped up in my search:  Weight loss supplement - conjugated linoleic acid - shows nasty side effects.  Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) first came to my attention, other than hearing about it as a supplement from time to time, during a discussion on trans fats ...

This just makes me mad! In our local supermarket, there is a display – a large pallet of Tim Tams, begging to be bought. Actually Arnotts are begging us to buy a packet and if you do, 20cents goes to Breast Cancer Aotearoa Coalition. I pulled this screen shot off http://www.breastcancer.org.nz Why is this so wrong? I doubt whether Arnotts ...

My name is Elena. Brief history: 43 years old, I come from the Italian Island of Sardinia, I have been living for the past 10 years in California.  I have been doing yoga for 8 years and CrossFit for 3.  No kids (4 dogs!!!!!! ) 136 lbs. 2 1/2 years ...

There has been some heated debate on the internets recently concerning the use of foam rollers to improve movement and reduce pain. For example Greg Lehman recently wrote a nice blog post questioning the use of foam rollers in the management of ITB pain, which provoked a response from Mike Boyle, a well known strength and conditioning coach and strong ...

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change. - Charles Darwin On May 27, the "Take the Flour Back" environmentalist group plans to take "mass action" in efforts to remove more than $1 million worth of research in biotechnology. Their purpose, ...

A new addition to the Meal Plan Generator, our next recipe in the safe starch series is one that hails from Latin America – plantain fritters. Known as “mofongo” in Puerto Rico, “bolon de verde” in Ecuador, and “tacachos con cecina” in the Peruvian Amazon, these fritters are a delicious addition to your palate. I was especially taken with the ...

Things are getting worse. According to a new report, severe obesity (BMI > 40) will soon be normal in the United States. Looking at past trends and calculating the likely future, 42 percent of the American population will be obese by 2030, compared to 34 percent today. The trend for severe obesity looks even worse: Prediction for severe obesity Here ...

Thanks to all the helpful input I got from the 1st try at this, I put together a new one. Short & sweet at 1:15. So sometime this week my publisher will be kicking off a special promotion for the book, for which sales are still remarkably going very well—in spite of the odd silly review on amazon. You might ...

Some guy named Jerry Tobbs (I might have that wrong) recently explained why he thinks the campaign to stop America’s obesity crisis keeps failing. Here’s the winning entry from last month’s “ethics of meat eating” NY Times essay contest. What do you think? Don’t eat green bacon (unless it’s St. Patrick’s day). Amish farm kids are “remarkably immune” to allergies, ...

Yesterday on FTA, Jack Kruse posted the following: Jack Kruse // May 12, 2012 at 13:59 Somebody just pointed me to Deans blog this PM of 5/9. I left a comment there that was similar to the one I posted here last night and she refused to post it. I will say it again here clearly for all to hear ...

Pee Pee Continues to Pump Out the Poo-Poo Poor Pee Pee, a.k.a “Plant Positive” and “PrimitiveNutrition”. He appears to have been so banged up my recent exposé of his fraudulent nonsense he’s now suffering paranoid delusions. When a reader from Bristol in the United Kingdom recently protested the effeminate extremist’s blatant lies over at YouTube, Pee Pee accused him of ...

Here's an article about a neat approach to ADHD.  The focus is on "self-generated" play.  WHat they do is basically turn kids loose in nature and let them do what they want. The authors believe that self-generated play, as opposed to scripted play, is crucial for brain development.  This is what Peter Gray, over at Freedom to Learn, has been ...

I had to load and unload about 1500lbs worth of bricks this morning (I did 1500, and my friend did the other 1500). This wasn't particularly bad, but the muscles in my hand felt fairly fatigued at the end. Before coming into work, I did another round of discrete turkish getups, from the top down, using 7 reps at each ...

In the midst of all the chaos this week came a very interesting diet/mental illness risk paper. Particularly good because it comes from the premier psychiatry journal (that we in the biz call the "Green Journal" because the cover is… well…anyway): The American Journal of Psychiatry (and looks like the full text is available for free) --- Maternal antibodies to ...

I have good news. We are going to be doing a new edition of our book with Scribner’s. Last winter, Shou-Ching and I began exploring publishing options. We want to make a very professional cookbook; that project is very dear … Read more »

Reduced-rate pre sales are now underway for this fine collection of Ancestral Wellness awesomeness; truly a study in the  Theory to Practice of living in accordance to our ancestral past.  Make sure to run over and check out the rockin’ good preview trailer and, while you’re there, make sure to place your order for the best compilation of theory-to-practice-based Paleo information ...

“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.” -Marcus Aurelius The formula to look better, feel better, and live better is deceptively simple. Eat better, move smarter, live the good life. Master these basics and ...

Today, it's my pleasure to share with you the new artwork for my Sugar Freedom Now Course. This is the companion program to my new book, Beyond Sugar Shock, which you can pre-order now from Amazon and get in a few days! Special thanks to talented Enrique Brooks, who was referred by my wonderful Facebook friend, Lynnis Woods- Mullins II. ...

Banh Mi is an increasingly popular Vietnamese sandwich with a sweet, savory, tangy and sometimes spicy blend of meat, raw vegetables and herbs. Freed from the confines of a baguette, the bold flavors and contrasting textures of Banh Mi also make an incredible salad. In this simple Primal version, peppery seared pork is tossed with a crunchy cabbage and carrot ...
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Food, Culture, and Eating Disorders Food is one of the most ancient media of human cultural exchange. From the Last Supper to the dinner date, food is a sign of community. We show religious devotion by fasting; we mark our celebrations with feasting. Food is more than fuel; it’s one of the tools we use to construct our culture. Unfortunately, ...

This Mother’s Day we salute all the mothers who are raising children to appreciate and embrace eating for health. It’s no easy task in the midst of a culture fixated on junk food that’s readily available everywhere one turns. And it’s even more difficult if we, as moms, are getting a late start in establishing healthy eating habits ourselves. However, ...

This is a guest review post written by Chad Cilli: In an era riddled with bad diet advice, bogus supplements, and fitness gimmicks promising miraculous results with no effort, Mike Mahler is a breath of fresh air.  I first became familiar with his work a few years ago when I ...

As if we needed any more reason to pick on Body Mass Index (BMI): new research finds that this most accepted approach for assessing overweight and obesity based on height and weight could lead to misclassification of young Asian-American women potentially increasing their risk of chronic diseases like type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. In my last post, I discussed ...

Ugh, I got back from Europe this week and I feel like I have so much catching up to do. Books to review, emails to answer, projects to finish, mad programming skillz to acquire, apartment to spruce up... and somehow every night I go to bed with so much undone. More about my travels later, as there is an interesting ...

A couple of weeks ago I had a [filtered] brilliant idea. That was after I was thinking about commenters who add so much value around here. I wondered to myself, how can I repay them, beyond just engaging as much in comments as time allows? Once I asked the question the answer seemed too obvious: give the best ones center ...

If you are looking for a great cookbook that will inspire trying to prepare vegan meals, or give you some new ideas, Chloe's Kitchen, available at The Food Way Store (pg.6 of cookbooks) is great. It is filled with photos, and the recipes are pretty easy. There are tips, along with plenty of sweet treats for those who like to ...
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I really wanted cupcakes yesterday, but the thought of making Primal-friendly cupcakes made me tired. Baking is so time and energy intensive when baking primally. ::sigh:: Anyway, I remembered a Facebook friend of mine started a blog and she tends to do more baking than cooking (from what I can see anyway)... which is great! because I don't have time ...

Just a quick little post to share how I finally was able to stop drinking coffee and not turn back.  Is two months a long enough test run to prove this method?  Well, I hope so, because it seemed to work really well for me. The other times that I stopped drinking coffee in the [...]

You'll never guess! Some people moan about their health problems a lot. If somebody tries my advice and their health doesn't improve, they are justified in moaning about it. If however I give them advice, they ignore it and then carry on moaning, it's time to ignore them. I don't have time for...

For The Love of Food Welcome to Friday’s For The Love of Food, Summer Tomato’s weekly link roundup. A scary new link between BPA and breast cancer, a fascinating new discovery about HDL and how one simple habit can help you live 6 extra years. Want to see all my favorite links? Be sure to follow me on on Delicious. I also ...

It’s Friday, everyone! And that means another Primal Blueprint Real Life Story from a Mark’s Daily Apple reader. If you have your own success story and would like to share it with me and the Mark’s Daily Apple community please contact me here. I’ll continue to publish these each Friday as long as they keep coming in. Thank you for ...
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... the more I wonder, what was Jack Kruse doing going on the LC Cruise?   There was enough notoriety surrounding his TEDx talk, that Jimmy urged on his forum for members to lobby TEDx Nashville to for the speaking slot.  I can't imagine Jimmy Moore didn't watch it.   So I'm putting myself in his shoes and thinking to ...

I was riveted by an article in today’s New York Times about the latest decision of an FDA drug advisory panel. The panel voted to approve a new weight-loss drug, lorcaserin.  The vote was mixed: 18 for approval, 4 against, and 1 abstention. The majority felt that the benefits outweighed the risks and that even if there were risks, “new ...

Milk is a very special food for mammalian babies. It provides essential nutrients; stimulates development of the gut; promotes the growth of the unique neonate gut flora; and kills everything else. Milk is anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and anti-viral. It is used in fruit orchards as a pruning tool dip to prevent the spread of disease between trees, and it is used ...

Gary Taubes is a name probably familiar to you. If not, he’s a writer and author of Good Calories, Bad Calories (The Diet Delusion in the UK) and Why We Get Fat and What To Do About It. While we’re clearly not twins separated at birth, I have traditionally had a lot of time for what Gary has to say ...

We have hit 95,000 hits! Yippee!! I have a super, amazing no-fail turkey recipe which I love. I have never given out the instructions before, but I will if we hit 100,000 views! So help me help you. Send some of your friends over and let's all have the juiciest, more flavorful turkey ever!

Veronica's teacher emailed me to say that next week they are having an end-of-school party, and she would be serving dirt cups. She said she wanted to respect our "diet" and what sort of accommodations could she make for Veronica. I thought that was very sweet of her. Even better is when she emailed me two hours later with a ...

One of my last posts pointed to the hazards associated with the use of sunscreens, including some propensity to increased skin cancer risk. Some people have commented that chemicals found in sunscreens might have a direct toxic and cancer-inducing effect in the body. I don’t disagree with this idea at all – it’s certainly plausible. I came across this report ...

I am away at the moment and have limited time and internet access. So this post, as well as anything else I write this week is going to be short and sweet. I saw this story today which is concerned with the weight gain that often comes after stopping smoking. In this particular study, 3 months after smokers had stopped, ...

I have major disagreements with an article I found that listed 10 Vegan Sources of Protein.  This is a major recipe for killing people’s kidneys.  I wish they would stop spouting these dreadful vegan protein excuses to not eat animal meat.  Vegan sources of protein are incredibly low in FAT… and being low in FAT …

I read this free 75-page ebook in the space of a few hours Sunday before last and knew immediately that I wanted to feature it here. It's one of the most interesting and unique liberty, individualist, egoist, anti-autharitorian (of all kinds) books I've ever read—and I've read a lot of them. It's not only about thinking for yourself, but for ...

If you missed out on the inaugural PaleoFX event this year, here’s your chance to pick up a DVD set including all of the fantastic talks and panel discussions. The PaleoFX Ancestral Momentum – Theory to Practice Symposium took place this year from March 14-17 at the University of Texas – Austin campus in the Stark Center for Physical Culture ...

Wow. One of the most gratifying parts of getting to sit in the Big Chair while Tom’s out spreading the word is the quality of the folks reading and commenting here. It’s also the most exhausting part, and I’m bushed! For today, I meant to wrap up my meandering discussion of some fundamental economic concepts from the seldom heard, free-market ...

Wednesday I did another big continuous set of 'discrete' getups, doing each step for 6 reps on each side and then continuing. I did them top down, instead of bottom up this time. Not sure which is better. Discrete Getup Steps: 16kg Press: 6+6 Stand up out of lunge: 6+6 Three point stance to bottom of lunge: 6+6 Sweep Leg ...

Good Thursday morning my fellow inmates ...  Today is May 10th, Day 4 of the LC Cruise.  There have been a number of developments, so I thought I'd share some links and thoughts in one place for those who don't frequent certain blogs and websites and such. First, I'm safe, sound, and have yet to be contacted by any legal ...

The blog will be a bit quiet in the next few weeks. I’m taking some time to write (non-blog-related) and spend as many hours as possible with family before the Balanced Bites Workshop schedule picks up again. I’m also doing my best to remember what’s most important in life – the people I love, good nourishment, and gratitude. In times ...

This way of eating, this lifestyle, is given so many names. You might follow a Paleo Diet or a Primal Diet – or perhaps you eat an Ancestral Diet or eat like a Caveman? Does it matter what it’s called? And do the different terms even refer to the same way of eating? Paleo Diet The term “Paleo Diet” was coined ...

If you ask most people, they’ll pretty much agree that optimism is better than pessimism. Oh, you might get one or two who laugh at the cockeyed optimists and their naivete about the world and its harsh, grim realities, but when you get down to it, optimists feel good about their lot in life, while pessimists feel bad about where ...

Makes 20-25 stars depending on the size of each star Everyone deserves a little decadence now and then, especially as a post-meal treat. My dad has always instilled in me the importance of consuming plenty of nutrient rich vegetables and beans in a meal and then I can treat myself to a few of these amazing little guys. And boy ...

The Government Accountability Office is complaining again about the inadequacies of the American food safety system, and with good reason. Its 2012 Annual Report, Opportunities to Reduce Duplication, Overlap and Fragmentation, Achieve Savings, and Enhance Revenue, says that the food safety system is: fragmented and results in inconsistent oversight, ineffective coordination, and inefficient use of resources. In 2007, GAO added ...

We don’t have a TV (I think I’ve mentioned this once or twice before) and so we do lots of stuff. Once I told a guy that I don’t have a TV and he said, “Oh, so your life doesn’t suck then?” He pretty much hit the nail on the head. So yesterday’s not-sucky day [...]

Who is This Guy? My name is Jim Laird, and I am a Strength and Conditioning Coach and the founder and co-owner of J&M Strength and Conditioning in Lexington, KY.  To give you a brief history about me, I am an elite-level powerlifter who has competed in the 242 class.   ...

I hate the impracticality of magical realism. It seems like hubris to swallow the laws of time and physics in poetry but expect a reader to care about the story. And yet sometimes there is a phrase or paragraph of such power, such wisdom, that you feel gut-punched. Your breath is gone. For that reason a book like One Hundred ...

From FTA: Jack Kruse // May 9, 2012 at 17:42 I have a conundrum here. What was done to me will be found in justice. What kind of justice, I am unsure as yet. But I have a consciousness about the movement that this “twatter” undermined by the actions said. They people who are complicit in this are crafting a ...

Tonight I threw together a quick dinner since our routine has become completely disrupted lately. I made some hamburgers, fried onions (in butter) and corn on the cob (not technically Primal, but it's "real food") for the kids. They seemed to enjoy it! I also gave them each half a cup of chocolate coconut milk. It has a little sugar, ...

Here is a link to an interview with Dr. David Lovell Smith, who recently researched hunger signals.  What's interesting in this short interview is that he ties dysregulated eating (eating when not hungry) to a host of problems.  But what really surprised me is that he connects it to autoimmune disease.  He discusses how an overloaded digestive system (not eating ...

Presentation-on-video is one of the least accessible sources of information for me. For a stack of practical reasons I don't get a lot of listening time. I made the effort the other day and got depressed. Why? We all know hereditary fructose intolerance tends to produce death when some joker sets up an intravenous fructose infusion in the intensive therapy ...

Mommy, he called me a name! Long before we all became a bunch of stupid [filtered] feigning "hurt," that was the idiomatic wisdom. I'm sure I must've heard it first from my mom; and I remember it, misogynist that I am. But I'll get to that, later. Because I'm not puerile, I have no problem shooting a link to anyone ...

Farmers Market Boot Camp Big news! On May 19th, I’m hosting one last Farmers Market Boot Camp at the San Francisco Ferry Building in support of Food Revolution Day and Jamie Oliver’s foundation. For those who don’t remember, last year I offered a farmers market tour/class for a few weeks that was really fun and wildly popular. But I hadn’t started ...

This is the weirdest thing ever. We must be in America or something. One of the speakers I was most looking forward to meeting got thrown off the cruise ship by police, FBI and Homeland Security. Nobody will be surprised that I’m talking about the always controversial Dr Jack Kruse. Apparently someone tweeted that he was planning a bioterrorism attack, ...

A special thanks to Bud Weiss, Ray Peat, Susan Neves, Chris Dillon, and Edward Edmonds for making this possible. Edward Edmonds and Bud Weiss have provided a new interview with Peat available at www.peatatarian.com

Back in February, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) published a study targeting raw milk as dangerous and unsafe for human consumption. The media jumped on it in typical fashion. You may have seen headlines like this: “Raw Milk Causes Most Illnesses From Dairy, Study Finds.” - USA Today “CDC: Raw Milk Much More Likely to Cause Illness.” - Food ...

Last week, I scrutinized the “Primality” of ten commonly wondered-about foods. It garnered a lot of follow-up comments and emails, so I figured I’d do another round. This time I only covered eight, but I hope you’ll forgive me. If you’ve ever wanted to know about cashews, wheatgrass, sprouts, fermented soy, vinegar, almond milk, hummus, royal jelly, or green coffee ...

I’ve had my share of helping people with cancer. I’ve had my own share of helping people get well of allegedly incurable diseases. I’m the network administator of a forum where members are all familiar with curing incurable diseases. I’m friends with professional healers who cure incurable diseases every single day. There is no such …

The FDA has just released a classy new report on Global Engagement, summarizing its efforts to deal with issues raised by the globalization of drugs, medical devices, and foods. This is a big deal.  In 2009, 300,000 foreign facilities in more than 150 countries exported $2 trillion worth of FDA-regulated products to the United States. Given these numbers alone, the ...

First, the music video. I have to admit that I'm not exactly what you'd call "exciting". Apart from driving my yellow MX-5 very fast in the middle of the night when there's nobody around, I'm not an adrenaline junkie. My mother used to throw herself out of light aircraft with a parachute on her back. There were occasions where her ...

May is National Salad Month!  I know, I know – salad.  It’s boring and you’re sick of it, right?  It’s what dieters and rabbits eat and seriously, you want “Man” (or “Woman”) food.  Not so fast!  Who says salad has to be a bowl of spinach with a dry chicken ...

So I've done nothing for the last week except purge, organize, clean and clean some more. I've not had time to really make much food, so we've just been grazing on whatever is in the fridge at the time. And we've gone out for dinner several times. Tonight we had our first house showing (to a lovely older couple, I'm ...

Some investigators have reported that morning sickness is less common or even unknown among people who eat plant-based diets, but common among people who eat animal-rich diets. These authors report that women typically have greater aversions to animal products than to any other foods, and propose that morning sickness functions to reduce exposure to food-borne pathogens. Morning sickness: a mechanism ...

I’ve been reading a lot about Dr Terry Wahls recently. Dr Wahls was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2000 and immediately went on a quest to learn as much as she could about the chronic neurodegenerative disease – and how she could delay what seemed to be the inevitable decline to the illness. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLjgBLwH3Wc  After extensive research and experimentation she ...

Yesterday afternoon I got wind of the story. Here's one. A Nashville neurosurgeon was escorted off a Carnival Cruise Line ship Sunday after a post on Twitter led authorities to believe the doctor was planning a bioterrorist attack. The tweet appeared to come from Dr. Jack Kruse and made it seem as though he was in possession of a vial ...

Well the internet is a-buzz. Jack's sh!t has hit the fan. Nashville Surgeon Target Of Cyber Attack, Kicked Off Cruise Ship Nashville surgeon removed from cruise ship I don't know who these reporters are, but even these articles smell super fishy. "I know that one of the main ringleaders that's tied to the twitter feed is in New York and ...

Last week, I covered a glaring deficit in the lives of most modern people: the lack of walking. And it’s not just the “normal” people who aren’t walking enough; two thirds of those readers who took the poll get fewer than five hours of slow easy movement each week. Since everyone walks at least a few hundred steps a day, ...

My main idea right now is to accrue a good deal of volume doing turkish getups. Sunday I did a drill where you take each discrete step of the getup, do 5 reps, switch hands, repeat, and then switch back to do the next step for 5 reps and so on. It was fairly tiring, even with the 16kg KB, ...

A reader writes: Here’s what I don’t understand. Everyone who is scared of raw says they want their dog’s food to be cooked, to kill salmonella. But here is kibble, which by definition is cooked to the point of losing most of its original nutrients, but STILL has salmonella. I don’t see how this is possible.  If it’s cooked enough ...

Buzz is now quickly building for my upcoming book, Beyond Sugar Shock, thanks to 43 (so far) acclaimed thought leaders and distinguished health leaders, including Dr. Wayne Dyer, Dr. Daniel Amen, Brian Tracy, Dr. JJ Virgin, Dr. Christiane Northrup. I'm so honored, grateful, and humbled that so many amazing wellness experts, empowerment gurus, and even fellow sugar-educators have come on ...

David Cain is the author of a blog called Raptitude, “a street-level look at the human experience.” Last month, in an entry called “Giving up the V-Card,” he explained why he’d stopped calling himself vegan, even though he still doesn’t purchase animal products. The main reason was alienation; veganism had erected a psychological barrier between himself and meat eaters, and ...

Download Episode Here Topics: [1:02] Sleeping After Long Periods Of Being Awake [6:47] PMS Thwarting Training Goals [16:54] Proper Low Bar Squat Position [24:54] Cracks In The Corner of Mouth [27:05] Goal Setting [40:22] Gum Recession [43:45] High Blood Pressure [48:49] Best Fitness Program For Military Soldiers [55:14] Antidepressants and ...

This week the 5th Annual Low Carb Cruise was marred by controversy when the much talked-about Jack Kruse, M.D. was implicated in a terror threat involving the Carnival cruise ship on which it was held. Galveston Police, the FBI, Homeland Security, and the Coast Guard were brought in to investigate, and Dr. Kruse was ultimately cleared of suspicion, though not ...

In previous posts, I described how Otzi was (at least in large part) a genetic descendant of Middle Eastern agriculturalists, rather than being purely descended from local hunter-gatherers who adopted agriculture in situ.  I also reviewed evidence showing that modern Europeans are a genetic mixture of local European hunter-gatherers, incoming agricultural populations from the Middle East, neanderthals, and perhaps other groups.  In ...

The focal point of weekends for Don and I over much of the past year has been attending the Sunday morning sitting practice, along with a once per month 12 hour retreat, and a two hour samu (work praactice), both on Saturdays at (Haku-Un Ji), the Zen Center in Tempe. The 12 hour retreat, or zazenkai, is a blend of ...
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I've now passed the one-month mark in my effort to 1) eat only when actually hungry, and 2) stop eating when satiated.  Of the two, I am doing much better with stopping when full (see the last post).  I would estimate that I am eating to satiety and not beyond probably 75-80% of the time. The other component, eating when ...

Ever since I began reading more about eating to hunger and satiety, I have tried to become of aware of such on a daily basis.  One kind of shorthand analogy I've been using for eating to satiety (and then stopping) is "pull the plug".  As I'm eating, I take a few seconds every now and then to sense if I'm ...

I took most of the last two weeks off for a little reflection.  I feel like we have come to somewhat of a crossroad at 180D, one where many of the old tangents are falling away.  The roots of 180...

Forbidden merlot. (Cue Homer Simpson drool:) Mmmmmdaaaaugghh. My Crossfit box is doing its first-ever Whole30! If you aren't familiar with whole9life's whole30 program, it's 30 days of cleanest possible classically paleo eating. No dairy. Not even honey, maple syrup, or booze passes muster for this "cravings/tummy reset" protocol. You may recall I did one of these on my own for ...

Don & I took a needed break from errands & cleaning up our new clinic space to celebrate our one year anniversary on Saturday. We did our usual Saturday morning at the Scottsdale ~ Old Town Farmer's Market, and brought home some goodies to make a quick picnic lunch. We enjoyed a refreshing breakfast of fruit with soy yogurt, and ...
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Okay, fellow Fat Heads, if you read Part I and came back anyway, thanks for your patience. I’m sure it was grueling for some of you, but I wanted to illustrate some fundamental economic concepts for a model that helps explain our current nutritional predicament, and the Business Cycle analysis covers a couple of those. Here’s a quick synopsis: * ...

I worked out Saturday morning at UE.  I did the shoulders/arms/leg press portion of my 2-way split.  It was a great workout.  Afterwards I performed on on-site consultation with a BBS follower from Denver.  My WOW was as follows: 4 Way Neck (SuperSlow Systems) MedX Overhead Press Thick Bar Biceps Curl Triceps Pushdown (J reps halves) Thick Bar Wrist Flexion/Extension ...

There’s nothing quite so powerful as the urge to eat. Being living organisms that require sustenance and nutrition, we find it difficult to resist. It’s not like smoking, or sex, or drugs, which you can technically avoid and still live, because they aren’t really required for an individual’s survival. No, food is an absolute necessity. So what happens when that ...

I apologize for my absence. I'm busy with a couple of different projects right now, but I wanted to mention a few things I'm really excited about: 1) First and foremost, I have been working extremely hard attempting to wrap-up my new guide, The Peat Whisperer: Increasing The Metabolic Rate Through The Visionary Work of Raymond Peat PhD The aim ...

METABOLIC ADAPTATIONS TO A "STUFF AND STARVE" FEEDING PROGRAM. I. STUDIES OF ADIPOSE TISSUE AND LIVER GLYCOGEN IN RATS LIMITED TO A SHORT DAILY FEEDING PERIOD This is quite an old study, published in 1962, and it's in rats who are known to have greater DNL in adipose tissue. This was a fairly short study, wherein rats were put on ...

Now the cruise is really on! After a lovely dinner and a couple of glasses of wine last night I had to get to bed early, still jetlagged. Rising early today I went to the deck gym with Monique Forslund and did some pullups at sunrise. Very Paleo. Today the lectures start with people like dr Eric Westman, dr Eric ...

If you haven't already done so, I highly recommend an internet bop on over to Anthony Colpo's blog to read his awesome interview with Muata Kamdibe.   Muata made a number of great points in that interview that resonated with me and that I've been meaning to blog on before this past week's little diversion.  So this probably won't be ...

In a previous post () I used WarpPLS () to analyze the model below, using data reported in a recent study looking at the relationship between red meat consumption and mortality. The model below shows the different paths through which smoking influences mortality, highlighted in red. The study was not about smoking, but data was collected on that variable; hence ...

Written by: Tiffany Francis   “Look Doctor, I know I shouldn’t quit taking medications without consulting you, but it’s been kind of difficult to remember to take my Rheumatoid Arthritis meds, when I’m no longer having any Rheumatoid Arthritis symptoms…” *********       Prior to beginning the Paleo lifestyle ...

This is the post I was planning on drafting for last Monday when disaster struck, and I simply decided immediately to put everything off for a week that I was doing and had planned. Cold Thermogenesis I'll start at the end, since it's the newest thing. A month or so ago I first began to blog about Cold Thermogenesis (CT), ...
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After Mass today we decided to eat at Jason's Deli. I love this place. Not exactly Primal, but it does have free range meats and organic produce. Anyway, today I decided I wanted a baked potato. I am/was a potato lover. I seriously could eat mashed potatoes everyday, for every meal, all the time! Not having (white) potatoes has been ...

. It has been recently reported (see for example this) that: A Harvard study of over 21,000 male physicians found that men who ate up to 6 eggs a week had no increase in their rate of death. But once they ate a seventh egg, their risk of death went up 23%. The men were studied over a 20-year period... ...

I'm gearing up for a talk later this month for the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society Geriatric Interest Group, which means I'm trying to keep abreast of all the latest diet and dementia studies. A couple new big ones came out, both from groups with which we are familiar. The first is from the Nurse's Health Study which purports that eating berries ...

If you’ve noticed that I’ve not been on facebook or twitter lately, that’s because I haven’t. I’ve found that I can communicate with those I like to communicate with just fine without “social” media. Also it only serves to make me angry so instead of see how much I can tolerate because getting furious, I’ve substantially reduced my time on ...

Today’s post is inspired by a brief story told by my excellent Feldenkrais trainer Richard Corbeil. Richard was explaining to our class how we should approach a client in pain (or any client really) if we want to gain their trust and prevent activation of their protective mechanisms. I’m probably not getting all the details of the story right, but ...