Over the past two decades, red meat has been increasingly blamed for everything from heart disease to cancer. Newspapers and magazines love to plaster alarmist headlines about red meat across their front pages, but as you might suspect if you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, these claims are ill founded and misleading. In fact, an impartial review of the evidence indicates that red meat is one of the healthiest foods you can ...
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As many of you know, in addition to writing this blog and doing the podcast, I work with patients on a one-on-one basis. I see patients with a variety of different health concerns, ranging from difficulty losing weight to more serious health problems. This is how I met Arsy, the author of The Paleo Slow Cooker, a couple of years ago.
When I took Arsy on as a patient, she had already removed many of the toxins ...
Please read Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IV of this series if you haven't already.
In the last three articles in this series, I've covered the 3 most common challenges people face when starting a Paleo diet: digestive problems, impaired fat and carbohydrate metabolism, and sluggish detox capacity. In this final article, I'm going to offer 5 more general tips for mastering the Paleo diet and making it work for you. They are:
Start strong.
Personalize.
Supplement ...
Please read part I, part II and part III of this series if you haven't already.
The final challenge to adopting a Paleo diet is impaired detox capacity. If you can't detox properly, even the healthiest Paleo diet won't be enough to resolve your symptoms.
If you can't detox properly, even the healthiest Paleo diet won't be enough to resolve your symptoms.
The liver is the main organ of detoxification. It's primary job is to convert toxins — most of ...
Make sure to read Part 1 and Part II of this series first if you haven't already.
Almost everyone I've worked with has at least a few days of experiencing sugar cravings and uneven energy when they first switch to a Paleo diet. This is especially true if they're transitioning from a "Standard American" or other higher carbohydrate diet such as low-fat/vegetarian/vegan. For some people, though, these symptoms can persist beyond the initial few days. They continue ...
Though a nutritious diet and adequate physical activity are at the foundation of a healthy lifestyle, many in the ancestral health community expect to achieve optimum health through diet and exercise alone. I’ve written several articles on the other major components of health that are often overlooked, such as exposure to nature, good sleep hygiene, managing stress, and taking control of negative thoughts. I also recently wrote an article on New Year’s Resolutions that can greatly ...
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