Stress

Living with chronic illness: the power of acceptance

April 8, 2011 in Mind Over Medicine, Stress | 22 comments

The vast majority of the articles I've written are about how to heal and prevent disease. Of course that's important, and what most of us are after. However, the reality of life is that sometimes, despite our best efforts, we can't avoid illness or disease. And as I pointed out in a recent article, The Biggest Obstacle to Perfect Health is Your Mind, if there's one thing we can be sure of it's ...
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To (intermittent) fast or not to fast; that is the question

January 14, 2011 in Health & Healing, Stress | 19 comments

Let me start by saying that I'm a fan of intermittent fasting. I think going for extended periods without eating was probably normal for humans throughout most of our evolution, and I've seen enough evidence to convince me that it can help with everything from weight loss to improving insulin sensitivity to boosting the immune system.Martin Berkhan at Leangains and Paul Jaminet at Perfect Health Diet both write extensively about the benefits of intermittent fasting, ...
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Grass-fed vs. conventional meat: it’s not black or white

January 4, 2011 in Food & Nutrition, Paleo Diet, Stress | 21 comments

I hope you all had happy holidays and are off to a great start this year. I thought I'd share a few thoughts that have been bouncing around my head lately, stimulated most recently by two articles written by fellow health bloggers.Don Matesz over at Primal Wisdom wrote a thought-provoking piece on the hormone composition of grass-fed and factory-farmed meat. In it he argues (convincingly, I might add) that meat from ...
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Intermittent fasting, cortisol and blood sugar

November 17, 2010 in Paleo Diet, Stress | 20 comments

There's been a lot of discussion about the benefits of intermittent fasting (IF) in the paleo community lately. Paul Jaminet mentions it's role in boosting the immune system in his book, The Perfect Health Diet, and IF can also be helpful for those trying to lose weight and tune their metabolism.From an evolutionary perspective, intermittent fasting was probably the normal state of affairs. There were no grocery stores, restaurants or convenience stores, and food ...
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