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Posts Tagged ‘Paleo Diet’

Low-Fat Basics for High-Fat Dummies

It seems there’s a lot of confusion around low-fat diets. I see or am told daily about the detrimental affects of such diets. This is especially frequent from paleo-esque community. I’m


Plants and Animals

Food for thought: My body cannot possibly be adapted to “burn fat” with my “excess” carbohydrate (always 700g+) and calorie consumption right? Yeah probably not.


Mostly Going Dark

The last two months I’ve really ramped up on being vocal. Part of this is due to my continued success leaving the standard “paleo” prescription the last 16 months, and part is


Podcast – “My Low-Carb Journey”

Had fun on Hank’s show. Right after the interview started, my neighbor thought it was a good time to run every power tool in the spectrum. Living in Hawaii means all doors and windows are


Sugar Issues Really Blood Fat Issues?

One of low-carb’s claims to fame is it’s ability to control blood sugar issues. That it can do, but it’s really just a bandaid to stick on the real problem. If us in the paleo


Low-Carbing Healthy?

I’ve recently done videos/written about thriving. I don’t know about you… but this is my goal. If this is also your goal, like to share a few quotes with you that I’ve


Reader Questions: Meat & Exercise

What do you know about raw meat? How much, if any, raw meat did you eat and what is it like? I’ve never eaten raw meat and I’m curious what that’s like; Paleo folks say raw organ


Optimal health or Grasping religion?

Feed subscribers… sorry for the teaser the other day. Had to remake the video somewhere else. Interuptions made it horrible. Pretty sure I had some serious dehydration going on to boot.


Get on your bikes and ride!

Calling all fat bottom girls (and guys)! Summer is here. Time to dust off old trusty! You may be able to achieve a decent healthy body composition without it, but exercise is an important part of


Forget what you think “you know.”

Aloha from beautiful Hawaii! It’s time. Time to cut the bullshit, dogmas, and thrive! Live the life that you deserve. Are you ready to live a lifestyle of high energy? Or maybe you’ll


Food For Thought

Your average human athlete (like me) has a fraction of the athletic ability of humans in the days of yore, or our primate ancestors before that. It’s hardly a secret that largely vegetarian


Absurdity of Nutrient Nitpicking

Lack of a nutrient. Often a justification for choosing one diet over another. The whole-foods vegan diet for example. It can’t possible be a good diet. It’s missing many essential


Thinking Outside the “Paleo” Box

Well not really It’s more like thinking outside the meat or macronutrient box. Is this paleo lifestyle about reenactments, or thriving? Obviously this a ridiculously huge topic and I


The Many Layers of Paleo

Are Veggies Really That Important? Some folks demonize all carbs, some embrace carbs, even those “deadly” ones in fruit (Nell Stephanson). Some prefer mostly juicy cuts of meat


Readers Write

This is a little write-up by one of my online buddies Rafi Bar-Lev. Rafi is a fitness fanatic and founder of the community site, Passionate Fitness – Fitness Tips . He’s recently


Long Time No See!

This weekend’s workouts were fueled by Amy & Brian Natural Coconut Juice. Local friends can ask me for a free sample. This stuff is rocket fuel for athletes. I never cramp anymore. Send


Response to Lyle McDonald’s comments on grain consumption 100,000 years ago.

Perhaps Lyle Mcdonald should embrace the paleo diet as a real food/whole food diet instead worrying about it being trendy or trying to bag on it. Is it not a healthy balanced diet? I like much of


Mashed Potato Alternatives

cma3 Low-carb or Paleo Mashed Potato Alternatives for the Holidays It’s that time of year again. The time where wagon-falling becomes commonplace, diets fail, people get fat, and start


How Paleo Is Your Diet?

According to The Guidelines Below, How Paleolithic is Your Diet? Paleo Food List Guidelines Meats: Beef, Flank steak, Top sirloin steak, Hamburger, London broil, Chuck steak, Veal, Pork, Pork


Becoming a Caveperson

This is an expanded comment of mine on a reader email post at “Free The Animal“ Transitioning to a Primal or Paleo diet can be a little rough for some people. Especially if their


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