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Land of the Free Update: Raw Milk & Vernon Hershberger

August 27, 2010

About to jump on a plane for a weekend trip. Destination, pool side near Palm Springs. I’d wanted to write more about the video that follows, but it pretty much speaks for itself. Watch. Think the Mafia metaphor is a bit much? I don’t. Quite the contrary. The Mafia would actually be marginally easier to…

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: business, FREE, freedom, milk, raw milk

Free the Animal Blog Initiatives – Promoting the Paleo and Primal Path

August 26, 2010

I’ve been spending a good dead of time both unsatisfied with how this blog has been meandering along and wondering what, if anything, I might want to do about that. Here’s a possibility, from an email received just this morning, copied verbatim. I got into your site by chance on browsing.your website sounds impressive to…

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: education, FREE, health, OWN, Paleo

This Says All You Ever Need to Know About Veganism

August 24, 2010

Very impressive research and analysis but, at the end of the day, we all only believe what we WANT to believe. For example, one person may read the bible and think it’s the greatest story ever told and also believe that it’s the truth. Another person may read the bible and conclude that it’s really…

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: bible, truth, vegan

“High Cholesterol,” Statins & Diabetes

August 24, 2010

My mom went to the doc yesterday. As a Type 2 diabetic who controls it pretty well, she nonetheless still does regular visits. She’s very low-carb Paleo-ish, and while she was able to be off insulin for a time completely, still finds she needs very small doses now and then. To the endocrinologist’s credit (a…

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: body, cholesterol, Chris Kresser, diabetes, diet, grains, health, heart disease, high cholesterol, inflammation, insulin, legumes, men, Paleo, reason, state, sugar, women

Lamb Shoulder Chops and Roasted Curried Cauliflower

August 23, 2010

Before I get to the pictures of naked food caught in compromising positions, I’m going to relate a short story. As I’ve written about many times, I lived in France for a couple of years in the early 90’s. A couple of years after I left, I went back to visit some friends, ending up…

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: cooking, food, France, grill, sauce, Whole Foods

What Two Ignorant Morons Having a Discussion Sounds Like

August 23, 2010

"Dr. Holly Phillips spoke to Maggie Rodriguez about the grave dangers of eating red meat daily." That was from March of 2009. I actually blogged about the stupid non-study behind such nonsense that passes for news reporting. Dr. Eades demolished it as well. I don’t know if it’s just me, but it seems as though…

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: fat, NUTRITION, red meat, USA

The Sunday Rant

August 22, 2010

Well, I name a lot of new things — like “Friday Bullshit!” What I’ve found is that I need to name a lot of things and come up with lots of ideas, most of which will fall by the wayside. But that doesn’t mean I’m not going to surprise you with Bullshit! on a Friday….

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: BULLSHIT, Europe, LED, restaurant, TEEVEE

First Free The Animal Giveaway – $120 Value

August 22, 2010

Let me get this out of the way: not a big fan of all the contests & giveaways I see out there. Typically they involve some sort of hoop jumping and a prize. Fine, not a big deal, just that I always wonder what motivates people to do the hoops. Y’know what I mean? So…

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: beef, cooking, food, FREE, money, Paleo

Friday Morning Notes, Links & Quick Hits

August 20, 2010

So much going on that I only have time for a few quit his and random updates. ~ Entirely experimental for now but I tossed together a personal blog for those who might be interested. I’ve been toying with the idea of making FTA less about me and more about the community, the process, the…

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: alcohol, beef, body, cancer, cholesterol, diet, evolution, fasting, fat, food, FTA, health, heart disease, LED, Lowcarb, media, NPR, potatoes, science, sugar, USA, weight loss

Reader Results and Dot Connecting

August 18, 2010

Time for one of my favorite kind of posts, again. This is from Gethin Rees of Great Britain I’ve noticed recently that you grately appreciate feedback from those who have enjoyed your website, especially those who have stumbled on the site and then been inspired to implement some ideas. Firstly let me say how much…

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: cooking, diet, evolution, exercise, food, Guns, health, Mark Sisson, Paleo, porn, potatoes, USA, Whole Foods

So You Still Think You Can’t Cook?

August 18, 2010

I’m late on this, so here real quick and to the point, Ann Marie Michaels over at the great Cheeseslave Blog has created what appears to me to be a great, 13-week online cooking class, dubbed Surf & Turf. So, all you folks who think you can’t cook, head on over and sign up. Note…

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: cooking, fat, FREE, grill, Protein

So You Think You Can’t Cook?

August 17, 2010

As you probably know, I’m no snob when it comes to grassfed beef. Sure, I love it, use it a lot, but there’s just something about the "grassfed" culture in the paleo movement that rubs me the wrong way, just a tad. There’s no question it’s the better choice on a number of levels, but…

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: beef, culture, food, junk food, mind, Paleo, potato, rice, Trader Joe, vegetables

Flying Like Birds: Evolutionarily Unnecessary; Passion Nonetheless

August 17, 2010

It’s quite interesting to me that the root of our desire to fly simply comes from observing birds doing it so naturally (are you not wondrously amazed to observe them?). Indeed, it’s the most fundamental aspect of a bird’s nature. It’s…fucking…DEFINING. In general, and with minuscule exception, birds fly. It’s what they do. (Note to…

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: aviation, body, business, flying, hang gliding, Italy, SAD, science, TEEVEE, vacation

Carne Asada & Spicy Mega Guac

August 15, 2010

Inspired by MovNat meals (see the last photo at the link) I have been enjoying grilled carne asada, prepping guacamole as far more than a garnish or dip. Instead, think substitute for mashed potatoes. Do a lot. Tell your guests that rice & beans suck nutritionally by comparison. Fill up on the guac instead. So…

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: beans, FREE, grill, law, movnat, potato, potatoes, rice, salad

Ginormous Meals for Fat Loss, Leanness and Conditioning

August 14, 2010

I really didn’t see this coming Throughout my progress from initially starting the process by eating high-fat/low-carb paleo/primal combined with episodic fasting and brief intense workouts I often remarked at how non-hungry I usually was. And that’s a good thing. But what if when you do eat — and this is very paleo — you…

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: beef, curry, eggs, evolution, fasting, fat, fat loss, food, health, Hot Pockets, hunger, Keith Norris, milk, OWN, Paleo, potato, potatoes, Protein, restaurant, steak, USA, Whole Foods

Murray: “I Freed My Animal”

August 12, 2010

I got an email this morning along with stunning graphic evidence of a body transformation so profound and in such a short time that if this doesn’t inspire you, nothing will. Hi Richard, I just wanted to give you a quick message here to thank you for the awesome work you’re doing with your website….

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: art de vany, body, fasting, fat, fitness, grains, Low Fat, Mark Sisson, Michael Eades, Paleo, rush, shampoo

Recapturing a Passion

August 11, 2010

This one’s to all you former fat asses, like me. Have you considered that you might be holding back from a former passion that you abandoned or slacked off from because of weight, age, diminished strength? Well I’m going to tell you a story, and it has a bunch to do with why my blogging…

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: aviation, blogging, fat, fitness, flying, hang gliding, health, Mexico, movnat, OWN, Paleo, pizza, rush

Checking In: Camping, Food, & Hang Gliding

August 7, 2010

Hi folks. Sorry for the lack of posts but that will rectify soon enough. In fact, I’m anxious to get back to it in earnest. I’ve been out of town about 20 days out of the last month, mostly doing vacationing sorts of things. There was the week of MovNat, three days home, Italy for…

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: california, cooking, flying, food, hang gliding, hat creek, Italy, movnat, Richard Nikoley, vacation

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