Back with episode 36. Here is the link that Robb mentioned regarding the nickel content of many foods. I also couldn’t resist posting the hilarious video of Tracy Anderson and Gwyneth Paltrow discussing Gwyneth’s work out regimen.
Show Topics:
- Nickel Allergy
- Hair Loss
- Hot Sauce
- A1C / Raised pulse, bp, adrenaline
- Dairy Consumption
- DHT
- Saturated Fat from Animal Sources
- What is Fitness?
- Crossfit
- Paleo Stomach Calming Foods / Runny Nose after Eating
Show Notes – The_Paleolithic_Solution_Episode_36
The Paleolithic Solution – Episode 36
70 Comments
Erin-
Will hit this in the podcast but check this out for now:
http://www.paleobrands.com/2010/03/31/figure-show-on-a-paleo-diet/
Hi Robb,
I have been talking with a friend of mine who is vehemently low-carb and lives off of a diet of processed meats and no vegetables. He claims nitrates are just fine, and he can’t find any proof that vegetables are important to diet. I don’t even known where to start on convincing him. Are there studies out there that indicate the importance of fruits and vegetables in the diet, as opposed to eating salami and taking a multivitamin?
Mark R,
Re liver enzymes – one test I had they were a little high, I had very sore muscles at the time from a workout – came down when the sore muscles went away.
Muscle damage from intense exercise can raise AST and ALT a little
Andy – I’ve tried to make “coconut apple pudding” a couple of times, but can’t get it to thicken. Can you post a recipe? or maybe discuss it in more detail on the show?
Thanks robb! I AM reali desperate about tris. I’ll hold on. But i have no Italian ancestry whatsoever. I live here in Italy but my genes Are 100% Armenian
I started doing some snooping around on testosterone and found two articles that were interesting. I haven’t had a chance to research the claims made in either to see if the science looks solid.
http://www.mikemahler.com/magazine/179.html
http://www.muscleandfitness.com/nutrition/58
@Grace – thanks so much for the link!
Thanks for posting that great butt and arm workout. I have to go out and buy my 3 lb. weights now.
Erin, I’d suggest your hubby to read Nora Gedgaudas’ book Primal body, primal mind. That together with Gary Taubes’ Good calories, bad calories made me realize once and for all that being lean or normal weight doesn’t equal health. Sometimes vice versa, since gaining weight may be considered as a body’s “defense” mechanism. Also weight gain is a noticeable marker: so if you don’t gain weight no matter what you are eating, there’s no way to tell anything’s wrong just by looking at a person.
But maybe this is too heavy for him if he ain’t so motivated?
Anyway, maybe you can read them yourself and quote the best bits. All the best for the competition!
Greetings from sunny, for once hot! Helsinki!
Wayne-
I’ll check that out, thanks!!
Thalin-
Well…we’ll just keep chipping away.
jeffrey-
Well…he may not be that far off:
http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2010/06/nitrate-protective-factor-in-leafy.html
http://www.staffanlindeberg.com/LiteratureSurveys.html
Alex Stuart -
http://www.norcalsc.com/index.php/index.php?/post/baked_apples/
I would also love to see andy’s apple coconut recipe, but I feel he’s holding out on us! C’mon andy, you can’t tempt us with a description like that and then not provide the details, haha.
I’m sure that this is not Andy’s recipe, but here is how I make my version.
270 gram can full fat coconut milk
3 granny smith apples (green skin)
2 teaspoons cinnamon or to taste
70 gr coconut oil
1/2 vanilla bean or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Peel and core apples. Put apples and remaining ingrediants into a pot and cook until soft. Put in batches into a blender and blend till smooth. Put liquid pudding into ramikins or into a large dish. Place into the fridge until set – 30 mins/1hr. Pudding should set a little harder than a mousse
I usually do 4 batches at once as it doesn’t last long. Also adding 1 banana per double batch adds a nice touch. I have played around with butter as well as coconut oil. Adding butter to the existing recipe reduces the hardness of the set pudding (and tastes great too – butter makes everything taste better!)
While the cold set pudding is great – 3yr old and 6mth old daughters love it! – the warm liquid pudding is great as a warm drink (it is winter here in Australia).
Thanks to Andy, ridiculous amounts of fat are easily consumable!
Hey Rob & Andy,
First of all thank you guys for providing the podcast, love the great information. My question has less to do with dieting but rather lifting, I am currently doing a lot of squats, dead lifts 50 – 100 yard sprints, box jumps and pull ups. I had scaphoid surgery about 9 month ago and cannot bend my left wrist back as a result of it. Which means I can’t do presses cleans or any other Olympic lifts. I know that you advocate the low reps high weight theory. Just wanted some ideas or suggestions. I am 24, 6 feet, 175.
Thanks again guys,
Drydupfob
@Wayne – Thanks for the links!
NP Keith.
@Drydupfob, you should be able to handle back squats and deadlifts still, maybe even the bench press. You could also look at weighted pull-ups and weighted dips.
I agree, the Oly stuff is probably out but you can still get in some good strength work with the above. Hopefully Robb or Andy have some other suggestions.
M/40/73/210
I’ve been a podcast lurker for about the last seven months. I’ll listen to several episodes at once, then wait for a few weeks then repeat. I really appreciate what you guys provide. While I’m still at the linear gains level, I’m an avid swimmer and I am currently following CFFootball. I’m sure I get less than adequate sleep and eat less that 100% paleo every single day; however, I have more days where I feel great and perform well. I’m not as lean as the guys who compete in the CF games, but I don’t know if I ever had a six pack.
I’ve been silently lurking in hopes that someone would ask my question(s) so that I wouldn’t have to but here goes:
1. I’ve about had with docs whose specialty ends in “ologist”. I’ve been to three immunologists, a cardiologist, a nephrologist, and I’m scheduled to see a gastroenterologist. The original symptom for which no one can find a cause: my feet swell when I eat salt…and not just a little. My wife and I affectionately refer to them as “the Baked Potatoes”. When it gets to the point of discomfort, I recently found I could drink coconut water and that relieves the pressure but does little to reverse the swelling. I want to know what I can do about it…other than reduce salt intake and elevate my feet because I’m already doing that to the best of my ability.
2. As a result of an ultrasound (of my kidneys) from the nephrologist, I know I have an enlarged spleen with granulomas. Is there anything dietarily that could cause this because I’m not sick, my white blood cell count at the same time frame was fine. Could it be trauma? If so, how much? I got thrown a lot during a two-month Marine Corps Martial Arts Program.
Robb – Great podcast as always. Really happy to hear you talk about what fitness is. I wanted to get your thoughts on something I’ve observed the last 4 seasons working as a backcountry ski guide out of a lodge where all the skiing is “human powered”. You hike and skin up, then you ski down. Unlike the other guides who are in the mountains constantly, I sit at a desk for 10 months and guide for 2, so I’m very aware of training and preparation.
We ask our clients what they’ve done from training standpoint to prepare, and generally our clients essentially fall in 3 fitness buckets: CF folks (endurance and regular), marathoners, and guys who just ski.
Marathoners get hurt on day 4 (so regularly that we have them take it very easy on day 4). The power requirements of going up 10-15,000 vertical a day with a pack, skis and boots are just too much, so knees, hips, and backs just give in.
Guys who just ski tend to do OK, but generally aren’t strong enough to keep up with the volume after a few days.
CF folks do great on day 1, but after 4 years and 50+ CF clients, generally level III-ish, only 8 have made it out of bed AND up the hill on day 2. So far 5 women and 3 guys have managed – on day 2 CF ladies only have about a 15% fail rate, which is the overall client avg, while CF men have an astounding 90%+ fail rate – our clients are mostly guys. On subsequent days the guys do fine, but are way less ambitious. Ironically, given all the t-shirts, posters, and whiteboards out there, “get up and do it again” seems to be a big issue.
When it comes to mountain specific training, guys like Twight and Shaul have pretty much cracked the problem with the same general techniques as CF, but with longer efforts, and more of a strength focus than typical CF programming.
Clearly, the activity I’m talking about here is a repeated power endurance event that also requires a lot of peak strength at specific times rather than a short work capacity type effort. However, when I look at life and the kind of sports active adults do outside of a box, we are talking about a long weekend backpacking trip, a couple days of mountain biking, a weekend rugby tournament where you end up playing 4 or 5 matches etc etc…. It seems to me that, with the exception of combatives and other very specific endeavors, life is a power endurance event.
That said, the huge difference in male/female performance leads me to believe that there are psychological/social factors at play. Is the engrained idea (conceit?) that “I’m unf*ckwithable” and ready for anything lead a lot of men to push much harder than they should? (even though – or maybe because – the guides tell them to take it easy). Women don’t seem to have anything to prove to a bunch of dudes and dial it down as needed.
Is there something to the different psychological approach required for different efforts? 15 min AMRAP is going to hurt, A LOT. But it’s done in 15 min. Climbing up a 2,500′ slope 5 times in a day is a grind and you gotta get your head in a place to just work through it.
Is the issue for CF that longer grinds just don’t fit the business model? If you’ve got clients physically working for an entire hour (not just in the box but actually working) does that mean you have to cut the number of clients you can get in and out?
I’d like to get your thoughts on both the physical and psychological aspects. It seems to me like both are gaping holes in the CF definition of fitness. Needless to say we are trying to manage the group dynamics so we don’t have a bunch of very fit clients staring at bacon and eggs on their second day wondering what the hell happened. We have also tried to get clients on more of a Mountain Athlete plan for the months before they come out, but it’s very hard for folks to find a space to follow that sort of programming. A lot of boxes just don’t have the flexibility to let a client do their own thing. Thanks for your thoughts and sorry for the blog post
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