By Eirik Garnas, http://www.darwinian-medicine.com/ Would you call a diet that contains 75-150 grams of carbohydrate a low-carb diet? If so, then you’re not alone. I think most people, including the vast majority of nutritionists and dietitians, would answer yes to that question. We humans tend to base our understanding of what is natural and… Continue Reading
Chop Chop Salad- Spring is Coming!
Up until this mornings freezing temperatures (we’re in East TN), you would have thought that Spring had arrived several months ago. Despite the cold snap, we are in the midst of planning our garden and getting things started in a DIY Hoop house to get a head start on any late frosts. This Chop Chop… Continue Reading
30-Day Challenge Analysis Part 3: Changing Your Life For Real – Let’s Do This Right
All right folks, it’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for. That’s right, it’s the GRAND FINALE of the EPIC, three part 30-day challenge series. We’ve already talked about the pros and cons of 30-day throw downs (Part 1) and we’ve discussed (AT LENGTH) how we totally screw em’ up (Part 2). Now let’s get… Continue Reading
Pandas, Poo and You
In my last blog post I put forward the Discordance Theory of disease (specifically modern degenerative diseases such as type 2 diabetes, neurodegeneration, and cardiovascular disease) and introduced a rough timeline of change that humans have faced over the past 10,000 years. These changes are wide reaching and affect every element of the Four Pillars… Continue Reading
Thai Fish Cakes
Weeknight Paleo hits store shelves tomorrow. We’ll be having a little celebration at the house tomorrow night for this most joyous occasion and our fish cakes are on the menu. These little buggers make a tremendous appetizer and can scale up to a full serving of protein for your meal. If you’re pantry looks anything… Continue Reading
30-Day Challenge Analysis Part 2: Abusing The System – How We Screw Up The Process & Ourselves
We’re human and let’s face it, we are REALLY good at f#%@-ing things up. It doesn’t matter what it is, someone, somewhere is going to figure out a way to make it a complete FAIL. 30-day challenges/transformations are no exception to this ‘fail phenomenon’. Yeah, we’ve figured out a way to take something that’s meant… Continue Reading
30-Day Challenge Analysis Part 1: Pros and Cons of 30-Day ‘Sprints’ to Ultimate Health
It’s 30 days, it’s a complete lifestyle revamp and it will “change your life”, get you healthy and help you “detox” and lose weight. That’s the general premise behind most 30-day challenges out there. But do they work? I mean seriously, what can you really accomplish in 30 days and how the heck does that… Continue Reading
Can you be “Just a little Diabetic*?”
*The title of the article is asking if one can be just a bit diabetic, not short of stature! Most of the degenerative diseases we face in the modern world are not binary on/off propositions — they exist, and are diagnosed, on a spectrum. Here are some binary propositions: influenza virus (ya got it or… Continue Reading
Change Your Life In 30 Days?: 30-Day Challenges – The Good, The Bad and Everything In Between
It’s January and that means the annual onslaught of “New Year. New You.” New Year’s resolution and 30-Day Challenge personal and gym promotions. Facebook is full of folks ‘publicly declaring their 30-day commitments to working out and ‘eating clean’. Gyms are running specials and hosting time-specific contests (usually lasting 30-days…) to see which members can… Continue Reading
Balancing the Microbiome for Optimal Health
This is a guest post by BFF Cafe, a local paleo friendly restaurant in Reno, NV Lately there has been a lot of buzz in the medical and nutrition communities about the human micro-biome. Some are even saying that this new science proves that we have evolved past the need for a paleo diet.… Continue Reading
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