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How artificial light is wrecking your sleep, and what to do about it

By on February 22, 2013 in Cancer, Depression, Health Conditions, Heart Disease, Stress | 126 comments

"A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book." - Irish Proverb The evidence for the health benefits of adequate, restful sleep is overwhelming. Decades of research has shown that sleeping between 7 and 9 hours per night can relieve stress, reduce the risk of many chronic diseases, improve memory and cognitive function, and may even help with weight loss. (1) As many of us know by now, getting adequate, high-quality ...
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Do fat people live longer?

By on February 1, 2013 in Diabesity, Health Conditions, Myths & Truths | 38 comments

We’ve all heard the recent news story splashed all over the TV and internet: overweight people actually have a lower risk of dying than those of normal weight.  (1) What a shock to the millions of Americans on a weight-loss diet, not to mention the hundreds of health professionals, research scientists, and government policy makers who are working around the clock to combat the obesity epidemic in this country! Could it be that we’re all wasting ...
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Poop: the cure of the future?

By on December 7, 2012 in Digestive problems, Health & Healing, Myths & Truths | 131 comments

Poop has been all over the news lately. (And no, I’m not talking about the recent election.) I’m referring to fecal transplant, the process of transferring a healthy person’s stool into a sick person’s colon in order to restore the bacterial balance. It sounds bizarre, and even a little crazy, but doctors and scientists all over the country are discovering just how effective fecal transplants can be. Just last week, the Chicago Tribune wrote a story predicting ...
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Beyond Paleo: moving from a “paleo diet” to a “paleo template”

By on June 17, 2011 in Food & Nutrition | 127 comments

Over the last couple of years, as the popularity of the Paleo diet has expanded, a lot of controversy has emerged over exactly what a Paleo diet is. Part of the problem is that there are now a number of authors and bloggers - from Mark Sisson to Kurt Harris to Robb Wolf to Paul Jaminet to myself - that advocate what might generally be called a Paleo diet, but with slight variations in each case. ...
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How to prevent spending the last 10 years of your life in a diaper and a wheelchair

By on May 20, 2011 in Aging | 80 comments

Everything you have every experienced, felt, or conducted in life is due to brain function. The ability to enjoy, perceive, sense and experience live is dictated by the firing rate and health of your brain. It is impossible for a person to become healthy mentally or physiologically without a healthy brain." - Datis Kharrazian, DC, M.S Maybe this goes without saying, but I think it's worth pointing out: our ability to enjoy life is brain-based. The capacity ...
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Paleo-Nerd-A-Thon with Robb Wolf & Mat LaLonde

By on April 1, 2011 in Events, Classes & Groups | 74 comments

Robb Wolf, Mat LaLonde and I will be doing a special two-part (i.e. two-hour) podcast we're calling the Paleo-Nerd-A-Thon. The show will be recorded on Friday, April 15th and broadcast as an episode of my podcast on Tuesday, April 26th. During the first hour each of us will spend some time discussing research or other topics we've been thinking about lately. During the second hour, we'll answer your questions in a roundtable ...
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