We Spend Most of our Lives Sitting, and It’s Bad If you are like many people, you spend most of your workday sitting in a chair, either behind a desk or behind the wheel of a vehicle. If you are like most people, you spend a lot of time sitting in your car – almost … Read more
A whole lot, apparently. At least, if the experiments of Michael Rose are anything to go by. I recently found out about Michael Rose through Michael Eades’ newsletter The Arrow (highly recommended) – and I found it truly eye-opening. Be warned, this blog post is a bit of an excuse to nerd out on my … Read more
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?
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
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
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
What is Pemmican? In the realm of cooking adventures, I recently tried making pemmican for the first time. While there are a few things which did not go as intended, I overall am definitely pleased with the results, and plan on making it again and working out the last few kinks. Historically, pemmican was the … Read more
An Ancestral Approach to Food The basic gist of ancestral ways of eating – be they Paleo, Primal, keto, or carnivore – is that we should, at least as far as possible, eat in the same way as our ancient ancestors. There is a lot of intuitive sense to this, but a lot of people … Read more