Nutrition – Sustainable Balance

A Quarter Steer Order from Hooke Farms

Fri, 16 Dec 2016 16:00:26 +0000

Introduction Before I get into the specifics of my quarter steer story, here’s some background. I love beef. The heartiness. The meatiness. The warmth. The fat. The feeling of satisfaction after eating it. The high nutrient concentrations. I love it. There is a reason it’s so freaking popular. Problem is, when beef is raised unnaturally … Continue reading →

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A Half Pig Order from Gelderman Farms

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 14:00:02 +0000

My Half Pig Order I eat animals. To some extent, I eat animals and animal products pretty much every day. I’ve already discussed the ethics around eating animals in “Should Humans Eat Animals“, and a later link to two articles in “Feeling Guilty About Eating Meat?”, so I won’t bother this time around. What I’d … Continue reading →

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Nutrient Density Part 2 – My Take on Nutrient Density

Tue, 12 Apr 2016 15:00:02 +0000

Introduction Nutrient density – just what exactly does it mean? In the first part of this two-part series, I took at look at Dr. Fuhrmann’s and Mat Lalonde’s work on nutrient density. In short – Dr. Fuhrmann based his calculation on “Nutrients per Calorie”, and his nutrient-selection for this analysis was suspect at best. Mat … Continue reading →

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Nutrient Density Part 1 – A Look at Two Models

Thu, 25 Feb 2016 19:40:47 +0000

Introduction Nutrient density – that’s a term I used fairly frequently, but took for granted for a long time. I hadn’t really thought about exactly what it meant until the past few months. First – a story: A few months back I was out with some friends that I met with regularly (ulti fris team!), and the … Continue reading →

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Good Fats and Bad Fats: Fatty Acids Revealed

Tue, 06 Oct 2015 14:00:06 +0000

When I meet other health/fitness/nutrition minded folk and mention that I follow a mostly Primal/Paleo lifestyle, a lot of the following discussion centres around defending my decision to limit grains in my diet, or how much meat I eat. What usually doesn’t come up, or isn’t focused on much, is the restriction or even elimination of … Continue reading →

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Sleep Series – Part 7: 7 Nutritional Strategies for Better Sleep

Thu, 21 Aug 2014 14:00:36 +0000

Our focus on cortisol started with Sleep Series Part 4 which laid out the science of what cortisol is, its cycle, and how it affects sleep. In the following post, we looked at a few reasons why evening cortisol might be high. The last post presented methods for lowering evening cortisol levels such as finding ways to laugh, meditation, progressive muscle relaxation, listening … Continue reading →

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Sourcing High Quality Food – Animals

Wed, 02 Jul 2014 14:00:37 +0000

It’s time for another installment of the ‘Sourcing High Quality Food’ series. The focus of this post: animals. My last post , where I gave my opinion on “Should Humans Eat Animals”, was originally intended to look at sourcing meat but I got sidetracked. At this point, I’m assuming that the majority of readers are consuming animals (and their byproducts) somewhat regularly, don’t … Continue reading →

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Should Humans Eat Animals?

Wed, 18 Jun 2014 14:00:29 +0000

Introduction In a previous post, I presented strategies for sourcing produce in the modern food arena. This post was originally intended to demonstrate the best ways to ethically source the animals in your diet (and that will still come), but during the writing of that post, I kept thinking about and researching reasons why consuming animals properly and ethically is something … Continue reading →

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Sunlight Series – Part 10: Sunburn Resistance Through Diet

Wed, 04 Jun 2014 14:00:56 +0000

Introduction: Previously in this series, the benefits of sunlight in the form of vitamin D production were discussed along with the ramifications of vitamin D deficiency. Along with vitamin D deficiency, another crucial benefit of sunlight (control of circadian rhythms) has been introduced. To top it all off, here’s another: sunlight on human skin increases nitric oxide … Continue reading →

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Microbes Over Medicine?

Tue, 06 May 2014 13:30:19 +0000

You’ve heard it before- “you are what you eat”- but generally in the context of avoiding the McGrets, putting the double cheeseburger down, and choosing to munch on fruits and veggies to be a better, healthier you. Bet your last french fry you’ve never considered what you’re eating today has the ability to change the … Continue reading →

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