Archive for February, 2008

Carbs are not the enemy, Part 2 – More sneaky tricks!

Posted on February 29, 2008. Filed under: Nutrition | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

In a previous article, “Carbs are not the enemy! Just get the timing right…“, I tried to show why we do not need to avoid carbohydrates completely when we are trying to lose weight. This is very important to remember – especially those of us who are athletes or who do any form of physically [...]

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Carbs are not the enemy! Just get the timing right…

Posted on February 22, 2008. Filed under: Nutrition | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

My paleonutrition theories are based on the premise that we should model our dietary habits on how and not only what our paleolithic ancestors ate. I disagree with the macronutrient or food-type ‘golden ratios‘, that some propose. I’ve already given my view on fruit consumption a previous article: “Fruit. Nature’s candy? Or superfood?“, where I [...]

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29 Healthiest Foods…

Posted on February 21, 2008. Filed under: Nutrition | Tags: , , , , , , |

A quick post to share an article I stumbled upon:
The following is a “healthy food hot list” consisting of the 29 food that will give you the biggest nutritional bang for you caloric buck, as well as decrease your risk for deadly illnesses like cancer, diabetes and heart disease. Along with each description is a [...]

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Intermittent fasting. A place for it in the paleo diet?

Posted on February 17, 2008. Filed under: Nutrition | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Before I address the title of this post, let me do a quick recap of my perspective of paleonutrition:

paleonutrition was cyclic – there were both seasonal macro-cycles and daily micro-cycles
scenarios dictated what our ancestors consumed, as well as when/how they were consumed
our genome has an evolutionary memory and our body therefor expects us to [...]

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There’s nothing new under the sun…

Posted on February 14, 2008. Filed under: Cardiovascular training, Nutrition, Strength Training |

You’ll notice in my previous postings that it is my opinion that the ‘paleo lifestyle’ is not only about the types of food our ancestors ate. My theory is that to best benefit from ‘paleo’ we have to simulate, as best we can, the scenarios that dictated their day to day activities, which affected [...]

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