Read time: 3 minutes
My three-year-old niece has a physical skill that many adults envy. She knows how to get down. That is, she can drop to the ground, roll over, and then spring to her feet with the same effort that most adults take for a mere breath. I mean, she doesn’t just get down, she [...]
Entries from October 2009
October 29, 2009
How to Get Down (Again)
October 27, 2009
Survival of the Fittest and Personal Fitness
Read time: 1 minute
Fitness in its truest definition is relevant to the macro-environment — how to survive it as a species. Fitness, in this sense, is no longer about having the physical capacity to fight off a saber tooth tiger, to hunt down a bison, or to pillage whole villages. The era of the gladiators [...]
October 24, 2009
Simple Meal Idea #3
No longer for holiday-gift rewrapping, the Chia Pet has a great use: Chia seeds for nutritious eating!
You can put chia seeds in almost anything you want, or put it into water and make a jelly into which you can put fruits or berries for a delicious dessert!
1 ounce of chia seeds contains: 4 grams protein [...]
October 22, 2009
A Random Thought
Read time: 1 minute
Now, I’m all for health clubs, gyms, and formal exercise, especially for the average individual living in a civilized world where modern food has taken such a dramatic detour from the evolutionary diet our genes were based on over for 2 million years. Gary Taubes presents some very convincing data in his [...]
October 21, 2009
Simple Meal Idea #2
Chicken Salad
Get ingredients in the pictures below
Cut the onion and tomatoes
Use a little sweet relish and a good squeeze of lemon to taste
Mix all ingredients together with some coconut oil (or olive oil)
Broccoli
Cut into bite-size pieces and drizzle with olive oil and balsamic vinegar
Add a dash of sea salt
Mix well
Pretty simple, but freaking delicious.
October 15, 2009
Breaking Sugar Addiction
Read time: 2.5 minutes
My wife and I had just finished dinner, and now she craves a piece of See’s chocolate from the box given to us by a friend. The box is sitting in front of us. But I, on the other hand, crave a bowl of fresh strawberries and seasonal figs from the fridge.
My [...]
October 13, 2009
Energy Partitioning and Repartitioning
Read time: 4 minutes (but worth it)
I want to briefly comment on (or review, for many of you) the topic of Nutrient Partitioning and Repartitioning. This information is based on Gary Taubes’s seminal book Good Calories Bad Calories, and David Kessler’s The End of Overeating.
By now most of you understand that carbohydrates trigger insulin release. [...]
October 6, 2009
My Diet and Exercise
Read time: 3 minutes
Friends have asked what I do to maintain ~5% body fat. The fact that my body fat level is consistent pretty much through the year, what I do to maintain it (and my health) must be simple and sustainable, and not interfere with life. Here I share a picture taken of me not too long ago, [...]
October 2, 2009
Is Walking Really Beneath Us?
Read Time: 2.5 minutes
Our ancestors of the cave and the plains didn’t have Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods, and they didn’t have refrigerators that held a week’s worth of grocery. So many of them walked nearly every day to forage for food, pick wild berries and gather edible plants and hunt wild animals. They didn’t [...]
