July 2012 | Free The Animal

I’m Outta Here—Hang Gliding

By Richard Nikoley | July 31, 2012 |

I half heartedly considered putting up something on the blog last night. Went nowhere. Beatrice took me out for sushi instead. I had just put version 2.0 of the book to bed—off to the editor—and we’ll see what comes of it. I ended up working far more on V2 than V1. It’s done for me,……...

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Man Alive! Chapter 9: The High Cost of Mindlessness

By Richard Nikoley | July 29, 2012 |

Here’s the post that kicked it all off. This is chapter 9 of 12, to give interested readers the chance to take on the free ebook chapter by chapter over the weekend, debate it amongst themselves, or even challenge the author who’s keeping tabs. ~~~ From: Man Alive! A survival manual for the human mind….…...

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Dr. Garth Davis, Surgeon: I Warned You….

By Richard Nikoley | July 28, 2012 |

Dr. Garth Davis, after having—probably blissfully confident—posted comments in the original Forks Over Knives thread I blogged about (Doctor FAIL: Garth Davis, Bariatric Surgeon (and China Study Balderdash)) basically did the same blissfully confident, dismissive commenting on that post. Such as this: This is one of the funniest yet saddest commentaries I have ever seen. You……...

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Coming Full Circle

By Richard Nikoley | July 28, 2012 |

I’ve tried a lot of stuff over the years. It’s so easy initially, because when you switch to real food in place of processed and fast, there’s a spontaneous reduction in caloric intake for nearly everyone. That’s why both paleo and LC work so well initially for the fat people out there. Amazing how switching……...

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My Current Paleo Anarchist Landscape; The Ancestral Health Symposium 2012 and the 21 Convention

By Richard Nikoley | July 27, 2012 |

Yea, I maybe want to blog more about fat bread and applications, including mayonnaise making, tuna salad and all sorts of cool such things which, quite to the contrary of motivating me to go hog wild with neolithic foods, has had quite the opposite effect. More on that later. I’m dashing to finish up V2.0……...

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Blogging to Resume Shortly

By Richard Nikoley | July 25, 2012 |

Well, I’m two chapters away from completing version 2.0 of Free the Animal: How to lose weight and fat on The paleo diet. It’s actually been a lot more work than version 1 for me, for various reasons but mostly because I really want to improve it a lot. Anyway, that’s what’s been taking up……...

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Man Alive! Chapter 8: The Integrity of Art

By Richard Nikoley | July 22, 2012 |

Here’s the post that kicked it all off. This is chapter 8 of 12, to give interested readers the chance to take on the free ebook chapter by chapter over the weekend, debate it amongst themselves, or even challenge the author who’s keeping tabs. ~~~ From: Man Alive! A survival manual for the human mind….…...

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Fat Bread: Third Time’s The Charm. Mission Accomplished!

By Richard Nikoley | July 21, 2012 |

Here’s the third—and likely final installment for a while—in my quest to make a decent bread…that not only tastes and acts like bread, but excels in terms of Paleo nutrition. Mission accomplished. Future posts will focus on sensible applications of this bread. For those still uninterested in bread, I get it. Why mess with a……...

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Grains, Vegetarians, Vegans and Nutritional Density

By Richard Nikoley | July 19, 2012 |

Yesterday I posted about how well it’s going with the book and its 2nd Edition. Here’s an excerpt from Chapter 3 on grains, vegetarianism, veganism and a bunch of nutritional comparisons. This is first draft stuff, so it has yet to go to the editor or proofreading. Those who read the first edition will notice……...

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The Book, Free The Animal, 2nd Edition (and: Do You Want to Author a Book Yourself, with Help?)

By Richard Nikoley | July 18, 2012 |

Isn’t it cool that with eBooks, you can go to 2nd Edition only 6 months after publishing the first? I follow Seth Godin’s Domino Project posts on ePublishing and I think he’s dead on. This is the future, while all the while I see book after paleo book coming to be published in the traditional way….…...

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Classic: Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad With Real Dressing

By Richard Nikoley | July 18, 2012 |

You know what the hell is funny? It’s googling for a proper caesar dressing recipe, only to find most of them with no raw egg yolk or anchovy. That is not caesar dressing. Not in this world. Luckily, I already know how. Ingredients: 2 anchovy fillets, finely chopped 2 large garlic cloves, finely chopped 2……...

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One For Those Who Don’t Like Me

By Richard Nikoley | July 17, 2012 |

I’ll sing the praises of tumblr first. “Those” get a brief mention later. I got a micro-blog off and running, as I trumpeted yesterday…and, well, let’s just say I’m impressed with the individuality and anarchy of the thing—as least so far as I’m seeing (exceptions always abound). Literally: there is everything there, as audaciously unabashed and……...

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Fat Bread, Part Deux

By Richard Nikoley | July 17, 2012 |

Here’s part one, where the first attempt was made. While the results for that high-fat, low carb, moderate protein (from eggs, not gluten) bread were decent, I wanted to improve. A bit more rise, a bit less dense, and good adhesion, i.e., sticking together. Success! First, I want to relate something odd but very surprisingly……...

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SamePlate.com: Meet Your Paleo, Primal, LC, or Caveman/woman Match

By Richard Nikoley | July 17, 2012 |

You already know Jeff Nimoy from the bread post (there’s another loaf in the oven right now—with mods—and it looks very promising). Anyway, in addition to being The Cooking Caveman, he’s also the founder of SamePlate.com, a dating site dedicated to initially matching people by their food and dietary preferences. Damn fine idea, if you……...

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Animal Parts

By Richard Nikoley | July 16, 2012 |

Well, I’ve taken the tumblr plunge. For some time I’ve checked out various people’s tumblr posts and have always tended to like the micro blogging aspect of how most people do it (far more elegant than Facebook, a bit more panache than Twitter). Often, it’s just a photo or image, no ‘splainin. I’ve often wanted……...

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Fat Bread: Paleo Bread Made From Fat

By Richard Nikoley | July 15, 2012 |

Ha, bet that got your attention. It’s not entirely true, of course, but you’ll see what I mean later. One thing I can tell you up front is that this recipe uses no seed, grain, or nut flour—and neither is it virtually all egg, or egg with cheese, like Oopsie Bread. Backing up a few……...

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Man Alive! Chapter 7: A Calculus of Morality on a First-Grade Number Line

By Richard Nikoley | July 15, 2012 |

Here’s the post that kicked it all off. This is chapter 7 of 12, to give interested readers the chance to take on the free ebook chapter by chapter over the weekend, debate it amongst themselves, or even challenge the author who’s keeping tabs. ~~~ From: Man Alive! A survival manual for the human mind….…...

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Fun With Kettlebells, Clifton Harski, Dr. BG, and Big Meat

By Richard Nikoley | July 14, 2012 |

I’d been looking forward to this for a while. Things just came together. A couple of weeks ago, the way cool Clifton Harski got in touch, offered to come over and school me, I offered a BBQ in return, and as luck would have it, Dr. BG (Grace) (link removed) is back from China for a……...

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Doctor FAIL: Garth Davis, Bariatric Surgeon (and China Study Balderdash)

By Richard Nikoley | July 13, 2012 |

Don’t you just love it when someone purports to be an authority, bemoans the fact that nowadays, people have little need of such self-proclaimed authorities and actually—gasp—go find their own information, act upon it, and manage their own issues? Hell, they might even go to an English major! By now, most everyone has heard of……...

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Won’t Get Fooled Again! Who? You.

By Richard Nikoley | July 12, 2012 |

I’ll tip my hat to the new constitution Take a bow for the new revolution Smile and grin at the change all around me Pick up my guitar and play Just like yesterday And I’ll get on my knees and pray We don’t get fooled again Don’t get fooled again The product of CAFOs……...

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