Archive for November 2009
Saturated Fat and Coronary Heart Disease, Part III: Cognitive Dissonance
"Die wahrheit triumphiert nie, ihre gegner sterben nur aus." — Max Planck (Truth never triumphs, its opponents just die out.) In Part II of this series I wrote that this installment would be about the "best research" those supporting the saturated fat-cholesterol-heart disease link or "causal chain" might use (here’s Part I). In the process…
Read MoreNaked Feet
Well I don’t know about the GW overtones or global Kumbaya, but otherwise a good message. I go barefoot as often as possible, even out in public — such as last night to the hotel room and back to the in-laws this morning. Coming up on 24 straight hours of barefoot.
Read MoreSous-Vide Supreme Maiden Voyage: Chicken
It might strike you as odd that with all the various beef and other fancy dishes I do — putting such care into my sauces and such — that after laying down $400 for a kitchen appliance I would choose chicken breasts as the first dish. How often do I do chicken of any kind?…
Read MorePaleo Pussies
Well that was fun. And you know what? Life is just too fuckin’ short to be a paleo pussy, a wimp…an intellectual masturbator in all of this. No prisoners. No refuge. No quarter. See, we’re dealing with murderers, maimers and their accomplices in academia, research, the medical profession, the big food and drug industry, and…
Read MoreTri-Tip & Kohlrabi
Just some quick Sunday morning Food Porn. Tri-Tip & Kohlrabi Mash I did the roast low & slow in the oven at 225, up to an internal temp of 125. Then a couple minutes per side under the broiler with butter rubbed on the outside. The sauce was 1 1/2 quarts of store bought beef…
Read MoreWanna Metal?
I’m up at the cabin in Arnold, CA, where Bea & I met my parents late yesterday afternoon after the easiest Friday afternoon drive out of the Bay Area I’ve had in years. Get this: usually it takes nearly 3:30 to get up here with rush traffic and I made it in 2:40. My dad…
Read MoreLaf Laf Laf Laf Laf
Oh, this is just too delicious not to put up here (via Mike Eades’ Twitter feed). Climate sceptics claim leaked emails are evidence of collusion among scientists – Hundreds of emails and documents exchanged between world’s leading climate scientists stolen by hackers and leaked online. Yes, I’ve always been a "global warming denier," at least in the…
Read MoreSaturated Fat and Coronary Heart Disease, Part II: The Paleo Principle
In Part I of this series I introduced you to Professor Rod Jackson, who has quite a strong view of the dangers of saturated fat from animal sources in the human diet. This series of posts is intended to examine his claims and, yes, ultimately call them into serious question if not discredit. In this…
Read MoreA Fine Day In The Echo Chamber
The morning started off just right. Sunrise on the patio, a cup of coffee, then skipped the morning hour long walk because Bea was off in the morning and wanted to do it. To top it off, a comment from reader Ian. Richard, your blog is great and the effort you put into photographing your…
Read MorePrimal Chicken Pot Pie with Cauliflower Crust
The other day I happened to hit Kat’s place, and then her blog, where I saw that she did a chicken pot pie, although she used standard pastry. I was thinking how much I always loved pot pies, and wouldn’t it be great to make one. Then it dawned on me: cauliflower crust, just like…
Read MoreDo The Math, Dr. T. Colin Campbell
Jeezus, already. It was over a week ago that I reported to you that Dr. T. Colin Campbell, author of best-selling The China Study was participating in a low-carb discussion forum. While he has been away for a while, he suddenly popped back in this weekend. Mind numbing, to say the least. I just can’t…
Read MoreGood News & Bad News: Vitamin D vs. Statins
First, the good news. Yep, it’s vitamin D, again (thanks to Chris for the link). New study links vitamin D deficiency to cardiovascular disease and death Study finds inadequate levels of Vitamin D may significantly increase risk of stroke, heart disease and death For more than a year, the Intermountain Medical Center research team followed…
Read MoreBavette, Bone Stock Reduction & Sweet Potato Fries
Thanks to Mark Sisson for alerting me to this cheap but, oh so kind cut of beef. The bavette (flap steak). Funny. I just wasted like 10 minutes trying to find it on his blog to link to it before I realized it was in his Insider newsletter. But I wasted no time in securing…
Read MorePrimal Tacos
This took no more than 15 minutes prep time. I went ahead and uploaded a larger version that you can see by clicking on the image. Primal Taco So, while I cooked leftover grassfed ground beef on low in the skillet, I took a nice large ripe avocado, mashed it up, and added about 1…
Read MoreGrassfed Burgers with Cheddar Cheese on a Paleo Bun
Well, based on comments here, I decided to give another try at baking. This time it was to try and make some hamburger buns. Hamburger Buns I did about 2/3:1/3 of almond meal to coconut flour. Still too dense & heavy. But, still pleasing to eat with a nice thick, juicy grassfed gourmet burger. Juicy…
Read MoreAlternate Day Fasting, Weight Loss, and Food
A reader sent a link this morning to an interesting study of alternate day fasting for obese adults. Even though the study participants ate whatever they wanted on their non-fasting days, they lost an average of 5.6 kilograms (about 12 pounds) after eight weeks, Dr. Krista A. Varady of the University of Illinois at Chicago…
Read MorePaleo Days of Fall
While I continue to think about and draft the next in my series on Saturated Fat a-la Prof. Rod Jackson in New Zealand, I thought I’d empty the queue of various food photos. So, here goes, quickly. Who doesn’t love soup, especially beef & vegetable with the remainder of my bone stock as the base?…
Read MoreDiet Obsession
A reader email this morning with an important question I ought to address here. Let me preface this by saying I’m just starting out on my Paleo/Primal journey. I am also terrible at wading my way through scientific studies, and have the kind of luck where I think I’ve got something covered, and then some…
Read MoreCarbs Kill and Eating Animals Saves Lives
This is a continuation of two previous posts on saturated fat epidemiology and looking at the government data in different ways. For the background, see the previous posts: Saturated Fat Intake vs. Heart Disease & Stroke Drilling Down: Saturated Fat Epidemiology As you’ll discover, the impetus behind the second post was Shangi-La Diet author Seth…
Read MoreSaturated Fat and Coronary Heart Disease, Part I: Introducing Professor Rod Jackson
"Die wahrheit triumphiert nie, ihre gegner sterben nur aus." — Max Planck (Truth never triumphs, its opponents just die out.) In Part II of this series I wrote that this installment would be about the "best research" those supporting the saturated fat-cholesterol-heart disease link or "causal chain" might use (here’s Part I). In the process…
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