AntiCancer and Wheat Belly

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

We were pleasantly surprised to learn Dr. Servan-Schreiber’s Anticancer diet recommendations are very similar to those of The Paleo Diet – both diets recommend avoiding all sugars and processed foods.

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Part 2 “Best Diets” – Not!

Thursday, June 23, 2011

This is exactly why I don’t follow the advice of traditional Registered Dietitians.Tamara Abraham reports that readers polled on the US News “Best Diets Overall” ranked The Paleo Diet as the MOST effective of all diets ranked by the so called “experts”!

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“Best Diets” – Not!

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Dr. Loren Cordain recently wrote a “Rebuttal to U.S. News and World Top 20 Diets” highlighting the “erroneous and misleading” conclusions made by the U.S. News “experts”.

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Kettlebells for Policemen

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Kettlebells were originally used to train the Russian Special Forces. Yet Kettlebells are for everyone…. soldiers, policemen, athletes and even soccer moms. Executing Kettlebell technique correctly will not only burn body fat, but will also increase strength, stamina and agility, all of which are common goals for anyone hoping to “look good naked” or increase athletic and professional performance!

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Smoking and Sugar Can Lead To Death

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Although it may be common knowledge that eating sugar makes you fat and causes tooth decay, little do most folks know that it’s also correlated with cardio vascular disease (CVD), hypertension, diabetes II, and even some cancers.

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Good Calories, Bad Calories: Cliffs Notes

Saturday, April 9, 2011

I’ve had several questions concerning Gary Taubes’ book Good Calories, Bad Calories. Most questions have been from folks who believe that there are just not enough hours in the day to read a two-inch-thick, nonfiction book on nutrition. So for those who are only interested in the “cliffs notes” version, you can give a big thanks to Greg of www.gutsandblackstuff.com. Greg not only provides one-paragraph summaries of each chapter, he also condenses the entire book of 601 pages into ten short sentences:

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Weight Gain: Calories in, Calories out?

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Mr. Taubes reminds us of the importance of critically examining the controlling variables in scientific research. So often correlations are made without recognizing exactly what variables affected the outcome. With this in mind, Mr. Taubes examines the following questions in his most recent blog post: “is it the total calories consumed that is the variable determining weight loss? And, by the same token, is it the calories consumed (or expended) that determines how much weight we gain?”

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“Paleo Talk” Resources

Thursday, February 10, 2011

As promised, so that it would not be necessary to take copious notes during the lecture, I’m posting a few resources to jump-start your own paleo adventure. Good luck to everyone and please keep me posted on your success!

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Fish Oil: How much is too much?

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Based on newly published research, it now looks like “long-term high dose fish oil intake” may become “a thing of the past”. Chris Kresser, of The Healthy Skeptic post an excellent article discussing the latest research on fish oil supplementation.

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Are Twinkies Paleo?

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Paleo experts “weigh-in” on the Twinkie Snack Diet conducted by Kansas State University nutrition professor Mark Haub:

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