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Show Topics:
1. [4:16] Appendicitis
2. [9:05 ] Recovering from Smoking
3. [12:16] Carbs for Endurance Training
4. [16:41 ] Limit of Protein Digestion
5. [24:42] Snacks
6. [26:48] Brain Function without Dietary Carbohydrate
7. [38:05] Heart Attack at 26
8. [44:56] Muscle Cramps
9. [47:53] Acne from Fish Oil
Questions:
1. Appendicitis
Anthony Says: Hey Robb and Greg, My family and I have been eating a paleo diet with the majority of protein from grass-fed beef, pastured pork and eggs. We also eat good amounts of fruits and veggies. A few days ago, my 9 year old son was complaining of stomach pains. The next morning, after some bilious vomiting, my wife (who’s an RN in a pediatric ER) did some tests and determined my son had appendicitis. Sure enough, we took him to his pediatrician who in turn sent him to the hospital. A few hours later, he was clinically diagnosed with appendicitis (no CT scan necessary, thankfully) and had it removed. It was a near-perfect procedure, thanks to my uber-smart wife and great staff, and he was home 14 hours after the surgery.
So here’s my question – could we have done something (nutritionally) to have avoided this? I know that appendicitis can be idiopathic, but the doctor did mention that there was a small ball of stool in his intestine, which may have been the cause. And of course now we have my brother-in-law saying it happened because my son doesn’t eat any whole grains and he needs that fiber. I’ve researched enough in the past to know that the fiber theory is bunk, but as a parent I don’t know if we could’ve prevented this.
To get a little more detailed about his diet, he does snack on nuts (maybe 1-2 oz/day) which I know can be a little much. Also, he still has hay fever symptoms even after giving up grains, so we decided to add local honey to his diet (about a tsp/day) to see if it would help. These are the only ‘non-paleo’ things he eats – could either of these caused a problem? Thanks in advance!
2. Recovering from Smoking
Lindsey Says: Hi Robb, After about 6 months of being paleo (thank you for that), and 7 years of being a smoker (I know, I know–the hypocrisy got to me), I’m quitting. I’m about 2 weeks into it, and am past the physical withdrawal, and perhaps the worst of the psychological withdrawal, and feeling good about the change, but not so good in other ways.
Two things: energy is in the toilet, and I’m steadily gaining weight, despite negligible–if any–change to my feeding habits, which are pristine. After some research, I discovered that nicotine converts fat stores into energy, thus raising blood sugar. That seems to explain a lot, and although I’m sure things will normalize on their own eventually, I’m wondering if there’s something I can do dietarily in the short term to ease the transition.
Do you have any suggestions for getting through this rough patch, i.e., keep my energy up, and hopefully be kind to the waistline? Thanks a lot for all you do, and any advice you might have.
3. Carbs for Endurance Training
Erin Says: I am a 32 yr old female marathoner runner/newbie ironman athlete/newbie crossfitter too! Recently diagnosed with Hashimotos and hypothyroid. I do not eat any dairy or gluten anymore but I still eat a lot of nuts. I am trying Paleo but I train almost 18 hrs a week and I need carbs. I train usually twice a day. How should I time my carb intake and what carbs exactly CAN I eat, without creating an adverse immune response?
4. Limit of Protein Digestion
Cameron Says: During Matt Lalonde podcast episode, Matt discussed his diet. He stated that he eats for lunch approximately 1 to 1.5 lbs of meat. I was always told that the body can only digest about 50g of protein per meal (I have heard the coaches at CF state this as well). As you know, 1 lb is more than double 50g of protein. Can a body digest more than 50g per meal? Currently I have to eat 5 times a day to get over 250g of protein and follow the 50g per meal rule. My current diet allows me to perform very well at CF, however; life would be much easier to cut down to eating 3 times a day if I knew my body could process more protein at one sitting. Thank you,
5. Snacks
Wendy Says: Dear Robb/Robb’s Team, I’ve been trying a grain free diet for past 4 weeks and am feeling pretty good and finding the transition away from processed foods increasingly easier. I have just now discovered your fascinating site and intend a 30 day Paleo trial to test whether I can shed a few kilos and also increase energy levels/general wellbeing. On my grain free trial, lots of snacks have been encouraged but revolve around organic potato crisps, and dried/flavoured peas or soy beans, etc. Question (1) I wonder please what snacks are allowed (if any) on the Paleo trial, or perhaps I wouldn’t need any? If no such snacks are recommended, is it OK to snack frequently on the veggies if I get hungry or should I apply a daily limit to vegie intake? Question (2) I have developed a bit of an intolerance to eggs over the years and wonder if you have any views about such intolerances dissipating once a person is following a clean, organic, Paleo type lifestyle? I would love to be able to eat eggs without feeling nauseous/bloated. Thanks in advance for any guidance you can offer.
6. Brain Function without Dietary Carbohydrate
Craig Says: My girlfriend is a very recent graduate of nursing school and has been very helpful in my transition from a fellow vegetarian to a “things-with-a-face eater.” But she is very hesitant about my adoption of the Paleo diet mostly based on her contention that the brain cannot function properly without complex carbohydrates such as pastas and rice. I’ve been 98% paleo for the last two months with a few slips into ice cream hell. Can you give me a medical explanation that will help me in this battle? She will not join the meat-eating bandwagon but has definitely reaped the benefits of switching our diet to entirely whole foods. She is complete agreement with this aspect of Paleo nutrition but can’t understand the low-carb effect on the brain and other important bodily function. Thanks for being such an accessible and reliable scientific resource.
7. Heart Attack at 26
Joe Says: My wife had a Myocardial Infarct last year, at the age of 26. She has suffered with a whole bunch of problems over the last 8 years or so including severe joint pain, crohns-like bowel problems and a peanut allergy.
Since the heart attack, things only seem to have got worse and has been bounced around different consultants. Lupus is suspected, but no firm diagnosis yet.
She is a strict vegetarian and very resistant to the idea of eating meat. I feel that a paleo approach would seriously benefit her, and am working on how to do that within a vegetarian framework. She will eat eggs, but I now know your feelings on them with people with autoimmune problems. Milk is also out as she’s pretty clearly lactose intolerant.
Sorry for the rambling. The crux of my question is: Do you have any specific information on the Paleo Diet with regards to Systemic Lupus Erythamatosus. My wife has a medical background, so if I can point her at some actual papers it would really help.
8. Muscle Cramps
Alex Says: I was chatting with a Crossfitting Paleo eater who is having problems with muscle cramps. She comes from a medical background and explained to me that the mechanism of muscle cramps involves magnesium/calcium/phosphate balance and electrolytes. She did a little research and found out that grains are good sources of magnesium. We were wondering if, by cutting out grains, Paleo eaters are vulnerable to magnesium deficiency and thus, muscle cramps. Would you please enlighten us on this topic?
9. Acne from Fish Oil
Ryan Says: Have you heard of people getting acne plus a generally more oily face when they start using fish oil? I’ve always thought that fish oil would prevent breakouts but after getting my wife to start using them she started to breakout. I initially thought that it was something in her diet but she told me that her sister started to breakout too when she started taking fish oil? Any advice? maybe switch over to the Algae pills?
Re: Carbs for Endurance Training
You do not need excessive carbs for endurance training. I do marathons and ultras myself and about a year, after reading Stu Mittleman’s book switched to low-carbs. For endurance events you want basically 2 types of training: 1) low-intensity high-duration training in the fat burning zone (<75% or even <70% of HR Max) – you surely do not need carbs for that – and 2) once (or twice, no more) a week high intensity intervals (basically a few sprints with short breaks in between, Tim Ferris provides a good motivation for that).
Now, of course if you want to run a 'quick' marathon you should fill your glycogen stores, but you do not need to do it every day.
Btw. the aforementioned Stu Mittleman is in my opinion the best advocate of fat as the energy source of choice for atheletes.
Martin-
Yea, this makes sense. As the intensity (speed) goes up, the need for carbs will increase. One can log a good time largely fat fueled, then it gets more carb demanding. I’ll give that book a read.
Yes, and recovery is something that carbs definitely help! I find on Paleo, my performance is good on it, but for recovery from endurance work or Metcons I have to really EAT!!
I imagine that if one has an intolerance to eggs, couldn’t they consume just the yolks? The offender is most likely in the egg whites, no? The yolk is essentially the only thing worth eating unless your of Welbourne status and need the protein.
Greg,
The podcast cuts off in the middle of question 5. Help me! I need my paleo solution!
-e
Nevermind. Looks like the issue was on my end.
But Robb, how MANY fries to you get at In & Out? 😀
As many as I can!
If you ever come to Minneapolis, Rob, we have a great restaurant called Brasa where they have a dedicated gluten free fryer (as well as wonderful rotisserie chicken, etc). You wouldn’t have to worry about accidental gluten exposure here 🙂 Just saying…
Robb, this is probably the funniest podcast you’ve ever done. People in my computer lab were staring at me because I was having semi-seizures over the “stationary bike” comment. I also enjoy when you get spun up, and put dietary dogma in its place. Speaking of dietary dogma, were you able to listen in on the debate between Richard Nokely and the “30 Bananas a Day” dude? And if so, what are your thoughts?
Dillon-
thanks for the kind words. I did not listen to the debate…I wanted to but just could not rally for it.
Ditto, Dillon. I was laughing my ass off when he called out the health professionals who “claim to be scientists” and got all spun up. I certainly fell into that same camp. You take 10 credits of it, but you learn it fast and you are never actually taught to apply it. Even though I’m considered an “alternative health care” doc, our nutrition classes still revolved around the same low-fat, high-carb, 6 meals-a-day, eat grains so you can poop, food pyramid bulls#!t. After listening to Robb’s podcast over the past year and reading his book, it really encouraged me to re-open my biochem and physiology texts and literally re-learn what I learned in biochem. I thought re-opening those texts would cause an event of Evil Dead proportions but to no avail…
It is amazing how most of Robb’s frustration with the ignorance of health professionals is caused by the fact that they are taught to ignore the very core of their training. If it were up to me, “The Paleo Solution” would be compulsory listening for any nutrition class for all chiro, med, PT, and nursing schools. But hey, as long as the government is in charge of licensing and board certification, what is being taught in the colleges will never change.
I hear you! I hate that I work in Cardiology (cath lab) and have to “health teach” patients about diet when NOTHING they are presented are my personal beliefs on diet. The best I can do is really push people to avoid sugar and processed foods and to eat more veggies than fruit. I wish I could tell them to give up the breads and cereals and grains and enjoy a juicy grass fed steak.
Oh, btw I’m an RN.
It’s a tough gig, I honestly feel for the folks in healthcare. tough, tough situation.
I’m getting a master’s in nutrition and am currently in a biochemistry class. My professor was badmouthing low-carb like nobody’s business. He mentioned Atkins and actually used the word “malpractice.” I’ve been low-carb for 5 years and paleo for about 1.5. I was literally shaking with fury. I was so upset, I had to leave the room. I was not about to debate the PhD in biochemistry in front of the whole class. Never mind that we had JUST covered the beta oxidation of fats, use of ketones, etc. And a few weeks ago we took care of gluconeogenesis. I was pretty astounded at how this guy could teach us these pathways and then completely, utterly FAIL to see the efficacy of carbohydrate restriction.
I went up to him after class and said I had a bone to pick with him. (He’s a pretty cool guy, so I figured I’d take a chance.) We ended up talking for about an hour about this stuff. I pointed out that I wasn’t saying anything he didn’t already know. I was literally quoting his own lecture back to him!
Long story short, it ROCKED. He was visibly fascinated, and I’m not kidding when I say I could damn near *see* the lightbulb go on over his head. He even said to me that he had “never thought of it that way.” I talked about the insulin/blood sugar roller coaster, and yes, had to explain that while ketosis might be like being pregnant in the sense that you either are or you aren’t, it’s more like drinking: you can be a little tipsy, or you can be falling down drunk. One is dietary ketosis from carb restriction, the other is diabetic ketoacidosis, and they are NOT the same.
Honestly…a PhD…and little ol’ me, with no fancy letters after my name (yet), had to point out the stunningly obvious. I told him that we learn all this stuff in class, but then people add two and two and somehow come up with 16. It’s WACKO.
The prof’s background is mostly cardiology research, so he’s steeped in the saturated fat and cholesterol hysteria. He said he was mostly anti low-carb because it tends to be such a high fat diet. Then I had to point out that if fat was so fattening, they would fill the troughs at feedlots with lard, but they don’t. They fill them with GRAIN. Another lightbulb moment. Also had to mention the pre-1950s lipid hypothesis stuff, and that long before all these “epidemics” of heart disease, obesity, hypertension, etc., people were not starting their days with bowls of Special K and skim milk. There were eggs, bacon, a Sunday roast, pork chops… (And at the time, they told the man who invented the EKG machine to find something more lucrative to work on because there wasn’t enough need for it!)
He was completely into it, and has been asking me a lot of questions. He’s in his 60s, but one of the first things he said on day one of class was that the best scientists you’ll ever meet are the ones who admit they don’t know everything. (It helps that he’s Italian, and confessed that he’s struggling to lose weight while living on pasta and bread. That may have made him a little more receptive to what I was saying, but still, I give him credit. I thanked him profusely for even letting me get as far as I did. From how badly he was trashing low-carb, I didn’t think he’d let me finish a sentence. He also confessed he’d never actually *read* the Atkins book. *Insert eye roll.*)
Sorry this is so long — I just wanted to share how thrilled I am with how the conversation went. When you leave the political correctness and personal biases out of it and stick to the scientific facts, you simply can’t argue against this stuff. One down, millions to go…
Amy-
You made my year! I’ve been…stressed. Lots of good stuff going on, but trying to keep the gym, blog, speaking engagements and answering questions all rolling is becoming an every more daunting task. I get frustrated for one reason: this information will save lives, I don’t know how to get the information out faster, I am every more buried trying to attend to the myriad of questions folks have. This information needs to be mainstream, so when I face a health care provider or educator who does not understand the basics…my fuse is short.
You took the fight where it needs to go, used the guys own book to prove your point and basically let the data speak for itself. BRAVO!!!
You might furtehr direct him to the Nutrition and Metabolism Society and specifically to the works of Volleck & Seyfried.
Don’t quit man! (not that you would) I found you through Tim Ferris a couple months ago and already have multiple success stories for you. I’ve read your book, given out 4 copies of it and have almost finished ALL the podcasts!
Me – I have done marathons, Ironmans, and am a fitness boot camp instructor, and could never even maintain less than 20% body fat eating 4-6 square meals a day! Was mostly Paleo after Tims book in December and then jumped totally on board in February when I realized this wasn’t a diet and I felt awesome! I’ve lost 30lbs and people would have already told you I was fit. I did that while maintaining all my muscle mass, worked out less, and ate more!!! I have obstructive sleep apnea that my doctor told me could not be cured by weight loss. Well, weight loss and inflammation loss might be the key. I’ve already had to turn down my CPAP and I think I”m very close to being able to turn it off! The national boot camp I instruct with is now even looking for a way to transition their national nutrition plan to encourage campers to go Paleo!
My wife – PCOS – some days are still a struggle for her, as she was cocaine style addicted to sugar. The 90% of the time she is on Paleo (aiming for 100% now) she has NO PCOS symptoms and for the first time ever is dropping body fat effortlessly and we have sooo much more energy!
My kids – my 6 month old and 2 year old both eat paleo. Of course my 6 month old doesn’t eat much yet, but we caught our 2 year old just in time and she loves it! Her favorite food is big ol’ steak. Sometimes it freaks out waiters and friends that she doesn’t eat wheat bread, but then they see her throw down a whole sirloin, whole sweet potato plain, and a serving of asparagus and they are amazed. PCOS, Diabetes, high BP/ Cholesterol, and Alzheimers, all run rampant in their family history and it is people like you who may have helped save them from all of that!!
My co-worker and his wife – High BP, Cholesterol, unable to lose weight, lack of energy… Both fitter than they have been in decades and feel incredible. Fixing nagging aches and pains they thought were just old age.
My Parents – they just started their 30 days, but are doing very well so far. My mom has high BP, Cholesterol, Depression, NO Gallbladder, and Fibromialgia. She is looking forward to feeling alive again!
More! I end up talking to about one person a week who has given up on feeling good anymore or being fit and 50% of those are or will end up on the path to Paleo. I live in a suburb of Atlanta, not a Paleo hot spot and there are enough of us now to order 5 grass fed cows! Every week, it seems another person gives it a shot and then never goes back. I’m still waiting to convert my first vegan though 😉
Point is, every person you help is hopefully doing the same for others and you sir, are creating quite an army! Keep up the fight, the passion is not a bad thing, and just rest assured you are changing lives and we all appreciate it!
Oh, definitely!
Nutr & Metab is fantastic. Volek, Richard Feineman, Stephen Phinney, Eric Westman – thank God people are out there doing the research so I can point to all the studies that are piling up.
I really want to buy him a copy of Good Calories, Bad Calories. I can’t think of any better one-stop shop for blowing someone’s mind on *everything* (even a biochem professional, like the prof) — saturated fat, cholesterol, sugar, diabetes, cancer, and Alzheimer’s. Gary hits it ALL. I was already low-carbing for about 3 years when I read it, but it still blew me away. It’s an absolute tour-de-force, and you can tell Gary he did the world a tremendous service when he wrote it. (And devoted a good chunk of his life to researching it!)
P.S. Glad I cheered you up a little. It’s the very least I can do. You’ve taught *me* SO much and made my convictions about this stuff stronger than ever.
Awesome job Amy! We looking forward to you joining the workforce!! You were like David and Goliath. Well done and great job not backing down. We all need to do more of that. I don’t care if people think I’m crazy as long as they start to notice there is something different about my health. I stick 100% to paleo because I feel like those of us who know the solution have a responsibility to play the part and be able to show the results. That alone has won me the most converts. People just want to know what I’m doing and how I do it. Then they tell me they could never do that themselves. Then the curiosity builds and a few weeks later they usually want to give it a shot when they realize I love my food and feel incredible!
Totally awesome. You nailed it on the head: the best way to “convert” people is to lead by example. Eventually, the vitality and energy become contagious. After people stop hating you and feeling jealous, they’ll work up the guts to ask you for advice!
I heart you…well done!
One more short one:
Robb, I give you a STANDING OVATION for your reply to the nursing grad. You were right on the money. For people in the healthcare profession not to “get it” is scary, tragic, and infuriating. Like you said, *they’re* the ones who are going to be out in the field (as it were), dealing with real, live *human beings* who are sick and metabolically deranged and need HELP, not more of the same utter dietary nonsense that got them into trouble in the first place.
We’ve GOT to get away from the disconnect between, “Check out this textbook. Here’s how the body works – isn’t it exquisite and completely, beautifully LOGICAL,” and “Red meat and saturated fat are bad for you. The government ‘experts’ say we should base our diets on the cheap corn, wheat, and soy we subsidize with our tax dollars!”
To recommend a high-carb, low-fat diet for a diabetic ought to be considered malpractice. For any mental health practitioner out there to *not* be learning about the connection between the autism spectrum and related disorders, grain-derived opiate peptides and a leaky gut is heartbreaking. I could go on and on (but I’ll spare everybody!)
Hi Robb
It’s great to hear that skinless white potatoes are alright in moderation. Are you taking the peels off of your sweet potatoes, too?
Thanks for all the work you put into the podcast.
Generally, yes. If I make SP chips/fry’s in the oven, they all go down the hatch!
Sorry Robb I sold my chemistry books in college for more beer money. Good thing I decided to be an Accountant. Algae DHA, is there a specific brand you recommend? I noticed a lot of the algae DHA is packed with Sunflower oil.
I’m not familiar with any specific brands.
Craig, I hope you tell your GF that Robb didn’t answer your question (because Robb and Greg are generally very mean) and you say something like “I was reading about this thing called gluconeogenisis, but couldn’t figure out what it really is, can you help me figure that out?” Or maybe you can say “an ER nurse told me that you inject glucogon intermuscularly (IM) to stimulate glucose release for someone who is severely hypoglycemic, how rad is that!” (My wife, a former ER nurse, told me that works but you can also read about it here: http://www.drugs.com/ppa/glucagon.html).
Joe, I am sorry that your wife is suffering at such an early age. I have a few friends that are suffering like that and it looks like I am going to watch them die at a very early age leaving behind some very sad family. The good news is that it can be fixed or at least the suffering can be reduced if they decide they have hit bottom are are willing to try something new and possibly a little scary.
Thanks Saul! You need to be part of my “Sensitivity Training Advisory Staff”!!
About question # one.
Your wife, a RN determines your son has a appendicitis, and doesn’t take him IMMEDIATELY to the ER???
You were lucky.
Glad he is ok.
Thanks for the podcast Rob!!!
Hey Robb et. al,
Thanks for the podcasts which I am devouring (hook, line, etc..). Robb why don’t you go finish your medical degree. I think in your case it would be invaluable in order to legitimize the topics you are preaching for those that need to hear it “from a medical doctor”.
best,
jesse
So…take me out of circulation for 4-6 years so I can tell them the same thing I’m telling them now!?
I would hate practicing medicine, respectfully decline!
Good call Robb!
I enjoyed the talk about the influence of paleo on the brain. In fact, we talked about some of that stuff in a Neuropsychology course I took in college. The only thing I don’t understand is why everyone needs “scientific” evidence when personal experience tells us that their are no detrimental effects on the brain when eating paleo.
Robb,
In your opinion is supplementing GLA something that can be applied for a skin condition like psoriasis? or is acne a special case for GLA?
Different scenarios.
Hey, Ahha!
In my own research, I’ve come across info that psoriasis can have an autoimmune component to it and that D3 could be helpful.
D is used to make Regulatory T Cells (tregs) and tregs modulate the immune system, but a lot of people with autoimmune issues have Vitamin D Receptor Gene Polymorphism, which affects the body’s ability to manufacture and absorb D, which then impacts the Treg production.
http://www.nature.com/jid/journal/v112/n1/full/5600393a.html
Food sensitivities can play a big role as triggers.
I hope this info helps!
-Erin
It’s amazing (and appalling) at how little many medical professionals seem to know about nutrition and human metabolism. Yes, I’ve had the ketosis vs ketoacidosis conversation, haha.
Those “birthday cake” purple Japanese sweet potatoes you talk about are tasty magic. They’re like a sweet potato and a blueberry had sex while a wizard sprinkled magic dust on top of the whole event. 9 months later, pure delicious awesome!
I’ve been on a green plantain kick here recently too, they’re a good cheap source of starchy carbs.
The purple SP’s are amazing.
Actually, excellent sources of magnesium are pumpkin seeds, >70% dark chocolate, and espresso. Leafy greens are up there too. (The most common sources in the typical US diet are milk and coffee.)
Robb,
Thanks for another great episode.
re: Q #7 – Lupus / gut irritation: In discussing the autoimmune protocol, you said: “anything with a peel – remove it”.
I have a lot of autoimmune / leaky gut issues and follow what I thought was a “super strict” autoimmune protocol. I eat no skins from things like sweet potatoes & winter squash, but I still get skins from some fruits [like apples, pears, peaches] and some well-cooked veggies [like radish, turnips, parsnips, zucinini, summer squash, cucumbers].
If you are really looking to heal the gut, how fastidious do you recommend? Should I just peel everything as a rule? It’s definitely a PIA, esp with on-the-go food like apples.
Kevin- fastidious until you see benefit or if no change, no need.
Thanks Robb –
I hate to beat this leaky gut issue to death, but since I already have my diet, sleep, stress etc very dialed-in, I just want to make sure I am doing everything possible to give my damaged gut the opportunity to heal.
I just caught your latest interview with Sean Croxton http://tinyurl.com/6yxs2sh in which you discussed the link between fructose and autoimmune/leaky gut. I already know there are a lot of reasons to limit fructose consumption [eg, fructose preferentially refills liver glycogen, disrupts leptin signaling, etc] but this was the first time I heard you talk about fructose’s effect on gut issues.
You said [roughly]:
“Fructose is a problem as a direct gut irritant, particulary for people of northern european heritage. These people have some serious potential fructose intolerance issues. And if you have any gluten or grain intolerance, then it’s almost guaranteed you do not do well with fructose. And fructose tends to shift the type of flora we have in our gut away from lactobacillus type bacteria into some gram-negative, not so nice type of bacteria that lead into a permeable gut issue and dysbiosis.”
I am of northern European heritage, am very gluten intolerant and have a ton of autoimmune and leaky gut issues [including ulcerative colitis]. I have been following your autoimmune protocol 100% for almost a year, but I do still eat 1-2 servings of fruit per day [down from a pre-paleo diet of 5-8 per day]. Mostly I eat berries and apples. In season I will mix in some peaches, pears, melons & grapes. I eat no bananas after reading Dr Cordain’s post on all the anti-nutrients http://tinyurl.com/3f2c2gw. I’ve often wondered about anti-nutrients in the skins [apples, pears, grapes, peaches] and seeds [berries].
So, for those of us that are very focused on gut health, should fruit be added to the autoimmune protocol along with nuts, seeds, nightshades, eggs, & dairy?
Yep, I would add it to the protocol.
OMG! I’m half Dutch and whenever I eat fruit I feel funky, and experience ravenous hunger! I’ve already given up gluten for more than a year due to bloating, gas, and… oh yeah night terrors (that was scary). Stupid fruit, I must give you up now as well in order to restore my gut health. Woe is me! Perhaps there will come a day when me and my mangoes can be together again?
I don’t do well with fruit, relative to say sweet potatoes. Swedish/Irish.
Carbs necessary for brain function? Well, just think paleo, real paleo, real hunter gatherers and real (ant)arctic european explorers. You don’t need a medical textbook to tell you that human brains work perfectly well on a 100% meat diet. Shackleton made it back to South Georgia.
rob ‘n greg,
what’s your take on the possibility that the kid’s appendicitis was caused by how he poops? don’t know if you’ve touched on this previously but i don’t think our current western means of pooping whilst sitting on the throne is terribly paleo. my understanding is that the seated position fairly well mangles our internal plumbing and tends to force fecal matter backwards through the ileocecal valve into the appendix. apparently appendicitis is extraordinarily rare where folks naturally squat to eliminate.
for your time crunched gym rats you can provide barbells in the bathrooms and they can multi-task .
greg: get something going on so you don’t keep robb hanging show intro dude!
Hey, Rob and Amber – Are the podcast transcripts on-line? Sorry, if they are, I can’t find them. Hell, I can’t even find the ‘search’ box, for that matter!
Thanks!
The transcripts are getting posted one by one (look under some of the older episodes) – they’ll all be done soon! And the search box is at the top of the red sidebar under the big word “Search”! 🙂
Robb have you seen this study? Pretty awesome stuff:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-neuroscience-of-gut
The Neuroscience of the Gut
Yes, cool stuff!
I meant to post sooner, but got distracted with work. This was a really great episode. Whenever a new episode comes out, I scan the topics to see if there is going to be anything that really interests me. This week didn’t have anything in particular, but I listened anyway. I’m glad I did, because despite the questions, you never know where you guys are going to go with the answers. A lot of them were really interesting.
And I’m glad the one question that did catch my attention went over well. When Greg started laughing during the “grains for magnesium” question, I was laughing right along with him.
Thanks Rob and Greg for all your work to get these podcasts out there. Even if the topics don’t apply to my situation I pick up some piece of information or tip I can use and am quickly becoming addicted! This one was particularly entertaining and I love your passion for what you do. Just wanted to say thanks.
Hey folks.. I listened to the Podcast.. on the 90% Cacao/Green Tea/early AM exercise response for smoking by Robb…What was he referring to in elevating (senefrin?) levels? I am not too familiar, and know the spelling must be wrong! Thanks!
Robb and Acne sufferers,
Two questions:
What do you think about not having enough Hydrochloric Acid secretion or being in an acid base diet?
“Hydrochloric Acid is secreted by your stomach to digest your food and break it down into components that can be absorbed. If you have inadequete Hydrochloric Acid secretion, you will suffer from vitamin and nutrient deficiencies that can lead to all kinds of health problems including ACNE”
http://www.acne.org/messageboard/Skin-Diseases-Cured-Hydr-t72702.html
2) I might be one of the 1-in-30-to-40 people who might benefit from Robb’s recommendation in regards to ditching the fish oil (limiting O-6, goes without question I presume) and supplementing with 10-15 mg of GLA.
Would you recommend Spirulina as a good source of GLA? Disregard if I am beating a dead horse, but would the high dose of Vit A in Spirulina compete with Vit D?
http://www.iherb.com/Now-Foods-100-Natural-Spirulina-500-mg-500-Tablets/783?at=0
Robb,
Is 10-15mg really the dosage recommendation for GLA supplementation?
Borage Oil supplements that I’ve found contain 240mg of GLA per pill, while Primrose Oil supplements contain 45mg of GLA per pill.
http://www.nowfoods.com/Products/ProductsbyCategory/Category/M003239.htm?cat=Nutritional%20Oils
http://www.nowfoods.com/Products/ProductsbyCategory/Category/M003035.htm?cat=Nutritional%20Oils
Thanks.
In that case take the supplement every 3-5 days.
Just a quick aside regarding the transcript of this episode – something kind of funny that only old people like me (and Robb, except I’m way older) would notice. Whoever typed the transcript must did not learn to read the mid-20th Century way. If they had, they’d have understood the reference Robb made in the section about brain function in relation to carbohydrates, where he uses the phrase “see Spot run.” Instead we got “sea spot run,” and we got it twice, so it wasn’t a typo. It was an attempt to make sense out of something that makes no sense at all unless you were fortunate enough to be hanging out with Dick and Jane when they were watching their dog Spot run. Cute. That’s all.
Correcting my own typo in the second sentence: Whoever typed the transcript did not learn to read the mid-20th Century way.
I found this podcast by googling “acne caused by fish oil Robb Wolf,” hoping that you had addressed this issue.
I have a question regarding the GLA recommendation. Is it 10-15mg independent of body weight?
I’d love to hear more about the pathways invovled, and what is different for this “1 in 30” person that makes them react differently.
Thanks for all your hard work spreading the Paleo message.
Thank you for clearing that up! I had a hard time fiindng it in the grocery store and am excited to try cooking with the real stuff and not the beverage like I have been doing! Can’t imagine the flavor now! THanks again!!