An Example of a Healthy Diet If you wonder what an ancestral diet could look like in action, I’ll give you a concrete example. We’ll do a breakdown of exactly what I ate in week. Of course, don’t feel like you need to eat exactly like me to be healthy. There is no “one size … Read more
How to Cook Chicken Hearts (for People who are Afraid of Organ Meat) If you are like the average American, my guess is that you would be disappointed if you asked me, “What’s for dinner?” and I replied, “Chicken hearts!” (No, I don’t have data to back that up – maybe the average American loves … Read more
What did the new dietary guidelines get wrong, from a primal health perspective?
What are the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans, and what do they mean for you?
Why Beginners Can Benefit from Snacks As I explained in part 1, it is optimal, from a health perspective, to eventually ditch the snacking habit. Having said that, if you are totally new to primal, paleo, low-carb, keto, or carnivore eating, and you are currently a chronic snacker, I would actually encourage you to plan … Read more
Why I’m Not a Big Fan Of New Year’s Resolutions Come January first, many people will be making all sorts of resolutions to be kinder, nobler, healthier, more moral people. Come February first, almost half of those resolutions will already be broken. I know you all have probably seen those statistics about how almost no … Read more
Keeping the Fire Going Conventional wisdom says that snacking is good, or at least ok, provided the snack foods themselves are healthy. The American Heart Association, of all people, says that “If snacking is done in moderation with smart choices, it can fit easily into a healthy dietary pattern.” (Some of their examples of “healthy” … Read more
What is a Sardine Fast? Fasting is all the rage in certain health circles. Of course, in its most basic form, fasting is just not eating, but there are also quite a few variations wherein you still eat something, but less than usual. These include bone-broth fasting, egg fasting, and, of course, sardine fasting. A … Read more
The Ancestral Paradigm Many whole-food diets are based on the paradigm of ancestral health – we should eat as our ancient, prehistoric ancestors ate. This criteria has been explicitly invoked by Paleo and Primal diet enthusiasts, and at least implicitly invoked by followers of low-carb, Atkins, keto, and carnivore diets (as well as promoters of … Read more
Eating Meat when Times are Tight If you are eating an ancestral diet – whether that be Paleo, Primal, a Paul Saladino “animal-based” meat and fruit diet, keto, or certainly carnivore, you are probably eating a lot of meat. Of course, there are more vegetarian-leaning versions of keto and paleo, which I would be happy … Read more