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Protein as bad as smoking – a ‘steak through the heart’?
‘High protein diet as bad for health as smoking’ - 348 news articles UK/ 15,400 news articles worldwide ‘Saturated fat is not bad for health’, says heart expert’ – 67 news articles UK/ 2,640 news articles worldwide Two very different headlines and both in the news...
Grain Brain
There are many great books that I have recommended – see over in the Resources section for further information – but I wanted to dedicate some time talking about Grain Brain as it is a relatively new and generated much debate in the ancestral health scene upon its...
Surviving and thriving
During my search for a dehydrator (see last post), quite by chance I discovered the website of Arctic explorer Gary Rolfe. You can watch a short film about Gary, who lives in Greenland, directed by Tom Whitworth below. Dehydration of nutrient-dense food is a necessity...
Meaty muffins and dehydrators
These delicious muffins over on the Recipes page are adapted from a recipe in Everyday Paleo by Sarah Fragoso - thank you Sarah. We change the ingredients according to whatever is in fridge or freezer and they make a perfect breakfast, lunch or snack. Forget those...
Horizon Fat vs. Sugar BBC2
I was so excited as I read the headlines on Tuesday’s Daily Mail website (not something that I say too often). 'One twin gave up sugar, the other gave up fat. Their experiment could change YOUR life'. “This is it!” I thought “This is the turning point!” and I...
Oh Man! Look at those cavemen go…
Great to see the Telegraph reporting earlier this month that the Paleo diet was the most searched-for diet on the internet last year. Tap in 'Paleo diet' in Google trends and we also get some exceptionally high rises over the last year. Things are progressing but...
Gluten-free worse than ‘Alcorexia’ diet says BDA
It’s not even Christmas and already the New Year diet stories are starting. The Daily Mail’s article published last month warns of the dangers of ‘faddy diets’ and announces that ‘experts’ have drawn up a list of diets to be avoided. Right up there with the...
The importance of Vitamin D
As we approach the longest night of the year and the summer sunshine seems like a world away, thoughts turn to Vitamin D. Ok, well more like Christmas presents and turkey but bear with me. Vitamin D is not only essential for healthy bones through it's management of...
The government, swimming pools and saturated fat
Last month the government launched the ‘Responsibility Deal Saturated Fat Reduction Pledge’ which promises to remove ‘one and a half Olympic size swimming pools of saturated fat’ from the nation’s diet’ (who writes these press releases?). We are told that various food...
Red meat hysteria returns…again
Once again the scare stories are surfacing regarding red meat. Barely a week goes by without a newspaper article urging us to avoid red meat for fear of some terrifying consequence. A recent story comes courtesy of the Daily Mail (UK) which seems to be obsessed with...
