The Salt Fix Book Summary
This weekend, I read Dr. James DiNicolantonio's book The Salt Fix: Why the Experts Got it All Wrong—and How Eating More Might Save Your Life. I wasn't sure I would get much value from the book since...
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PUFA is Still the Common Enemy in Nutrition
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It has been 4 years since I did my 3-part series on the problem with PUFA (Polyunsaturated Fats) that kicked off with The Common Enemy in Nutrition. Although I have altered my opinion on many things...
Read more →Oh Noozs It's Da EVIL Sugar Lobby!
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The latest battle in the never-ending Carb Wars involves a narrative that the sugar lobby was suppressing scientists from publishing research that was unfavorable to sugar. As with any lobby group,...
Read more →Healing Teeth, Hypoglycemia and Sandbag Training
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I've been adding books to my Kindle for a few months, but until I arrived in California I hadn't gotten around to reading most of them. This week I read three. #1 Healing Teeth !How I Healed My Teeth...
Read more →The "4 Toxins" Revisited
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My thoughts on nutrition have changed quite a bit in last few years. I was just going through the archives and I came across the post I did after my December 2011 trip to Ohio. In the post Paleo in...
Read more →My Evolving Opinion of Sugar
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There is a big divide in the nutritional blogs I read about sugar. Most conventional and Paleo type blogs are still anti-sugar. Many claim that sugar is toxic, inflammatory and more likely to be...
Read more →Why Ice Cream is Better Than Protein Powder
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In the post Thinking About Supplements – 2012 Edition, I said this about protein powder. > Pure garbage. The limiting factor in gaining muscle is not protein. It is calories. I only wish I have...
Read more →The Reality About Tea and Fat Loss
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In the past four years, I've probably been to close to 100 tea tasting events. One topic that pops up on a regular basis is the claim that tea will promote fat loss and prevent cancer. I used to eat...
Read more →Gluten-Free is the Latest Excuse To Eat Junk Food
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Everywhere I go these days there seem to be more and more gluten-free options. Grocery stores are carrying more and more gluten-free options. Many restaurants now carry gluten-free options on their...
Read more →Ending the 30 Day No Sugar No Fruit Experiment
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Almost a month ago I started a new 30 Day experiment of going a month without any sugar or fruit. My goal was to once and forever determine if there was a link between sugar and my frequent...
Read more →30 Days Without Sugar or Fruit
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I love a good experiment and I'm about to start a new one. I've done 30 days without sugar and 30 days without fruit, but not at the same time. Yesterday I realized that if I really want to test the...
Read more →Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
This book is considered a masterpiece in the study of human nutrition. !Nutrition and Physical Degeneration Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston A. Price was published in 1939 and might be...
Read more →After 30 Days Without Sugar
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I completed my 30 Days Without Sugar challenge. It wasn't hard at all. Actually it was quite easy and it just got easier. The purpose of the test was to see if I could detect any positive health...
Read more →30 Days Without Sugar
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 Photo by Joe Lanman Yesterday I started a quest to go 30 days with no sugar. I eat pretty clean already, but I do have the...
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