Archive for September 2011
Free the Animal: The Manifesto
Manifesto: A public declaration of principles and intentions. It’s probably about time I set about to differentiate and distinguish. Version 1.0 1. You must think yourself lean and thin, and strong and healthy…to a proper regulation of hunger and satiation. There is no prescription or proscription that will necessarily work for you. You must write your own...…Read More
Links & Quick Hits: Paleo Popularity and the State of the “Experts”
~ Heather B. Armstrong, just about one of the most popular bloggers in the whole world at dooce.com, went Paleo. And here’s an update: More about this fad diet humans ate for millions of years. ~ What’s cool is that the “Caveman Diet Gains Popularity” in spite of all the hand wringing by stupid, ignorant dietitians, nutritionists,...…Read More
Cookbook Review: Everyday Paleo
I submit to you that it doesn’t even take going Paleo or Primal “everyday” to not get a wealth of good out of this book, Everyday Paleo. I have included it in my series of cookbook reviews…because it’s a cookbook. …But it’s more than that and I think, fills a very nice niche. In my last review,...…Read More
Everyone Should Recognize Judge Patrick J. Fiedler For His Honesty
(5) no, Plaintiffs do not have a fundamental right to produce and consume foods of their choice - Judge Patrick J. Fiedler, Circuit Court, Branch 8, State of Wisconsin I’ve seen a bunch of hand wringing and outrage over this since it popped up, but why? Here’s the actual judgment. As near as I can tell,...…Read More
Cult Paleo: A Family Story
My dad was told by a devout fundamentalist, a Born-Again Baptist, a brother, that he’s a member of a cult: The Paleo Cult. …I’m busy, with another cookbook review — guess which one — and also editing a video interview with Ricky, from across the pond, and who talks funny. But he lost 90 pounds....…Read More
Wheat: How About Against the Grain, and Zero Servings Per Day?
Time to recycle an image from a couple of years back. Now just let that sink in a bit. Gotta love what the combination of wheat leading to visceral fat accumulation does to estrogen levels in men. Man Boobs and Wheat Bellies While I’ve not yet read Dr. William Davis’ NYT bestselling book, Wheat Belly,...…Read More
Paper Thin Chicken Soup
Part of what motivated my to review Paleo Comfort Foods earlier today in my last blog post is that I was cooking. I had something on the stove and I was waiting for it to get ready for further touch and attention. Chicken Soup. Now, I’m pretty sure that even if you go through every post...…Read More
Cookbook Review: Paleo Comfort Foods
I did already do a review of sorts, but in video form. If you haven’t but would like to see what I had to say, it begins at about 2:30 into this silly little 6 minute video I did in advance of the Labor Day weekend. I have four cookbooks to review and I had...…Read More
Win a Free Subscription to Paleo Magazine
Paleo Magazine (click image to enlarge) When I first heard that some crazy people were going to start a print magazine about Paleo I just, well, I just… Let’s put it that way. Aren’t we in the Internet age, with content increasingly going to digital form and things in print increasingly the way of the...…Read More
If You Want Someone Dead, Then Kill Them Yourself
I had a beef with Andrew Badenoch way back when over esoteric issues surrounding freedom, i.e……………anarchism. I really didn’t explore the issue with him enough before I got pissed off and basically ignored him. And then months later, the Ancestral Health Symposium happened, I met him in person, and consequently felt embarrassed that I hadn’t taken...…Read More
Are You More Moral, More Benevolent and More Competent Than Any Politician? Then Act Like It.
[Original post title: Is Collectivism Relative?] At times I become totally disillusioned by the track the Paleo community seems to be taking, on pure momentum. Perhaps it’s just my perception. While the Ancestral Health Symposium was a tremendous breath of fresh air in this regard, by no means do I think it made even the...…Read More
A Tribute: Gaëlle Beyou, 1967 – 2010
[La traduction française suit ci-dessous. Faites défiler.] Leaving your life behind at 43 years of age is too young, no matter the cause A Weekend Drive to Saint Tropez; Summer, 1990 This last Monday afternoon I was idly having a drink on the patio, fiddling with my iPad and on a lark, decided to Google...…Read More
Is the Raw Vegan Movement Getting Healthier and Healthier?
I’ve kinda backed off attacking the raw vegans lately. For one, there were a number of posts back in the spring pretty close together, many with over 300-400 comments each, and with that kind of enthusiasm for a single topic, I just didn’t want to overly exploit it — having the blog turn essentially into...…Read More
Let Freedom Ring! But How About For Reals? (A 9/11 Remembrance)
I’m staying away from the radio and TV today. If I’m to actually remember September 11, 2001 on the 10th anniversary of its shock & horror, then I propose to actually do that and not have it “remembered” for me by fancy images, editing, and tear-jerking stories of the remembrances of others. I know very...…Read More
The Bullshit Archives
It’s reasonably clear to me that I have a good turnover in readers. I should expect that. I do expect that. While there are always those few who send me emails, letting me know that they’ve been loyal readers since even the pre-paleo days, even before I made this place exclusively paleo friendly, there are...…Read More
Real Results Video Interview – Paleo Parents – The Three Kids, Part 2
Here’s the link to Part 1. I don’t want to take up a lot of time with my own Bullshit. For one, I use the concept at the end of the interview. For two, this is perhaps the most important post I have ever done. So just a little Bullshit. Well, maybe medium Bullshit, because...…Read More
A Conversation with Frank Forencich, “Exuberant Animal”
One of my greatest pleasures of the recent Ancestral Health Symposium, that took place just about a month ago, on the UCLA campus, was finally getting to meet fellow presenter Frank Forencich of Exuberant Animal. See, Frank and I have a lot in common about how we think of this whole “primal” or “Paleo” movement....…Read More
Richard Nikoley Interview 2: Free-ing the animal; at Being Primal
In case you missed part 1 of my interview with Dean Dwyer of Being Primal, or missed out on all the wonderful things he wrote about me, you can catch it here. Part 2 of what will be four parts is now up and ready to watch, with even more wonderful things written about me....…Read More
Real Results Video Interview – Paleo Parents – Over 200 Pounds Lost, Part 1
This is part 1 of a two part interview that covers the wild transformation of a family of five over the last year and a half since they went Paleo. Paleo Parents I sat down with Stacy and Matthew last week over Skype to talk about their transformation both in terms of fat loss and...…Read More
Higher Ground: An Unreview of a Movie That I Have No Interest In (beyond this humble post)
I’ll admit right off the bat that when I saw the trailer for Higher Ground recently in advance of what I’m sure was a much better film (Midnight in Paris, perhaps?), I was enamored. As I was in an artsy fartsy theater watching and artsy farsy film and by consequence, all the trailers are for...…Read More