The Health Benefits of a Hunter-Gatherer Diet

A professor studied a tribe of hunter-gatherers eating a Paleolithic diet to find out more about its health benefits.

Sticking to a hunter-gatherer style diet of seasonal vegetables and wild game can do wonders for your health, a leading professor claims.

A diet of wild tubers and porcupine steak helps to replenish our gut bacteria, which in turns staves off diabetes and asthma, he says. Read more

Could the Paleo Diet Save You From a Heart Attack?

A new study has shown that just eight weeks of eating lie a cave man dramatically cuts blockages in the arteries.

The Paleo diet could cut your risk of a heart attack in just eight weeks, new research claims.

Within two months of living off food that a cave man could eat, participants in a new clinical study saw a dramatic improvement in their health. Read more

Can the Paleo Diet Really Be Good for You?

The Paleolithic diet advocates meat and fatty foods and is gaining popularity among women, but could the Paleo diet actually be dangerous? Anna Magee (herself a convert) investigates

Most reformed serial dieters can remember a defining moment that got them off the starvation treadmill. Mine came in 2008. I was meeting an old friend, the nutritionist Charlotte Watts, for brunch. She walked in and something – everything – had changed. Her skin was clear and glowing, her eyes were bright. Her body looked stronger and leaner.

“You look amazing,” I said.

“I’ve gone paleo,” she replied. Read more

Can Butter in Your Coffee Give You More Energy?

Can butter in your coffee boost energy for sex hours and shrink your waistline?

A new craze is seeing coffee-drinkers blending their morning brew with up to 80 grams (two-thirds of a stick) of butter, in a bid to boost energy levels and promote weight loss.

David Asprey, the creator of Bulletproof Coffee, claims that this concoction is full of healthy fats that will keep your energy levels up 'for six hours if you need it', as well as 'improving cognitive function' and 'shrinking your waistline'. Read more

Caveman Comfort Food

A hunk of red meat calms down stressed out men by bringing out their caveman instincts.

Women who want to calm down their husbands after a stressful day at the office should serve him a big steak, scientists said today.

Contrary to popular opinion that a hunk of red meat may make men aggressive, experts said it actually has a calming affect.

Psychologists said they were shocked by research findings which show that far from bringing out the 'caveman instinct' in modern men, seeing meat lowers any aggressive tendencies because it reminds males of friends and family at meal time. Read more

Are Humans Designed to Live on Grains and Refined Sugar?

Are humans designed to live on grains and refined sugar? No, they make us fatter and sicker, says Mark Sisson.

BITE ME, ADA
We all know by now that type 2 diabetes is an epidemic. We’re seeing words like crisis and runaway all over the news and in the journals. Heart disease rates have been cut in half since the staggering margarine days of the 1980s, but diabetes has swiftly risen to fill that gaping void and meet the challenge of Completely Unnecessary Disease Epidemic.

Here’s my ultra-simple explanation of the entire insulin/blood sugar/type 2 diabetes mess. Big Agra could really care less about you. That’s just business. The pharmaceutical industry is not in it for the love of life. If that were the case, drugs would be much cheaper. The FDA has to think about public health, but it also has to think about treading carefully on the toes of corporate interests, because that’s how it works when you’re the biggest economy in the world.

Print this explanation out, stick it on your fridge, email it to your aunt. And put down the pasta. Read more