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CRAZY Cravings: How do cookies, pizza, etc. know your name??

Posted December 1st, 2011 by

Let’s play pretend…  Imagine that you had a great week of eating well, exercising, and feeling good.  It’s Friday night – dinner out and possibly a movie are in the cards.  Your intentions are good.  You’re going to keep it clean and if anything, maybe have a drink with dinner.  Read more…

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PolyPhasic Sleep- Part 1

Posted November 30th, 2011 by

This is a submission from my good friend Dr. Dan Pardi. I’ve received questions about polyphasic sleep for years. Well, here is a sleep experts  thoughts on the topic. Enjoy! Also Dan is a PhD candidate at Leiden University working with the departments of Neurology and Endocrinology. He lives and Read more…

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Thanksgiving – Don’t be a Food Hangover Victim!!

Posted November 24th, 2011 by

The day has arrived.  The hour is approaching.  The table is set and look out – we’re HUNGRY!  It’s been a whole year since we’ve sat down to a feast of this caliber and damn if we’re not going to take FULL advantage of it.  Am I right??  Okay, now Read more…

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It’s in the Blood: When it Rains it Pours

Posted November 23rd, 2011 by

It’s in the Blood: When it Rains it Pours The recent article Paleo and Testosterone spiked a huge comment response regarding the intricacies of nutrition, training, lifestyle, supplements and hormones.  The subject of hormones has been one that I have been in bed with for quite some time, especially low Read more…

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Testimonial: “I’ve officially lost over half of my original body weight.”

Posted November 21st, 2011 by

  I used to weigh over a quarter of a ton. The last weigh in I did before I started my weight loss campaign showed 538 pounds on the $250 scale my wife had to buy me with our tex return in March of 2010.  As of today, I weigh Read more…

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Health in a Package…

Posted November 10th, 2011 by

As of today there are only 43 shopping days left until Christmas!!  Okay, whatever you do – DON’T PANIC!  I get it, you have like 50 people to shop for and know what you’re actually getting for maybe 3 of them.  Seriously though, don’t sweat it!  Let’s look at this Read more…

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The “Reverse Challenge”: A Personal Experiment

Posted November 7th, 2011 by

Recently I convinced Rebecca, my wife, to transition our family to a more Paleolithic style of eating.  I have been on a journey of personal discovery and education while over here in Afghanistan and I figure why not give this a shot, eating paleo that is.  I started this way of eating Read more…

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Meat & Potatoes: Back on the Menu

Posted November 3rd, 2011 by

Just in case you haven’t been paying attention lately, meat and potatoes are okay to eat again. It’s a pretty comical situation, really. Meat and potatoes used to be the basic chow of every American – at a time when Americans were the healthiest and tallest people in the world. Read more…

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Paleo and Testosterone

Posted November 2nd, 2011 by

To say that this paleo/ancestral life-way has saved and dramatically improved my life would be something between spot on and a complete understatement. I was really sick when I came on all this back in 1998 and for being almost 40 I feel like I’m doing pretty well. But I Read more…

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Testimonial – “What if this is bad?”: Proof that Paleo Works

Posted October 31st, 2011 by

I started the paleo diet in February to try to help with lymphocytic colitis (it worked).  As I kept my body happy with coconut oil, grass-fed beef, vegetables and all the other paleo goodies, there was still a little voice in the back of my head saying, “what if this Read more…

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