You may all lose faith in me and my abilities to write the book after I tell you this story. I spent over a month outlining the project. After about 5 failed attempts to ge the book going. I’m not used to organizing this much material and it’s tough to keep everything straight. So, I… Continue Reading
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The Zone: Better with Paleo Foods
I received this first comment from Julianne a few days ago and asked if I could post her experience. Part two I received this morning and added to the post. Here is the basic order of operations: She adopted the Zone and saw significant improvements in a number of issues including blood sugar regulation… Continue Reading
Isn't it Genetics?
I received the following comment from Aaron and it’s an important point I’ve been meaning to make. As biotech makes it’s way into our lives there is a growing tendency to attribute EVERYTHING to genetics. Thousands of times I’ve heard the fatalistic refrain: “Well, my parents had diabetes (or heart disease or you pick the issues)… Continue Reading
Paleo Brands Seminar!
The launch of the inaugural Paleo Brands seminar went down this past weekend in San Diego, CA! O-lifting Studdette, Kelly Frankson was one of several hundred attendees of the event and had this write-up. I don’t have much to add with regards to the content of the day, I think Kelly hit the highlights pretty… Continue Reading
Statins and Rhabdomyolysis
A theory exists for the mechanism of why statins increase rhabdomyolysis. For those of you who have been under a rock or lifting with your Sears 110lb cement barbell set, rhabdomyolysis (rhabdo) is a potentially life threatening condition that can occur in response to too much or too intense of exercise. Large amounts of eccentric… Continue Reading
Meat, Global Warming and Markets.
I’ve received a few emails that have a similar jist to them. Seemingly about the health plusses or minuses of a meat based diet, but this issue quickly slides to a totally different topic. I want to look at two recent news pieces and then look at a recent study validating the efficacy of the… Continue Reading
Happy Birthday Chuck!!
Happy Birthday Chuck!! Feb 12, 2009 is the 200th birthday of one of the most influential people in history, Charles Darwin. There have been some phenomenal accounts of his life including a BBC series that is as thorough as it is enjoyable…do check it out. So, I want to celebrate this great man’s birth by… Continue Reading
Heard of T. Colin Campbell?
I received the following question in the comments section: Hey Robb, Have you ever looked at the work of T Colin Campbell at Cornell? He wrote a book called the China Study about how eating meat is bad for you. I don’t want to ask you to do extra work, just wondering if you had… Continue Reading
Poliquin Follow-up
The poliquin thread has generated a number of comments, all of them much appreciated. I’d really like to highlight this one from Saul who has a great insight: Robb – Awesome post, I have never heard of CP until now. More reading to do now. 🙂 Thanks for taking the time to write this out,… Continue Reading
In Memorium: Joseph Violetti Oct 17 1925-Oct 03 2008
Nicki’s Grandpa died about 20 minutes ago. He has been battling prostate cancer for the past several years but died at home among friends and family. When Nicki and I started dating it was kicked off with the standard stuff: attraction. typically the guy is more attracted to the girl and pursues. Nicki facilitated this… Continue Reading