Repeat after me, “Ice Cream (or food/drink of your choice) is NOT the miracle cure for (insert current life problem here).” Come on- say it with me, “Ice cream is NOT the miracle cure for a bad day.” Okay, now let’s try this one, “I do not need to eat Breakfast at 7am, lunch… Continue Reading
The Shelves Overfloweth With New Paleo Reading (and Cooking) Material…
Remember when the only paleo books on the market were “The Paleo Diet” and “The Paleo Solution”? It was a time before iPads and smart phones, back when we still had to read books with pages… Honestly, I’m not entirely sure how we survived… Well, lucky for us we are no longer stuck living in… Continue Reading
Cutting Out Gluten Cuts Out Kids’ Asthma
Written by: Elize van der Merwe Ever since my oldest son was a toddler (around 2yrs), he would grow short of breath fast. He was a very heavy boy, strong and muscular, but not fat, and definitely not overweight. Come winter time he would be almost continuously on bronchio-dilators, double dose, as single dose didn’t clear… Continue Reading
90/10, 80/20, 40/60… What’s Your Paleo Percentage?
Conversation overheard at the gym: Ripped dude with six-pack abs and biceps that would shut down any military gun show: “Yeah, you know, I’m not like 100% paleo. I’d say I’m probably about 90/10.” New guy with pony-keg abs, wearing Velcro tennis shoes: “Cool, so you can still have beer and pizza sometimes?” Biceps: “Sure… Continue Reading
Adventures in Digestive Distress – (Also Known As Dining Out…)
It’s another beautiful Sunday morning and the family has decided that a trip to Denny’s for breakfast sounds like a good plan. You’re thinking, “Yeah this ‘Denny’ dude is alright –I can make this work.” “I’ll get some eggs, bacon, sausage and maybe I’ll even splurge on – “The Fruit Cup” (GASP!).” It seems… Continue Reading
Science bite: Gluten-free diet in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Howdy folks! Apologies for the long interval between Science Bites. Since I’ve taken on a Board of Directors role at Specialty Health, my work volume has really increased, and it’s left me very little time to write. Add to this the fact my mom was in the hospital for nearly three weeks (we almost lost… Continue Reading
Veggie Burgers, Meatless Chicken and Paleo Bread
Let’s take a trip to the grocery store. We’ll start in the refrigerated meat and cheese section. All the ‘usual suspects’ are present – Louis Rich, Oscar Mayer, Carl Buddig, the Kraft family has a nice showing and Applegate Farms even made it. Looking a bit further there’s also some ‘foreign looking’ stuff… “Smart Deli”,… Continue Reading
What the Paleo World Eats – Our Food In Pictures
What better way to kick off the New Year than with a look at what other paleo households and families are eating. Back in September we announced Round 2 of our “What the Paleo World Eats” feature. The submissions from the first round received so much great feedback and many of you requested that we open… Continue Reading
TOUCHDOWN! Paleo “Souper Bowl” Chili Contest
Down! Set! Hut! Alright folks, put your game faces on! We’re having a contest, and it’s gonna be hot! We’re on the hunt for the best Paleo chili recipe out there, and just in time for the “Souper Bowl”. Nothing goes better with football (hey, we don’t do beer around here…) than a hot bowl… Continue Reading
www.match.paleo – Chronically Single Paleo Seeking…
No, contrary to what you might be thinking this is not a clever ploy to get me a date; however, if that were to actually happen – BONUS!!! Also, if you are currently ‘attached’ that doesn’t mean that this little article doesn’t hold some great gems of information (or at least some free entertainment) for… Continue Reading
