Category Archives: “Paleo”

At last the sugar debate is going mainstream

Posted on February 18, 2012 by robpatrob

Here is an excellent interview that explores the history of sugar consumption and its effect on us. Puts the public health hazard on the table. In particular Fructose is highlighted. The discussion is based on the new article in Nature … Continue reading →

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The Exercise Myth – Strength and Activity

Posted on February 4, 2012 by robpatrob

From Chris Highcock’s wonderful short PDF book which you can buy here. Chris’s book opens with the best context for Fitness and its link to health and how we grow old that I have yet seen. This site has talked … Continue reading →

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The Complete Context for the Obesity Epidemic

Posted on December 4, 2011 by robpatrob

Dr Eenfeldt at the Ancestral Health Symposium in 2011 – A brilliant over view of what happened to make us so fat in only 27 years and what we can do to turn this around. More on his blog here

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Dr Terry Wahls on how she defeated MS and how we can get our health back

Posted on December 4, 2011 by robpatrob

If you only see one video – this would be it for me

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Rose offers the scientific context/framework for Ancestral Health

Posted on September 15, 2011 by robpatrob

Science is a mess today as is medicine. Every day we hear a new this or that. Many hold very strong beliefs based on what? What was missing was a context for health. This is what Michael has offered us. … Continue reading →

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What foods did we evolve to eat?

Posted on August 19, 2011 by robpatrob

“Great Apes and the Evolution of Human Diet” by Craig Stanford, PhD from Ancestry on Vimeo. Here is Craig Stanford Director of the Goodall Institute talking about primate diets as a context for what our Paleo diet might have been … Continue reading →

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The Full Lindeberg!

Posted on August 15, 2011 by robpatrob

“Food and Western Disease” by Staffan Lindeberg, MD, PhD from Ancestry on Vimeo. Here are his slides – here is the link to his website. AHS Slides_Staffan Lindeberg View more presentations from Ancestry

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Ancestry Foundation – A great centre of information – Videos from the conference

Posted on August 15, 2011 by robpatrob

Earlier this month, the Ancestry Foundation hosted the first of what will be many conferences on Health as seen through the perspective of Evolution. Here is the link to the many excellent videos Here is the link to the slides and here … Continue reading →

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Lierre Keith – Michael Rose from the Other side

Posted on August 3, 2011 by robpatrob

When you hear a great idea told by very different people – it hits home even harder. Here Lierre Keith demolishes the Vegetarian myth – she was once a Vegan and adds power to Michael’s position.

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So when will you lose your health – Part 5 – What to do

Posted on August 3, 2011 by robpatrob

As we all worry about the current fiscal situation – this is the time bomb. As so many of us age AND as so many of us who are not that old, get sick from the diseases of Modern Civilization, … Continue reading →

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So when will you lose your health – Part 4 – How to get it back – Not from medicine

Posted on July 27, 2011 by robpatrob

You are reading this post because you believe in a new understanding of how our health works. You know that you can take charge of your health. So why, if you know this to be true, is it so hard … Continue reading →

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So when will you lose your health? – Part 3 – When you don’t know this

Posted on July 24, 2011 by robpatrob

Every day we read of a new study that says “This is bad for you” and “This is good for you”. No wonder when it comes to taking control of our health, we are confused by science. I read a … Continue reading →

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So when will you lose your health – Part 2 – When you live in the wrong environment

Posted on July 20, 2011 by robpatrob

You get ill when you look like this – this is how I looked aged 59 – I weighed 205 lbs. How I look here has all the signs that you have not lived your life according to the rules. … Continue reading →

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The Great Return – Part 5 – Why Food is the way home

Posted on July 15, 2011 by robpatrob

I have been trying to see how #Paleo is more than a diet. Taking control of our health will in the end be about changing how we live. For our system today not only restricts our diet to shit but … Continue reading →

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Michael Rose – Saved my life

Posted on July 14, 2011 by robpatrob

Here I am in August 2009 – pre diabetic – a typical middle aged man. I thought that this was my destiny – that all men of my age had to be like this. But after talking with Michael Rose … Continue reading →

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The Great Return Part 1 – Getting back our right relationship with Nature – A series

Posted on July 4, 2011 by robpatrob

Is the Paleo diet just another fad diet? Is Crossfit just another fad fitness craze? They are not – and you should not dismiss them. They are in fact the early signs of a new revolution in human society, economy … Continue reading →

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Why are we so fat in rural settings? – Part 3 – Our Ancestry!

Posted on June 30, 2011 by robpatrob

Prince Edward Island, where I live, has a very high obesity rate. So do many rural parts of America and of cource the rest of Atlantic Canada. We have looked at why there is an physical environmental difference between cities and … Continue reading →

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Your Mind & Your Health – Part 1 – Overcoming bad environments

Posted on June 20, 2011 by robpatrob

Most of us understand that if we eat better (whatever better means) and if we are more active, our health will improve. But few of us know that if we use our mind “better” that this too will help us … Continue reading →

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How do you get control and power – Riot or take it for yourself?

Posted on June 19, 2011 by robpatrob

Lack of power and control and low social status is a major factor in making us ill. So if we cannot change the system, how can we get more power, control and social status? This week we will look at how we might do … Continue reading →

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Crohns Disease – Typical Bad Advice you get

Posted on June 18, 2011 by robpatrob

Here is an article today that claims to be the definitive advice from the experts of what to eat. But when you go through it – it is totally confusing. Don’t eat fat – hard to digest and makes you … Continue reading →

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Where can we find answers to the questions raised by Michael Rose? A Hack Community

Posted on June 13, 2011 by robpatrob

Finding out how best to live in a way more attuned to our Paleo past is not a well established protocol yet. How do we give up sugar if we are addicted? What is the best form of activity to … Continue reading →

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The PaleoGraphic – The Story in Pictures

Posted on June 10, 2011 by robpatrob

Learn more about the Paleo Diet. From Paleolithicdiet.com

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Michael’s Recent Interview

Posted on June 10, 2011 by robpatrob

Michael is interviewed by Jimmie Moore on how Evolution plays such a role and also on how diet is so important. Here MR summarizes the key factors of the 55 in a few minutes.  

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Talking about Environments – carbs are novel

Posted on June 10, 2011 by robpatrob

This is what most of us – especially our Dr’s think is the ideal start to the day. A cup of oatmeal is 60 grams of carbs. The National Academy of Sciences recommends no less than 120 grams of carbs … Continue reading →

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Talking about Environments – What about your mouth?

Posted on June 8, 2011 by robpatrob

Ideally our mouths should be on the alkaline side. Before the modern diet, they were. Before the modern diet there was next to no caries. Today we brush our teeth to give us a chance of beating caries. But what … Continue reading →

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Thesis 54

Posted on March 18, 2011 by robpatrob

Thesis #54 – Older adults with significant agricultural ancestry cannot sustain their health with either agricultural or industrial patterns of nutrition and activity, and should instead switch to hunter-gatherer patterns of nutrition and activity in order to slow their later … Continue reading →

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Thesis 55

Posted on March 18, 2011 by robpatrob

Thesis #55 – Once this switch to a hunter-gatherer lifestyle among older adults has become widespread, further changes that would enhance human health at later ages can be discovered using evolutionary research tools, such as experimental evolution with model organisms … Continue reading →

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