The Captivity of History
Most of us in the Paleo community have come to view civilization as separating us from the environment we were made for, but, in his opus, Coming home to the Pliestocene, Paul Shepard takes it a step...
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The Fitness Laffer Curve
In economics, The Laffer Curve is a visual representation of economist Art Laffer’s theory about the relationship between government tax rates and tax revenues. He thought that there is point at which...
View ArticleStandard Calorie Restricted Diet May Lead to Cancer and Death
Researchers at Colorado State University recently completed a review of the limited amount of science around yo-yo dieting (scientists call it weight cycling) and cancer risk. What’s interesting is...
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Why We’re Sick in One Picture
Want to see everything that is wrong with conventional diet and exercise regimens and the causes of ever-increasing chronic disease in one photo? Here it is. (Hat tip: Reddit) It goes like this: Eat a...
View ArticleHow To Argue with a Vegan/Vegetarian
So you’re eating meat for health and want to convince every Vegan around they are wrong? How do you do it? You don’t. Sorry to burst your self-righteous bubble, but you simply aren’t going to change...
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Human Genomics Didn’t Fail, The Paradigm Did
At the turn of the century one of the most exciting areas of medical research was the Human Genome Project, a massive scientific undertaking that successfully mapped the entire human genome in 2003....
View ArticleThe Dairy Question and The Paleo Diet’s Epistemic Continuum
Dairy has a peculiar status among Paleo eaters. Although it’s a Neolithic food, it’s usually considered healthful if one is not lactose intolerant. Recently, I have been struggling with it’s...
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Jogging is Paleo, Deal with It
A couple new papers and stories in the media have me thinking more about running lately. I don’t make a big habit out of it, but I do occasionally do some hill sprints and 5k races just for fun, and to...
View ArticleThe Honest Coca Cola Obesity Commerical
Check out this perfectly executed spoof of Coke’s ridiculous commercial claiming that a-calorie-is-a-calorie and, profits be damned, we’re part of the solution. There is no way around it. This stuff is...
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2014: Year of the Microbiome
There’s nothing worse than a “why my blog is stagnant” post, so I’ll spare you. Suffice to say I blog when I have fresh ideas, and don’t blog when I have nothing original to add. I’m not interested in...
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