43 posts
Earlier this year, I posted Cringe, describing how some older posts on this blog have outdated views on nutrition and fitness. Many of those posts covered books that I read and liked at the time, but...
Read more →Time to take a victory lap. I had my first Omega-3 test done and the numbers look good.  I gave my numbers to ChatGPT and asked it to...
Read more →In my previous post, I discussed whether there is a toxic food problem in America. The short version is that I'm skeptical that added chemicals play a bigger role than the excess calories from...
Read more →A while back someone asked me for my weight and diet history. I responded with the short version but needed to post the longer version. What diets have I tried and how did they work for me? This post...
Read more →Back in 2017, I did two blog posts asking if Paleo or standard medical wisdom was correct on sunscreen. - Was Paleo Wrong About Sunscreen Too? - Was Paleo Wrong About Sunscreen Too? Part 2 After...
Read more →I want to continue the discussion I started in the post Was Paleo Wrong About Sunscreen Too? In that post, I addressed doubts I was having with the two polar extreme opinions on the role of...
Read more →I've been actively following the direction of the disagreements Paleo has with the standard mainstream advice for almost a decade now. Sometimes the Paleo position moves closer to the mainstream and...
Read more →In previous posts, I mentioned how this year I've been thinking a lot about the role of stories when it comes to fat loss and diets in general. Stories provide easy to understand compelling...
Read more →I just finished reading Chris Kresser's book Your Personal Paleo Code. There is nothing new in this book if you are familiar with his blog or the basics of Paleo. It is a long-winded version of...
Read more →I just finished reading Solving the Paleo Equation by Matt Stone and Garrett Smith. With a minor exception, I really liked the book. The audience is not necessarily just those stuck on a Paleo diet,...
Read more →This weekend when I learned that 12 Paleo Myths by Matt Stone was available for free on Amazon Kindle until Feb 20th, I reached out to several of my Paleo friends. Although each message was...
Read more →This post is about three books I read this month. The Paleo Manifesto Oh no, not another Paleo book! I had zero plans to ever read another Paleo book again, but I started hearing some positive buzz...
Read more →Yesterday I listened to an excellent podcast between Justin Manning and Richard Nikoley. It might have been the single-best hour of any health podcast I have heard. Unlike most health podcasts today...
Read more →A few days ago Richard at Free The Animal posted New Free the Animal, Resistant Starch-Based Dietary Guidelines. I want to comment because I really like the direction Richard has taken Paleo. I...
Read more →Starting around 2008, I read and reviewed several nutritional books on this site, most of which have some popularity in the Paleo community. Although I've enjoyed experimenting with a Paleo diet...
Read more →Almost without exception, everyone that I know from the Paleo community loathes GMO food. The story goes something like this. Small farmers produce the organic heirloom stuff we buy at the farmers...
Read more →The biggest trend I've seen in nutritional blogs in the past year is the growing anti-Paleo movement. Unlike the 2008-2010 period, the attacks aren't coming from the conventional "whole grains are...
Read more →I was half paying attention to the FatBurningMan podcast interview when I heard Mark Sisson state he was starting a Primal Certification program. You've got to be kidding me. Has it come to this? I...
Read more →In the past few years, I've seen many nutritional bloggers attack each other. Not just their ideas, but personal attacks. As someone with strong opinions on certain topics, there have been times I...
Read more →I've been loosely following the series of posts over on Free the Animal on how potatoes might useful hack in accelerating fat loss. Now that I've porked out from my month without coffee, I decided to...
Read more →I read a lot of stuff regarding nutrition. It has been an active hobby of mine since 2008. Although it was the Paleo Diet that rekindled my interest in nutrition, today I consider myself more in the...
Read more →One of my favorite hobbies these days is looking for interesting food at Asian grocery stores. Recently I was looking through the frozen seafood section at a Viet Wah grocery store when one item...
Read more →There have been a few popular Weston A. Price (WAPF) bloggers who have attacked the Paleo diet. I understand some of their criticisms but dislike their techniques. I find the two diets to be highly...
Read more →I'm way behind on my nutrition book summaries. In this post, I'll cover three excellent books that approach nutrition from different viewpoints that compliment each other nicely. Deep Nutrition: Why...
Read more →I am a fan of the Paleo diet. I think it is an excellent way to reboot your health and lean out. Many of the leaders in the Paleo community promote a 30 day challenge to demonstrate the benefits of...
Read more →I'm continuing my journey into Indian cooking. My most recent challenge was the lentil dal. I've always loved this soup when I've gone to Indian restaurants, but I had not tried to make it at home...
Read more →I slowly started the Paleo diet back in 2008 and was fully on board by the end of that year. Long story short is that I leaned out and cured my rosacea. The strategies I aggresively followed in the...
Read more →The hot topic on Paleo blogs these days is "the return to carbohydrates". There is a slow but growing trend of those following a Paleo diet to abandon the low-carb approach to one with moderate carb...
Read more →I first learned about the Paleo diet in December 2007 when I read Art De Vany's original essay. Back then there were few resources to get you started. Not anymore. There are several books and...
Read more →I think I can divide my Paleo journey into 3 stages. Stage #1 Personal Development Weight loss, better skin, more energy, and a stronger immune system mostly arrived in the first two years following...
Read more →I need some help. Between dinner and sleep, I get hungry. Sometimes very hungry. If I don't eat foods with high satiety then I'll either have trouble falling asleep or I'll wake up hungry. My go-to...
Read more →My dietary tweaking over the past three years has led me to discover what many others in the elite fitness community have already discovered. That is the superiority of a cyclical approach to fitness...
Read more →I read a lot of nutritional blogs and it seems a growing topic is the disagreement on the role of carbohydrates in the diet. Some are adamant about low-carb and others are equally adamant against...
Read more →Now that the paleo diet is becoming more mainstream, I thought I would put together a list ranking the paleo books. This list is for people new to the diet, not my fellow nutritional geeks. Since I...
Read more →In December, the site Latest in Paleo (then called This Week in Paleo) awarded this blog the "Paleo Blog of the Week" (episode 14). It was quite an honor to see this site on the same list as so many...
Read more →Going from a regular diet to paleo in one move is going to be hard for most people. Especially those without a track record of dietary success. If you've been reluctant to embrace a paleo diet...
Read more →A big topic in the paleo community is the desire to spread the word and get others to adopt a more evolutionary diet. In a Robb Wolf podcast (E55 of the Paleo Solution), a listener asked about...
Read more →Over the years, I've gone from a standard American diet to a long fling with vegetarianism to a mostly paleolithic diet. This post is a visual guide to how I made spaghetti during each period....
Read more →The Paleo Solution: The Original Human Diet by Robb Wolf starts off with a stellar detailed look at macronutrients, hormones, and then he goes after grains. The Paleo Solution makes the best case I...
Read more →For the past two years, I have done numerous posts on nutritional topics. I've documented and shared the huge improvements in my health that I've had once I adopted a lower-carbohydrate and more...
Read more →In a recent podcast, paleo proponent Robb Wolf rattled off a list of books he recommended. This was mentioned. !Lights Out: Sleep, Sugar, and Survival Lights Out: Sleep, Sugar, and Survival by T. S....
Read more →Reading a different kind of cookbook this weekend. !Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects by Peter Menzel --- Comments sheri...
Read more →The newest trend in nutrition is actually the oldest trend. Evolutionary nutrition and fitness are gaining momentum online. When it comes to diet, I've been slowly moving in the evolutionary...
Read more →