Ahhhh. Back from vacation with a fresh tan, a swollen liver from all the piña coladas, and a dead brain. If you see a lonely brain going around and around a baggage carousel somewhere, let me know, because I think it took a different flight. Let me preface this week’s musing. I live in the ...
Posted on Apr - 26 - 2012
Makin’ Bacon: Part 2
Let’s imagine that we have a time machine and 7-10 days have passed and not just two. You followed the directions for curing the pork belly and it’s been hanging out in your fridge with you flipping it every other day. Now it’s time to smoke it. But you don’t have a smoker. What to ...
Posted on Apr - 17 - 2012
Springtime Fun with Wild Edible Plants
Phew! The last few weeks (here and here, for starters) have been heady-head space and I don’t know about y’all, but I need a break from myself. So I’ll share a new adventure I’ve been incorporating into my repertoire. I’m eating weeds. For those who don’t know, Oregon is a forager’s paradise: berries, nuts, mushrooms, ...
Posted on Apr - 13 - 2012
Citizen Paleo
So. I get it. I myself have suffered from a case of zealous Paleo dogmatism. It solved so many problems in such little time, how could it NOT be the answer to everything in the universe? Which then sends you down the path of nutritionism, because suddenly things like drinking a glass of water with ...
Posted on Apr - 12 - 2012
Paleo Nirvana?
So far, we have some stiff dogma in the Paleo world, the specter of nutritionism, and a choking, sputtering immune system. Today I’ll share my thoughts from an Eastern perspective. And tomorrow, I’ll do my best to tie it all together, though I suspect I’m really just writing my insane asylum admission form. Some Background ...
Posted on Apr - 11 - 2012
Old Friends We’ve Left Behind
As I mentioned last week, Dr. Kurt Harris unleashed some information that kinda rocked the Paleo world. I’m going to discuss it today, but before I get to that… A few disclaimers. I am not good at the sciencey-science. I do not fully understand the ins-and-outs of this crap. Do not rely on me for ...
Posted on Apr - 10 - 2012
Nutritionism: That Seductive Siren
Yesterday I eased us in with some general kvetching about the limits of Paleo and our expectations. Today we’re going to look into the modern phenomenon of nutritionism and its role in all of this. When I went Paleo, I thought I was leaving nutritionism behind. Goodbye to vitamin fortified cereals, wood-chip-enhanced high fiber whole ...
Posted on Apr - 09 - 2012
The Paleo Puzzle
Today’s post is the first in a series in which I hope to connect some dots that have been floating around in my thoughts. As I mentioned last week, Kurt Harris’s immune system jigsaw-piece addition to the whole optimal health puzzle coalesced a few things for me. I’m not sure where sharing this will get ...
Posted on Apr - 03 - 2012
Magical Pill Syndrome (MPS)
A quick programming note before I dive in here. Last week, Kurt Harris, he of the Archevore/PaNu/Paleo 2.0-ness, dropped a bit of a bomb on the Paleosphere. Before you click over, I must warn you—it’s a complete time suck. You have to read every comment, and it’s still being added to as of today. It ...
Posted on Mar - 30 - 2012
Fun Day Friday!
(Video of Darryl Edwards’s playshop from Paleo FX.) If you visit often, you know that I’ve been deconstructing my athletic pursuits. Less membership cards, less machine, less torture. More outdoors, more dirt, more fun. I can’t even remember how I found Darryl’s website, but I’m guessing it was a Google search for bodyweight exercise ideas, ...
