Nutrition and Physical Regeneration

Got a nice response to my 10 notable blogs from 2009 post, and thought I would share some updates, notes, and other happenings around Nutrition and Physical Regeneration.

One blog I noted in my notable blogs piece was Dr. Stephan Guyenet's Whole Health Source. In my brief review I mentioned that Stephan self-identifies as a paleo. He has since corrected me via private email and so I will let him speak for himself:

"I'm actually not paleo myself, I'm more like Weston Price minus the gluten. Although I do make an effort to keep my intake of neolithic foods modest. I try to eat at least one "paleo" meal per day."

I mentioned that Richard Nikoley over at Free The Animal had lost 60 pounds via the Eat Stop Eat program. He probably would have lost the weight even without a particular dietary program but for the sake of accuracy I should point out he also followed a low carb paleo diet while doing so.

Here is my own personal testimony as to the efficacy of the The Four Hour Work Week. Back when I read the first edition in 2007, I was able to basically cut my work down to two hours a day based on many of the concepts he taught in the book. I had a job. I was an employee but I was able to pull it off. It had no effect on my productivity but it did allow me to pursue many other things, including other forms of paid work. 5 days a week x 2 = 10 hours of work. I will take that anytime.

January 7 marked the end of 40 days eating Kitavan style – literally. I ate fish, starchy tubers, lots of coconut, and (tropical) fruit in roughly the same macro-nutrient ratios as the Kitavans: 69% carbs, 21% fat, and 10% protein. I would say that 95% of the fat I consumed was saturated. Good stuff, and although I could see myself immensely enjoying a diet largely dependent on fish, coconut (in my case mostly coconut milk) and starchy tubers, it wouldn't be my first choice. The first steak and dairy fat I had after those 40 days was awfully tasty.

Two final announcements:

I finally gave in. You can now find Nutrition and Physical Regeneration on twitter. Go ahead, tweet and retweet away my posts. The more the word gets out the better.

Sunday January 17 I started the Milk Cure. I don't know how long I will go and I don't have any particular agenda, but I will be writing about my experiences when I am all done, with some occasional updates along the way. I'm a little leery of doing it on winter milk, as the nutritional difference of the milk is quite marked compared to the milk of early spring. Having done this a few times I can tell you the quality of milk does makes a difference. We will see how it goes. I can always come back to it in the spring, probably right after Easter.
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Michael