by | Dec 21, 2014 | Diet, Gluten-free, Grain-free, Weight Loss
Many people believe eating fat, such as butter, makes us fat. Most health professionals and nutritional guidelines advise avoiding fat if we want to lose weight. But that does not have to be the case. Eating fat from animals only makes us fat when we combine it with...
by | Feb 21, 2014 | Diet, Ecology, Evolution, Food, Gluten-free, Grain-free, Health, Hunter-gatherer, Paleo
The modern paleo diet seeks to mimic the diet of pre-agricultural hunter-gatherers. It attempts to conform to those foods available across the broad range of ecological niches frequented by paleolithic humans. For the purpose of practicality, it is based on commonly...
by | Dec 13, 2013 | Diet, Ecology, Evolution, Food, Gluten-free, Grain-free, Health, Hunter-gatherer, Immune system, Nutrition, Paleo
Plants can be incredibly beneficial for human health but they can also be incredibly destructive. Plants do not want to be eaten and use behaviour, physical and chemical defenses, to survive predation. This includes the handful of plants that humans eat. It is...
by | Dec 13, 2013 | allergies, coeliac disease, Diet, Evolution, Food, Grains / Fructose, Nutrition, Sugar
Fructose, a sweet poison and a primary factor in gastrointestinal illness, obesity and mental disorders. But isn’t fruit a natural part of our diet? Yes it is. However we consume more fruit today than at any time in human history and this can be a problem for...