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I’m not the only one who finds nixing the mind-altering substances the hardest part of healthy living. And for the most part I have nixed them. But if the icons of fitness can’t always resist a drink, how can a weak-willed mortal like me?
Paleo purists who have achieved more success than I have may scoff, but the rest of you know exactly where I’m coming from. And our guru Loren Cordain knows no one will stick with a diet that has absolute no-nos, so we are encouraged to occasionally enjoy a glass of wine with dinner if we must. Still, in The Paleo Diet for Athletes, Dr. Cordain reminds us, “Obviously, alcohol was not part of any hunter-gatherer diet.”
Obviously? Certainly moderation is sound advice, but nonetheless the good doctor is wrong.
Lorette C. Luzajic – A Matter of Life or Myth: The Drunken Monkey – Why Humans Love Getting High
Time to air out a pet peeve here. Without getting into the whole of disgusting American eating habits, I am going to bring up two of the most juvenile eating habits I can think of, at the moment, that are shared by millions of Americans. Number one: the infantile (adult) infatuation with McDonald’s. Adults hovering over McDonald’s like it is gourmet dining. Not only is it a proletariat compulsion, but we are talking about some of the most garbage-y shit food on the planet.
Every time I ever pass a McDonald’s, the smell is disgusting, even in the winter when my windows are rolled up: phony, processed meat, and greasy, deep-fired everything. Yet all McDonald’s are always busy, from morning ’til night. Nowhere are they more crowded than in the hood that I drive through each day to and from work. Cars pouring in and out all day long. At breakfast time, these places are crowded with seniors galore, and at dinner time it is whole families going out for McDonald’s, as if it is a special treat.
Well it's over six months, now, and I really don't want to do this post.
Why? Cause it's too weird, I fear. We don't live in caves without modern convenience, I'd not want to, and I loath the possibility of Paleo becoming a Luddite-esque religion. I blogged about that (The Paleo Principle is Neither Authoritative nor Dogmatic)…
So, I guess, take this with a grain of salt. I'm merely reporting on my own experience.
I haven't used soap or shampoo anyplace on my body for six months, save hand washing in advance of food prep. That's it. Let me just report my observations and leave you to judge.
Richard Nikoley – Paleo I Don’t Care: I Like No Soap; No Shampoo
100 year old man from Kitava
To find the path to long life and health, Dan Buettner and team study the world's "Blue Zones," communities whose elders live with vim and vigor to record-setting age. At TEDxTC, he shares the 9 common diet and lifestyle habits that keep them spry past age 100.
After holding off for nearly two years, I’m posting this because too many people have asked for it. The lasses should read it, too, as the same principles can be applied to bodyfat loss.
I weighed 152 lbs. for four years of high school, and after training in tango in Buenos Aires in 2005, that had withered to 146 lbs. Upon returning to the US, I performed an exhaustive analysis of muscular hypertrophy (growth) research and exercise protocols, ignoring what was popular to examine the hard science. The end result? I gained 34 lbs. of muscle, while losing 3 lbs. of fat, in 28 days.
Tim Ferriss -
From Geek to Freak: How I Gained 34 lbs. of Muscle in 4 WeeksBestselling author of The 4-Hour Workweek
How To Cook Your Like Your Grandmother on making a waldorf salad. The picture above doesn't do this particular recipe justice, so make sure you go to the site and see how it should look. Oh, and by the way, skip the sugar (or substitute a healthy sweetener). It will still taste just fine.
