A friend was describing my diet to his girlfriend and that quote in the subject was her retort. Now, considering that, unfortunately, I’m quite far from being a millionaire and I do practice what I preach, it’s quite obvious that you don’t have to be loaded to eat well. I can’t argue that [...]
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 [...]
Is that four servings…or just one?
There have been a few suggestions submitted to the Skribit thing on the left toolbar. As of today, the following question is leading the pack with 45 votes, so I figured I’d tackle it:
portion size when eating strict paleo and the best way to ensure the proper portions are [...]
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Last year, I planned to run in the 100m, 200m, and 400m events at the Bluegrass State Games. Unfortunately, in May, I dislocated my shoulder another couple times and had to go in for surgery in June. That pretty much kept me from being able to do anything very hard through about September. [...]
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This is a guest post by Skyler Tanner. Skyler has been in the health, fitness, and physical performance field for nearly a decade. On top of constant self-experimentation, he maintains a large training client load in which to further test and improve theories. He recently started a website in which [...]
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I’ve closed the poll from last week regarding the types of diets followed here. Out of 232 votes, the results are:
Low-Carb non-Strict Paleo - 38 votes (16%)
General Low-carb - 37 votes (16%)
Low-Carb Strict Paleo - 35 votes (15%)
Low Carb no grains - 25 votes (11%)
Paleo + Dairy/Grains - 18 votes (8%)
Paleo + Dairy - [...]
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Here are two articles I’ve had for awhile regarding the mechanisms of cancer and cancer defense:
Why don’t we get cancer all the time?
Having the neighboring cell just split into two identical daughter cells would seem to be the simplest way to keep bodies from falling apart. However that would be [...]
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Here’s a PDF that I found linked on Art DeVany’s blog written by Dr. Loren Cordain: Implications of Plio-Pleistocene Hominin Diets for Modern Humans
A few quotes I picked out, which I think are important in looking at the proper diet for humans. This first one (from page 4) further backs [...]
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A reader named Bob (Thanks Bob!) sent me the following link: My Big Fat Diet.
In Alert Bay, Canada, there is a community of Namgis First Nation aborigines suffering from high rates of obesity and the accompanying complications. Dr. Wortman has taken a group of these aboriginals and put them on a [...]
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Looks like the prevailing wisdom is still wrong: Animal foods linked with reduced risk of breast cancer, while starch found to be associated with enhanced risk - “Women in the high starch group were found to be at a 34 per cent and 85 per cent increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer respectively.” [...]
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