July 2014 | Free The Animal

Revisiting the Changing Paleo Landscape in Real Food Starches, Resistant Starch, and “Nutritional” Ketosis

By Richard Nikoley | July 25, 2014 |

A few days back I somewhat reluctantly called out Nora Gedgaudas for what, in my judgement, is a resistance to various revelations that have come to pass over the last few years and been widely adopted in the general Paleoish community: Juxtaposition: Dallas & Melissa Hartwig vs. Nora Gedgaudas. Since I’m very busy with a complex……...

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Nobody Is Safe

By Richard Nikoley | July 23, 2014 |

So I redesigned the blog, substantially. Yep. you see ads. They are served up randomly by Google and a couple of others I’m testing out. I like them, and I’ll tell you why. They make me money for my efforts They aren’t fake It’s that second point that’s most for me. Everybody else does affiliate……...

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Over Easy Omelet?

By Richard Nikoley | July 23, 2014 |

Yep. Indeed. Omelet with a warm, runny yolk Take three eggs, separate the yolk from one, beat the other two plus the white. Make an omelet. When it’s ready to fold, gently place your yolk in and just as gently, fold it over. Along with a little cheese on hand So there you go…. This…...

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Hit & Run: When Will We See The End Of Kings?

By Richard Nikoley | July 22, 2014 |

Is it just me? I only got this because, owing to flying airplane stuff, I get email alerts from my local peeps. Hello everyone, We have VIP movement in the area tomorrow in case you are flying. Please check the TFR’s and take caution. Obama the Choom Master—probably with his Stupid Bitch in tow (that post is……...

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Taking an Accounting of the Folks You Do Business With

By Richard Nikoley | July 21, 2014 |

Something is Missing The TeeVee A Sony 42″ flat screen LCD HD TV used to be strapped right up there on that articulating arm. We’re moving soon, and as such, have been selling stuff via garage sale and craigslist like crazy. No, the Denon Amp and Boston Labs speakers are not for sale. Ever. I……...

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Juxtaposition: Dallas & Melissa Hartwig vs. Nora Gedgaudas

By Richard Nikoley | July 19, 2014 |

Way back when, I took a first-impression dislike to Dallas, Melissa and the Whole 9. They were annoying. Came on the scene quick, rose just as quickly, and they were fucking strict; and those were the reports I was getting in my comments. But I didn’t have much time to look into it. “They’ll go……...

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Apple Cider Pork Chops Sous Vide

By Richard Nikoley | July 17, 2014 |

Last time I did double-cut, bone in pork chops sous vide it was the Jack Daniel’s recipe fron chef James Briscione. This time, this one. First step is big meat. Double cut, bone-in from Niman Ranch The recipe is pretty easy INGREDIENTS For the pork chops: 4 extra thick pork chops 8 thyme sprigs 2 apples,……...

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Juxtapositions in Image

By Richard Nikoley | July 16, 2014 |

So after getting my CSS custom code sorted thanks to a commenter, I’ve been wanting to get up as many banner images as I can juxtaposing the more natural human life—that of the Animal—and the neolithic, central-authority-based life of a minion and a tadpole. Just reload about every 10 seconds. I think there are about……...

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One Neolithic Mind At A Time

By Richard Nikoley | July 16, 2014 |

I get email. I had never considered anarchy or what it is before reading about your views. Government was always assumed in my political thinking before. I could write on and on about my past issues with “the general public” and their views on religion, government, and everything else. I’m sure you already know everything……...

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Blog Redesign

By Richard Nikoley | July 15, 2014 |

You may have noticed I’ve done a bunch of design stuff over the last few days. But I wanted to change the header image, so finally got to it today. I think I have about 6 now, and they load up randomly. I’ll be adding more pictures-worth-a-thousand-words over time (do reloads or click different internal……...

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The French “Smash” Sandwich

By Richard Nikoley | July 14, 2014 |

Back when I lived in Toulon, France in the early 90’s I discovered a curious sort of sandwich popular in the southern region—always made-to-order in small, charming sidewalk stands. They call it sandwich américain. It’s not only one kind, but rather a style, of which there are lots of variations. My favorite was a ground beef……...

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Simple Infrared Grilled Chicken With Mashed Potatoes and Chicken Stock Reduction

By Richard Nikoley | July 13, 2014 |

Before I explain the meal and in particular, how I grilled it from raw, on high, without torching it, just a bit of blog admin. The other day I explained that I had decided to revive the Free the Animal Facebook Page. That’s gone well and I’m generally limiting posts to the general evolutionary diet,……...

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Free The Animal Facebook Housekeeping

By Richard Nikoley | July 11, 2014 |

Just a quick note to let folks know that I’ve resumed posting to the Free The Animal Facebook Page. A little background. Some months ago I stopped updating the page and instead opened my personal profile to following/commenting for all of my public updates. (Note: I only accept friend requests from actual real life friends/family—people……...

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Evidence Mounts on the Therapeutic and Healing Benefits of Fasting

By Richard Nikoley | July 9, 2014 |

I used to blog about this all the time. About 230 posts going back to 2008 that are either about fasting, or mention it in some way. There were several things that intrigued me. Off the top of my head: Makes weight loss pretty easy Once adapted to it, most people find enhanced mental attitude……...

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More Uncovering of the Inuit Myth: Stefansson and Anderson Belleview Experiement; Compromised Glucose Tolerance

By Richard Nikoley | July 7, 2014 |

Here’s a followup to this post: To Reiterate, Just In Case You Missed It: No Elevated Ketone Levels in the Inuit. In retrospect, I wonder what the reaction would have been had I titled the post different, like: “Inuit have normal glucose tolerance on their natural diet, but it goes to shit when in objective ketosis.”……...

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Yoko Isomoto, Woman’s World Hang Gliding Champion

By Richard Nikoley | July 6, 2014 |

Yoko Isomoto of Japan won it, there in the carnage of alps flying in Annecy, France. Haven’t seen shit like that in nearly 20 years of being around this stuff. Numerous serious injuries, and 9 reserve-chute deployments in 10 days (all survived, but deployments are very rare events—vast majority never do it in a lifetime……...

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Faux Independence

By Richard Nikoley | July 4, 2014 |

Sorry to rain on your picnic, but America will never be a free country until hot dogs and buns come packaged in equal numbers. So I must speak out. It’s probably good they have holidays like this, in a bread and circuses kinda way. Religion isn’t the only placating, pacifying opiate of the masses. Patriotism……...

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Groundbreaking: How to Easily Remove Nightshade Toxins From Potato Starch

By Richard Nikoley | July 3, 2014 |

Ever since the beginning some percentage of people trying out supplemental resistant starch in the form of have complained of nightshade tolerance issues, primarily headaches and joint pain. This was a mystery, because some of us, including myself, were operating under the belief that these toxins were water soluble. Turns out not so. I’ll let……...

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I Think The Results Of This Moderate Carb vs. Low Carb Study Are Pretty Meaningless. How About You?

By Richard Nikoley | July 3, 2014 |

A Randomized Pilot Trial of a Moderate Carbohydrate Diet Compared to a Very Low Carbohydrate Diet in Overweight or Obese Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus or Prediabetes Laura R. Saslow, Sarah Kim, Jennifer J. Daubenmier, Judith T. Moskowitz, Stephen D. Phinney, Veronica Goldman, Elizabeth J. Murphy, Rachel M. Cox, Patricia Moran, Fredrick M. Hecht Published: April 09, 2014, Plos One From the Abstract:……...

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Sweden Update: Resistant Starch On The Rise, LCHF Stefansson Myths On The Ropes

By Richard Nikoley | July 1, 2014 |

A couple of months back, Swedish reader and blogger Per Wikholm put together a post for us on the goings on in Sweden in reference to resistant starch. Today, I received this email from him concerning further developments. I think it’s safe to say that he’s stirred things up quite a bit over there. ~~~……...

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