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Eat and Exercise like your Great Grandparents did...with an Ancestral Lifestyle!
Saturday, May 28, 2011
David Perlmutter, M.D.: Gluten Sensitivity and the Impact on the Brain
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-david-perlmutter-md/gluten-impacts-the-brain_b_785901.html
Friday, May 27, 2011
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
The perfect spice: BACON!
Grass fed burgers, beef filets, and the "spice"!
I have gotten into what I feel is a very positive habit; that of grilling about a weeks' worth of meat on my day off, usually Sunday. But, today being a rainy Wednesday, I enjoyed putting this little ensemble together!
The thing about bacon is, it is relatively cheap, it adds a lot of good fat, which adds a LOT of great flavor, and it goes with anything- fish, fowl, beef, or even PORK! (fancy that!)
And afterwards, after you've eaten some of the meat for supper, you have a lot of bacon to save! (If you've eaten some already, fine... but I usually save most of it).
Along with your morning (free range!) eggs, you now have grilled bacon to heat up briefly in the microwave! Trust me- this makes for a breakfast that you will dream about. Just add some coffee with real whipped cream, sweetened with stevia and topped with cinnamon, and you are not only fortified for many hours that day, but also loaded down with beneficial nutrients!
Add in a Paleo smoothie, and you might not have to eat at ALL that day, if you get too busy! (And I guarantee you won't miss the toast, muffin, or whatever other harmful filler you used to think was necessary!)
Sunday, May 22, 2011
The Hunt!
Right now, I am grilling!
There is a rainstorm outside; I know very well, since I was out in it!
Why, you may ask? Well, on Sundays I like to work out "heavy", meaning in the basement. I use my power rack to press against full-out in "aerobic isometrics", doing slow, isometric-type movements that simulate chins, dips, and military presses, against a bar at various levels in the rack. Usually now for one minute at a time "under load". Strenuous, to say the least!
I also do elevated, full-range pushups on chairs, chins and dips for high reps, leg lifts, hyper-extensions, grip work, and hack squats, leaning far back in the rack to take the strain off my knees (and glutes!), leg raises, and a few other weird exercises that I promise I will detail at length soon! (I really like them, and they work very well for me!) They are good at alleviating "injury-prone" zones, and work the muscle well, and quickly- the whole deal takes me about 35 to 40 minutes total.
I wind up with Tim Ferris' )of Four Hour Body fame's kettle bell swings- I do 75 reps, as he recommends, and have for some time now. I have a kettle bell I built out of pipe, which is adjustable, and it really is the bomb!
If there is one exercise to get the whole body, this is it!!
Then, I did bare-foot sprinting in the yard; about 50 yards at a time. It had started raining, and I almost gave it up, but then- Hey! the rain feels kind of good on my bare shoulders- very cooling!
My point in all of this?
I have vegetable shish kebabs grilling right now. I will add grass-fed beef filets and scallops shortly. I am sipping red wine as I write this post...
I feel great, and I know NOTHING I do this coming week will
be even one iota as hard!!
I think this is a valuable point: after exerting yourself really hard; giving it your ALL, it puts everything else in modern life in perspective.
The stresses we all undergo each week, after simulating the HUNT as I just did- the chase, the kill, the sheer physical exertion that our ancestors necessarily underwent, and that we should for our own physical (and mental!) well being-
Well, our modern stressors are put into perspective. Very underwhelming; almost easy in comparison.
And now, I will really enjoy the feast!
Time to go baste the vegetables in coconut oil, tribespeople!
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