Eat and Exercise like your Great Grandparents did...with an Ancestral Lifestyle!
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Monday, January 17, 2011
Breakfast
I really found this tribute to Josh Axe from his Mom a powerful endorsement of him!
-----Original Message-----
From: Jane Bowers <jjhbowers@aol.com>
To: Bowers Jay <jjhbowers@aol.com>
Sent: Mon, Jan 17, 2011 10:22 am
Subject: Breakfast
From: Jane Bowers <jjhbowers@aol.com>
To: Bowers Jay <jjhbowers@aol.com>
Sent: Mon, Jan 17, 2011 10:22 am
Subject: Breakfast
Jane
Primal, paleo, healing diet- why all different?
Here is the way I usually start my day. (After exercising, that is!) It's actually a double espresso that I make in my "Aerobie" coffee press, topped with real, organic whipped cream (whipped via Kitchenaid mixer in background), sweetened slightly with stevia, and sprinkled with the excellent anti-oxidant cinammon! And then, of course, my trusty barbarian smoothie, that actually satisfies just about every nutritional need of my body for the entire day! But you all know about that, from prior posts...Today, I thought I'd write an answer to my tiny little brother, who shall remain nameless. He emailed me from his iPhone, asking about Dr. Josh Axe, who along with Mark Sisson and his Primal Blueprint, and Robb Wolfe and his Paleolithic Solution, and Loren Cordain and his Paleo Diet- well, they are all somewhat the same, BUT they also all have their differences. When you really start getting into eating in this natural way that our forebears ate for many thousands of years, well, you just want to get it right!
The point is, all of these "gurus of health" are way more similar than they are different. Although Josh Axe is biblically based, and so eliminates pork and shellfish from his healing diet, and also includes beans, otherwise he is quite paleo/primal. Loren Cordain says "No" to dairy, and Mark Sisson says grass fed butter and heavy cream are great. Robb Wolfe loves coffee, and Dr. Axe says it's bad.
The truth is, everyone will come up with their own version. The Barbarian Diet works for me- I imagine I am a Germanic or Celtic barbarian, living on the outskirts of decadent Rome, eating the way my forebears always ate, but learning from the Romans without being sucked into their self-destructive civilized ways. So, dairy is fine for me, at least with grass fed cows. I don't drink milk, but enjoy butter, full fat cheese and kefir, yogurt, and cream.
The one thing is, eliminate all fake, processed, manufactured foods!
This means things like margarine, corn oil, all hydrogenated fats like Crisco (cottonseed oil! Are we equipped to eat cotton plants??), and all wheat, flour, and sugar!!
Sugar is the "fertilizer of cancer". Flour turns immediately into sugar, right in your mouth! Think about your dental health with this one...
Also, eliminate all medications. They ALL have really bad, long-term side effects; this includes so-called "benign" drugs like aspirin! Tylenol is poison to your liver, and the Statin drugs are the worst! One side effect of statins is cancer! Quite a "side effect"!
Oh yes, all soda pop is just awful- this includes "diet" pops, with chemical artificial sweeteners.
So, it really is pretty simple- eat like your great great great grandparents ate- real food. You won't believe how much better you'll look, feel, and perform!
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Death by Conventional Medicine!
I'll bet you never heard of this before- the leading cause of death in the U.S. is... conventional medicine! That's right- read on: this is an excellent article by Dr. Josh Axe!
You may have thought cancer or heart disease takes the lives of more Americans than any other illness or event. But conventional medicine is actually the leading cause of death today!
Iatrogenesis is known as the “inadvertent and preventable induction of disease or complications by the medical treatment or procedures of a physician or surgeon.”
After producing an unfavorable report of US health care, the agency was disbanded by Congress.
The OTA’s 1995 report on health care found that:
The researchers found that America’s leading cause of death isn’t heart disease or cancer: its conventional medicine. They found that the iatrogenic death rate in the US (death caused by doctors and/or medical treatments) is 783,936 a year. That’s 84,059 more deaths than those caused by heart disease in 2001 and 230,865 more deaths than those caused by cancer.
Over a decade, the scientists predict that iatrogenic deaths will total about 7.8 million, “more than all the casualties from all the wars fought by the US throughout its entire history,” a death rate equivalent to that caused by six jumbo jets falling out of the sky every day.
They also believe the numbers are actually much higher because most iatrogenic deaths aren’t reported as such: only 5 to 20% of iatrogenic deaths are reported for fear of lawsuits and because codes for reporting deaths due to drug side effects and other medical errors don’t even exist in many cases. The number of deaths due to conventional medicine may be 20 times higher than the numbers depicted here.
The study authors, using the most conservative statistics they could find, broke down iatrogenic deaths over ten years as following:
The “Death by Medicine” doctors also took a look at unnecessary medical care over the course of a decade. They found that 89 million people are hospitalized unnecessarily each year and that 17 million iatrogenic events will occur among this number. 75 million Americans receive unnecessary medical procedures over a decade, 15 million of which result in an iatrogenic event. 164 million people will receive unneeded medical treatment within a decade.
So what’s behind these death rates and adverse events? Profit, politics, defensive medicine, lack of research on treatments, one-size-fits-all drugs, lack of doctor-patient time and the abuse and overmedication of our elderly are all culprits.
Not only do such credible journals accept studies from researchers with conflicts of interest, when a drug company funds a study, ABC News found that there is a 90% chance that the drug will be deemed effective compared to the 50% rate of this conclusion when a study isn’t funded by a pharmaceutical company.
The US General Accounting Office found that “of the 198 drugs approved by the FDA between 1976 and 1985…102 (or 51.5%) has serious post-approval risks,” including “heart failure, myocardial infarction, anaphylaxis, respiratory depression and arrest, seizures, kidney and liver failure, severe blood disorders, birth defects and fetal toxicity, and blindness.”
The CDC does not report on the research that supports nutraceuticals for viral infections and immune system strengthening that could lessen antibiotic abuse, the study authors lament.
Hospitals receive funding based on how many beds they fill. This fact, and the fact that doctors practice defensive medicine to protect themselves from lawsuits, results in unnecessary hospitalizations and many unnecessary screenings and treatments.
Dr. Barbara Starfield reports that the overuse of technology creates a “cascade effect” in treating patients: unnecessary outpatient treatment often leads to more visits, more prescriptions, more hospitalizations and deaths.
X-rays, CT scans, mammograms and other such diagnostics are costly and cumulatively dangerous, yet they are given regularly to soothe patient fears and often lead to unnecessary surgeries.
Pregnant women used to have x-rays regularly until a study found that they increased death in children from cancer by 40%.
Coronary angiography, the use of radiation to look at blood vessels and the heart, is another widely practiced diagnostic whose effects are unknown.
Dr. John Goffman believes that x-rays, CT scans, mammography and fluoroscopy contribute to 75% of the new cancers diagnosed every year and increases in heart disease. He believes that ionizing radiation will cause 100 million premature deaths from 2006 to 2016.
Orthopedic surgeon Dr. John Sarno says that many back surgeries are based on abnormal x-rays even though multiple studies have found that there is often no connection between abnormalities on x-rays and back pain.
He said that the belief that chemotherapy can prolong survival is an “opinion based on a fallacy which is not supported by clinical studies.”
High-dose chemotherapy (HDC) is still a treatment of choice, however, for breast cancer unchecked by normal doses, even though a March 2000 study found that HDC held no benefits and even slightly reduced survival rates.
Dr. Adriane Fugh-Berman has studied this influence on conventional medicine. She reports that:
What is more important to consider, they say, is the practice of preventive medicine, changes that would address the root causes of disease: stress and its effects on the immune system, a compromised brain/body connection, lack of physical activity, denatured and processed food intake, and exposure to environmental toxins.
National Institutes of Health (2004)
Journal of American Medical Association (1998)
Center for Science in the Public Interest (2004)
Conventional Medicine is the Leading Cause of Death
You may have thought cancer or heart disease takes the lives of more Americans than any other illness or event. But conventional medicine is actually the leading cause of death today!
Iatrogenesis is known as the “inadvertent and preventable induction of disease or complications by the medical treatment or procedures of a physician or surgeon.”
Health Care in America Today
The Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) was created by Congress to analyze scientific and technical issues in America. From 1972 to 1995, the OTA conducted studies on health care, pollution and other such topics.After producing an unfavorable report of US health care, the agency was disbanded by Congress.
The OTA’s 1995 report on health care found that:
- Life expectancy in the US was among the lowest in developed countries
- Infant mortality rates in the US are poor
- Technology in US medicine is expensive and unrestrained
- 67% of physicians in the US in 1990 were specialists
- The drug industry exacerbates health care costs while new drugs rarely provide more benefit than old
- The FDA doesn’t consider the effectiveness of new treatments or compare new products to old
- The FDA does not consider non-drug alternatives
- The pre- and post-approval processes for drugs is lacking
“Only 10-20% of all procedures used in medical practice have been shown to be efficacious by controlled trial,” and “There are no mechanisms in place to limit dissemination of technologies regardless of their clinical value.”The Nutrition Institute of America funded an independent review of “government-approved” medicine that was published in 2006. Professors Gary Null and Dorothy Smith, along with doctors Carolyn Dean, Martin Feldman and Debora Rasio titled the report “Death by Medicine.”
The researchers found that America’s leading cause of death isn’t heart disease or cancer: its conventional medicine. They found that the iatrogenic death rate in the US (death caused by doctors and/or medical treatments) is 783,936 a year. That’s 84,059 more deaths than those caused by heart disease in 2001 and 230,865 more deaths than those caused by cancer.
Over a decade, the scientists predict that iatrogenic deaths will total about 7.8 million, “more than all the casualties from all the wars fought by the US throughout its entire history,” a death rate equivalent to that caused by six jumbo jets falling out of the sky every day.
They also believe the numbers are actually much higher because most iatrogenic deaths aren’t reported as such: only 5 to 20% of iatrogenic deaths are reported for fear of lawsuits and because codes for reporting deaths due to drug side effects and other medical errors don’t even exist in many cases. The number of deaths due to conventional medicine may be 20 times higher than the numbers depicted here.
The study authors, using the most conservative statistics they could find, broke down iatrogenic deaths over ten years as following:
| Adverse Drug Reactions | 1.06 million |
| Medical Error | 0.98 million |
| Bedsores | 1.15 million |
| Hospital Infections | 0.88 million |
| Malnutrition in Health Care | 1.09 million |
| Outpatients | 1.99 million |
| Unnecessary Procedures | 371,360 |
| Surgery-related | 320,000 |
So what’s behind these death rates and adverse events? Profit, politics, defensive medicine, lack of research on treatments, one-size-fits-all drugs, lack of doctor-patient time and the abuse and overmedication of our elderly are all culprits.
Conflicts of Interest
Former editor of the New England Journal of Medicine Dr. Marcia Angell has written that pharmaceutical stock and other financial incentives for scientists are twisting medical research and science altogether to suit business goals.Not only do such credible journals accept studies from researchers with conflicts of interest, when a drug company funds a study, ABC News found that there is a 90% chance that the drug will be deemed effective compared to the 50% rate of this conclusion when a study isn’t funded by a pharmaceutical company.
The US General Accounting Office found that “of the 198 drugs approved by the FDA between 1976 and 1985…102 (or 51.5%) has serious post-approval risks,” including “heart failure, myocardial infarction, anaphylaxis, respiratory depression and arrest, seizures, kidney and liver failure, severe blood disorders, birth defects and fetal toxicity, and blindness.”
Antibiotics
Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that 90% of upper respiratory infections are viral; more than 40% of the 50 million prescriptions written each year for antibiotics are prescribed for such infections. Antibiotics have no effect on viruses and the overuse of antibiotics has likely led to the drug-resistant superbugs and the 88,000 deaths due to hospital infections every year.The CDC does not report on the research that supports nutraceuticals for viral infections and immune system strengthening that could lessen antibiotic abuse, the study authors lament.
Hospitals receive funding based on how many beds they fill. This fact, and the fact that doctors practice defensive medicine to protect themselves from lawsuits, results in unnecessary hospitalizations and many unnecessary screenings and treatments.
Unnecessary Treatments
The media often drives unnecessary treatments and the prescribing of unneeded drugs. While cosmetic surgeries may number the greatest of these, cesarean sections, cardiac surgeries, endoscopies, back surgeries and pain-relieving surgeries are vastly over-used.Dr. Barbara Starfield reports that the overuse of technology creates a “cascade effect” in treating patients: unnecessary outpatient treatment often leads to more visits, more prescriptions, more hospitalizations and deaths.
X-rays, CT scans, mammograms and other such diagnostics are costly and cumulatively dangerous, yet they are given regularly to soothe patient fears and often lead to unnecessary surgeries.
Pregnant women used to have x-rays regularly until a study found that they increased death in children from cancer by 40%.
Coronary angiography, the use of radiation to look at blood vessels and the heart, is another widely practiced diagnostic whose effects are unknown.
Dr. John Goffman believes that x-rays, CT scans, mammography and fluoroscopy contribute to 75% of the new cancers diagnosed every year and increases in heart disease. He believes that ionizing radiation will cause 100 million premature deaths from 2006 to 2016.
Orthopedic surgeon Dr. John Sarno says that many back surgeries are based on abnormal x-rays even though multiple studies have found that there is often no connection between abnormalities on x-rays and back pain.
Chemotherapy
Professor Ulrich Abel analyzed the use of chemotherapy for epithelial cancer and published the results in 1989. He found no direct evidence that chemotherapy helps people with advanced carcinoma to survive; only a slight benefit in patients with small-cell lung cancer; and perhaps some slight benefit in those with ovarian cancer.He said that the belief that chemotherapy can prolong survival is an “opinion based on a fallacy which is not supported by clinical studies.”
High-dose chemotherapy (HDC) is still a treatment of choice, however, for breast cancer unchecked by normal doses, even though a March 2000 study found that HDC held no benefits and even slightly reduced survival rates.
Women and Conventional Medicine
The “Death by Medicine” doctors take special note of the unnecessary procedures practiced on women in America. 19th-century views of women, the idea that women’s reproductive organs were the basis of physical and mental illnesses have leftover influences on medicine today.Dr. Adriane Fugh-Berman has studied this influence on conventional medicine. She reports that:
- thousands of “preventive” mastectomies are performed every year
- more women than men are prescribed drugs
- women are more often given preventive medications that result in side effects than men
- one-third of women are given hysterectomies before they’ve even gone through menopause
- fetal monitoring is common practice even though the CDC doesn’t recommend it, it’s use isn’t supported by research and it may result in higher rates of cesarean section
- menopause and childbirth are considered medical conditions rather than normal biological practices
- the one-third of post-menopausal women on synthetic hormones don’t experience heart disease prevention or cognitive benefits but do experience increased risk of cancer, heart disease and stroke
- Obstetric-gynecologic surgeries represent 23% of all US surgeries performed in 1983, reports the study authors. Cesarean sections take top billing and hysterectomies come in second place.
Sick Care System
The “Death by Medicine” doctors say that the overuse of medical testing, technology, surgery and drugs does little to prevent disease and results in the most US deaths.What is more important to consider, they say, is the practice of preventive medicine, changes that would address the root causes of disease: stress and its effects on the immune system, a compromised brain/body connection, lack of physical activity, denatured and processed food intake, and exposure to environmental toxins.
Sources
Life Extension Foundation (2006)National Institutes of Health (2004)
Journal of American Medical Association (1998)
Center for Science in the Public Interest (2004)
Dr. Axe's Action Steps
- Educate yourself on the reality of our ‘sick care’ system in the United States.
- Then take charge of your own health! Consider working with your physician to reduce or eliminate any unnecessary medications or treatments.
- Boost your immune system by eating real food, decreasing stress, exercising, and minimizing toxicity.
Friday, January 7, 2011
New advice on barbarian living, paleo style!
I thought I'd write a post for my brother, Ron, who shall otherwise remain nameless, protecting his identity...
A few things I've learned, since writing the famous Juice Drink Strategy, the cornerstone of most nutritional libraries are these cogent points:
Eliminate all fruit juices from the drink- they are just sucrose = sugar! Ditch them all- orange, apple, pineapple- whatever! They are horrible! Use REAL fruit instead; berries are the best. (Low glycemic load, best ancillary nutrient profile)
Each day, I add a rather small amount of mixed frozen fruits, mixed frozen berries, frozen cherries, one peeled orange or grapefruit, and 1/2 of a banana. (I've taken to freezing the bananas upon purchase, cut into halves and peeled, to avoid them over-ripening and overloading their sugar content)
What I've ADDED to the drink:
one FULL can of coconut milk- this is key- it increases the satiety level of the drink immensely; also, coconut milk, which includes the oil, is a VERY healthy fat- something lacking hugely in our modern diet. Trust me on this- coconut milk is key to "leaning out" and getting healthy!
Cod liver oil!! I personally think this is the MOST important ingredient of all- Vitamin D, vitamin K; you name it- it's like eating liver AMPLIFIED!
Kelp- comes in a powder- just about a tsp. adds a HUGE nutritional wallop!
Green tea- instead of juice, to let the mixture "mix"- also, great nutritionally.
Of course, the frozen spinach and mixed frozen vegetables (brocolli, cauliflower, carrots) are still the mainstay of the drink- about half of the Vitamix canister should be devoted to them each day!
My latest additions are lemon juice, about a Tablespoon, and apple cider vinegar, also 1 TBLSPN. Both will do wonders to normalize your blood sugar, and enhance your nutrient profile.
OK- this is the PERFECT BREAKFAST! Fire up your Vitamix each day, drink this drink, and you are the healthiest Barbarian pounding on the gates of Rome that anyone has ever seen! And make no mistake: America is turning into a modern Rome! We are slip-sliding into corruption and decadence, and it is awful to watch. Obama is like our modern Nero.
Do you know what the good, traditional Romans did when the corrupt politicos had taken over? They LEFT Italy, they went out to the countryside, bought estates in the hinterlands, like Spain, and set up self-sufficient communities... which eventually became the feudal beginnings of Medieval Europe, as Rome collapsed.
Rural America is our current "hinterlands".
Rural Cabins are the future!
A few things I've learned, since writing the famous Juice Drink Strategy, the cornerstone of most nutritional libraries are these cogent points:
Eliminate all fruit juices from the drink- they are just sucrose = sugar! Ditch them all- orange, apple, pineapple- whatever! They are horrible! Use REAL fruit instead; berries are the best. (Low glycemic load, best ancillary nutrient profile)
Each day, I add a rather small amount of mixed frozen fruits, mixed frozen berries, frozen cherries, one peeled orange or grapefruit, and 1/2 of a banana. (I've taken to freezing the bananas upon purchase, cut into halves and peeled, to avoid them over-ripening and overloading their sugar content)
What I've ADDED to the drink:
one FULL can of coconut milk- this is key- it increases the satiety level of the drink immensely; also, coconut milk, which includes the oil, is a VERY healthy fat- something lacking hugely in our modern diet. Trust me on this- coconut milk is key to "leaning out" and getting healthy!
Cod liver oil!! I personally think this is the MOST important ingredient of all- Vitamin D, vitamin K; you name it- it's like eating liver AMPLIFIED!
Kelp- comes in a powder- just about a tsp. adds a HUGE nutritional wallop!
Green tea- instead of juice, to let the mixture "mix"- also, great nutritionally.
Of course, the frozen spinach and mixed frozen vegetables (brocolli, cauliflower, carrots) are still the mainstay of the drink- about half of the Vitamix canister should be devoted to them each day!
My latest additions are lemon juice, about a Tablespoon, and apple cider vinegar, also 1 TBLSPN. Both will do wonders to normalize your blood sugar, and enhance your nutrient profile.
OK- this is the PERFECT BREAKFAST! Fire up your Vitamix each day, drink this drink, and you are the healthiest Barbarian pounding on the gates of Rome that anyone has ever seen! And make no mistake: America is turning into a modern Rome! We are slip-sliding into corruption and decadence, and it is awful to watch. Obama is like our modern Nero.
Do you know what the good, traditional Romans did when the corrupt politicos had taken over? They LEFT Italy, they went out to the countryside, bought estates in the hinterlands, like Spain, and set up self-sufficient communities... which eventually became the feudal beginnings of Medieval Europe, as Rome collapsed.
Rural America is our current "hinterlands".
Rural Cabins are the future!
Monday, January 3, 2011
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Monday, December 13, 2010
Saturated Fat is Good for You-Transformation TV-Episode #009
I thought you would find this interesting:
Saturated Fat is Good for You-Transformation TV-Episode #009 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeUJ1gB0bhU&feature=youtube_gdata
Shared from DrAxe, an iPhone app.
Saturated Fat is Good for You-Transformation TV-Episode #009 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeUJ1gB0bhU&feature=youtube_gdata
Shared from DrAxe, an iPhone app.
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drjoshaxe: Chocolate Milkshake + Celebrities like J.K. Rowling Battle Depression & Beat It - http://eepurl.com/bzoQn
I thought you would find this interesting:
drjoshaxe: Chocolate Milkshake + Celebrities like J.K. Rowling Battle Depression & Beat It - http://eepurl.com/bzoQn - http://eepurl.com/bzoQn
Shared from DrAxe, an iPhone app.
drjoshaxe: Chocolate Milkshake + Celebrities like J.K. Rowling Battle Depression & Beat It - http://eepurl.com/bzoQn - http://eepurl.com/bzoQn
Shared from DrAxe, an iPhone app.
Sent from my iPhone
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Practical fitness benefits
Here is a very practical way to use your health and fitness, gained through healthy, primal/paleo/barbarian eating and exercise. When the snow left over from a blizzard is MORE than your tractor can handle, you just get out the heavy-duty scoop shovel and have an "unscheduled workout"!
Kind of fun, really...
If you are NOT fit, however, you may wind up with a bad, wrenched back, shoulders or knees, or even a life-ending event!
Just a little observation from me on a cold, sunny, day-after-a-blizzard kind of a day!
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Sweet Potato Fries-Transform Your Kitchen-Episode #5
Check out this video on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qCNHT9goNc&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Sent from my iPhone
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Oil Pulling, and coconut oil period!
I have been "pulling" coconut oil for about a month or so...
Just swishing it around in my mouth, as I take my shower each morning.
I first run the coconut oil, food grade!, in the little bottle I 've purchased, through the microwave for a minute-
When it is liquid, I :
massage a palm-full through my hair!
Put a "shot-glass" full into my mouth- and start SWISHING it around!
After my shower is almost completed, I:
1. Put shampoo on my coconut-covered head, and shampoo it out!
2. Spit the coconut oil in my mouth into the toilet! ( It would clog the sink pipes- it is that RICH!)
Then, I take the coconut oil, put about a tsp. into my palm, and put it on my face and neck- and then, I shave, needing NO shaving cream, since this coconut oil is FAR more lubricating than anything you've ever experienced!!
I also put a full can of coconut milk into my "Barbarian Juice Drink" each morning, and this lubricates me from the "inside out"- no more dry skin!!
"OIL CAN!!" as the TinWoodman was wont to say...
We are meant to eat medium chain fatty acids, as represented by Coconut oil!!
Carbs are the problem- NOT FATS!!!
Jay and Wayne love to Pull Oil!!Just swishing it around in my mouth, as I take my shower each morning.
I first run the coconut oil, food grade!, in the little bottle I 've purchased, through the microwave for a minute-
When it is liquid, I :
massage a palm-full through my hair!
Put a "shot-glass" full into my mouth- and start SWISHING it around!
After my shower is almost completed, I:
1. Put shampoo on my coconut-covered head, and shampoo it out!
2. Spit the coconut oil in my mouth into the toilet! ( It would clog the sink pipes- it is that RICH!)
Then, I take the coconut oil, put about a tsp. into my palm, and put it on my face and neck- and then, I shave, needing NO shaving cream, since this coconut oil is FAR more lubricating than anything you've ever experienced!!
I also put a full can of coconut milk into my "Barbarian Juice Drink" each morning, and this lubricates me from the "inside out"- no more dry skin!!
"OIL CAN!!" as the TinWoodman was wont to say...
We are meant to eat medium chain fatty acids, as represented by Coconut oil!!
Carbs are the problem- NOT FATS!!!
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Cheap Beer on the barbarian/paleo diet
Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, somehow is fixated on alcohol, and how it fits into Paleo diet!
I don't know; it seems to be a fixation- "How can I justify drinking alcohol in my new, obviously improved, massively functional diet of Barbarian eating??
My own recommendation: don't worry about it!
(this is after massive, huge, and intensive research... REALLY!)
It appears that alcohol basically just... RETARDS your fat burning!
Whilst you drink it, your body just preferentially burns alcohol as fuel...
no insulin spike, nothing really bad...
Just a "preferential burning" of a really cool fuel, til it's gone.
Then, back to burning fats! (If you've made the barbarian transition to being a fat burner!)
What would be bad, is if you drank Coke, or other soda pops of nightmare sugared ingredients!
Also, if you drink CHEAP beer, it appears you are better off!!
Cheap beer, aka Blatz, Pabst, Hamms, and their ILK, are all mainly brewed from Corn- much less in terms of anti-nutrients.
My fave, Guinness, is probably the WORST because of all the intense barley involved...
But, even that, I opine, is probably NOT THAT BAD for a barbarian!
If you dial in the REST of your diet: NO grains, no sugar, ample grass fed meats (preferably), seafood (sardines are ideal!), lots of vegetables, some fruits, and ample good fats (pastured butter, whole cream, and coconut milk and oil) you are FINE!!
So drink up, and imagine how you are going to destroy the Roman empire, since you aren't going to eat their grain-based, nutrient deficient diet, and so will be able to take them DOWN!!
The essence of being a barbarian is to be able to take what is GOOD from civilization, and yet retain the best of our barbarian, ancestral knowledge!
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Grill LOTS for maximum nutrition!
I figure, since my time is so short, wouldn't it make sense, when grilling, to grill more than just a ... steak? Yes, it would! I mean, the coals are all hot and all...
So, "Tonight, tonight" (I"ll upload this after this so you know what a groovy 50's song I'm alluding to!), I grilled:
1. bacon
2. a steak
Meanwhile, barbarian Jane (Me Tarzan!) was inside, pan-frying mushrooms in grass-fed butter, and also green beans in butter...
The steak was really, really great tonight, tonight! As were the butter-soaked accompaniments, aka green beans and mushrooms.
Think of the nutrients! Think of how a barbarian forebear would have been uber-pleased by such a meal!!BUT, I also have a pound and 1/2 of bacon to parsel out over the next week... just a quick microwave whilst the eggs cook...
something to REALLY SAVOR!!
Moral of the story?
GRILL your bacon! No mess, no fuss, and GREAT flavor!
AND, WHY would you need-
Toast, potatoes, or any other basically TASTELESS FILLERS to this amazing blend of primary flavors?
Answer: you DON'T!
You are just PROGRAMMED to think you need those (empty, basically flavorless things)!
Just go for the REAL DEAL-
FATS, Proteins, vegetables, and fruits...
Starch is just like eating mud- you need to put lots of FILLER, like jam, peanut butter or other sugars on top or else it would take like nothing!!
The answer is to just...
ELIMINATE the carbs/sugar/flour/bread/potatoes!!
All that they add is disease, in the form of diabetes, heart disease, and probably cancer as well!
Good reasons to "stick to the basics" in foods- NO FILLERS!
Sunday, October 24, 2010
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