This was a great post outlining all the chemicals you put on your body in your morning routine when using your typical mainstream brands: http://ruthsrealfood.blogspot.com/2011/07/good-morning-chemical-soup.html
Sun exposure more dangerous when it’s cloudy
General Supplements For Performance
This post will be updated over time, but just wanted to get a few posted for the time being: Omega 3’s (myriad of benefits primarily from being anti-inflammatory): EPA: http://amzn.to/o1tVf1 DHA: http://amzn.to/ock9Z6 Magnesium Malate: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001SRBO4/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=palsto-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B0001SRBO4 Note: Citrate or Glycinate are also good chelated forms. Should always be supplemented with Vitamin D. Vitamin D3 & K2 […]
Fructose (Agave or HFCS), not glucose, elevates cardiovascular risk
This could be one of the most direct studies showing the difference between consuming fructose and glucose. In this study, researchers examined 48 adults between the ages of 18 and 40 years and compared the effects of consuming 25 percent of one’s daily calorie requirement as glucose, fructose or high fructose corn syrup on risk […]
Will Weight Be Abstracted Away?
4 Ways to Improve Your Brain
There was a great article today on the Huffington Post talking about ways to improve brain function. I love that all of them are things that I practice: 1. Exercise 2. Calorie Restriction (only Intermittent Fasting) 3. Curcumin (most active ingredient in turmeric, the main spice in curry. Remember to eat turmeric with black pepper, […]
Cutting Carbs Activates Longevity Genes
We already knew that a Paleo Diet is one of the more optimal diets we’ve come across for humans. Now, there’s more evidence from a scientist in the UK, showing that cutting carbs actually increases the activity of two genes key to youth and longevity. See more here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1323758/Can-cutting-Carbohydrates-diet-make-live-longer.html
How Sound can Affect Health
Really interested article posted on CNN about how we are sound, how we live with sound and how it affects our health. A couple points: 1.) You are a chord. This is obvious from physics, though it’s admittedly somewhat metaphorical to call the combined rhythms and vibrations within a human being a chord, which we […]
Price of Corn Rising, Increase value of Grass Fed Beef?
Apple a Day Keeps the Alzheimer’s Away
Some really interesting new benefits to eating apples, but as always, don’t over indulge to the relatively high fructose content and make sure they’re organic! It’s not as if apples didn’t have enough virtues. Sure, one a day keeps the doctor away. That’s because they’re rich in vitamin C and loaded with fiber, particularly pectin, […]