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Milk, Does It Do A Body Good? Part 5: Just One More Word

Yes, I know, I said Part 4 was The Final Word (for today). And I couldn’t even make it through a day without adding another post. I caught this article this morning after my previous post went out though and thought it would fit well. Rather than editing the previous post, I [...]

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Milk, Does It Do A Body Good? Part 4: The Final Word*

*By “The Final Word,” I mean it’s the last thing I’m going to say about this…today.
First, we discussed the farce that we could call The Calcium Dogma perpetuated by the Dairy Industry. We then broke down milk and looked at the individual components that can cause allergies and other deleterious effects. Finally, last [...]

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Ten Oils And How To Use Them

My guest post on Mark’s Daily Apple last week triggered a few questions about a couple of different oils. Here are seven oils and my recommended uses for them, along with three that I don’t recommend and why.
The Good Guys (In No Particular Order)
1. Lard
Lard is pork fat, the highest grade being “leaf lard,” [...]

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You Walk Wrong And Your Shoes Are To Blame

I came across an article in NY Mag a few weeks back that propelled me to write this post.(1) In the past six months to a year, the way we treat our feet has risen to the forefront of the health world. So what’s the big deal anyway? It turns out [...]

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How Does Intermittent Fasting Affect Carb Loading?

It’s time to look at another Skribit question and give a quick answer. The question I’m answering today is:
Every other day fasting and its impact on how often to “carb load” when on a ketogenic diet.
I’m going to go ahead and acknowledge that I don’t carb load, so my answer isn’t from an “insider’s [...]

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What I’m Reading: The Paleolithic Prescription

This book caught my eye mostly because of the year it was published: 1989. Thats a full decade before Ray Audette’s “Neanderthin” in 1999 and twelve years before Dr. Loren Cordain’s “The Paleo Diet” in 2001.
If you’ve read more recent stuff by Cordain, De Vany, or others on the Paleo diet there isn’t much [...]

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Milk, Does It Do A Body Good? Part 3: The Raw Debate - A Tale of Two Milks

Today is the part of the dairy issue that is probably most important to most of us here and is also the piece of the puzzle that throws most of what was put together for the last post into question. We’re going to look at some of the differences between real, fresh, raw, unpasteurized, [...]

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2010 Dietary Guidelines Committee

Do we really want more of this?
Snagged from Weight of the Evidence:
As you probably know, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) shapes the contents of the food pyramid. They are currently in the process of developing plans for the 2010 Food Pyramid and selecting experts for the committee.
This panel should reasonably include scientists or nutritionists [...]

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Free Report from Fitness Spotlight

Mike and I dropped a free report yesterday on Fitness Spotlight: Top Ten Things The Health and Fitness Industry Does Not Want You To Know. Check it out and subscribe while you’re there.

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Guest Post on MDA

For those that didn’t see it, I had a guest post at Mark’s Daily Apple yesterday. There’s a good discussion of coconut and palm oils going on in the comments, so check it out. And if you aren’t subscribed to Mark’s RSS, do so. Top notch stuff coming out of MDA everyday.

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