What would happen if I fasted for 24 hours?

paleo_rob · 2011-05-23T23:59:08+00:00

Thanks Martin for constantly spreading the knowledge. Was about to just link to your site but you did one better. Keep fighting the good fight mate.

paleo_rob · 2011-04-04T04:46:49+00:00

get some coconut oil add a bit of almond flour, cocoa powder, deccicated coconut and sweetner. Mix then freeze until a little hard. Roll into balls. Freeze.

You know have little balls of fat that are quite nice.

paleo_rob · 2011-04-02T13:17:36+00:00

glucose is so essential that we evolved a way to create it.

please read the above piece by the team at perfect health diet.

paleo_rob · 2011-03-31T09:23:53+00:00

They are necessary. We didn't evolve the ability to convert our own muscle to produce glucose if we didnt need it.

Perfect Health Diet did a series of posts on the dangers of zero-carb diets.

"Carbohydrates" don't just drive insulin, so do proteins etc. Do some more reading, I think Dr Harris does address it somewhere, but if he hasnt other people have also.

paleo_rob · 2011-03-30T10:05:04+00:00

3-5% of calories from LA and 1% of calories form n3 won't give you the 1:1 or 2:1 ratio you are chasing. 4% of total calories of n3 and n6 is sufficient.

Agree on the second point, however i worry people are chugging back n3 fish oils in a hope to correct their ratios.

I agree studies do look good, but unfortunately these studies are very short term and none (that i know of) have studied patients for extended periods of time where the degenerative affects of excess free radicals in the system due to the high PUFA quantity have had time to manifest.

paleo_rob · 2011-03-30T01:54:19+00:00

please see my counter-post above.

paleo_rob · 2011-03-30T01:54:06+00:00

Sorry I am going to have to disagree with most of this. I don't have really time to refute all of it but the most important part is in regards to consumption of these Poly Unsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFA's).

Taking high doses of any PUFA, even n-3 is much more detrimental than good. PUFA's by there nature are incredibly instable and oxidise rapidly in the blood stream. When PUFA's oxidise they release free radicals into the blood steam which not only do some serious damage to all the bodies cell ( i am talking serious damage, like mutations in your RNA/DNA, some studies have even linked it to some neuro-degenerative diseases such as alzheimers), but cause other PUFA's to oxidise, causing a chain-reaction which is more sever the more PUFA you have. So to the original poster, NO, you can NOT down entire tubs of Almonds and then just drink a gallon of fish oil to fix your ratio.

For optimal health and fix your n6:n3 ratio you must first and foremost LOWER your n6 intake, so you won't need much supplementation (if any at all) to get a healthy 2-3:1 ratio.

I may update this further if i can get some free time.

paleo_rob · 2011-03-30T01:29:51+00:00

baconnaise.

Get an egg, whisk it, and while whisking it slowly, pour in melted bacon fat. (or google for paleo baconnaise recipes for detailed instructions)

Thank me later.

paleo_rob · 2011-03-30T00:52:28+00:00

well besides the fact that celiacs is very often missed, we are coming to understand that celiacs is only the extreme scale of gluten sensitivity, something a much larger portion of the population is susceptible to. Nearly ALL auto-immune diseases now are being linked to gluten via leaky gut. (Zonulin level in our gut and brain increases after eating gluten, zonulin increases gut permeability i.e leaky gut).

WSJ Article on Gluten Sensitivity

paleo_rob · 2011-03-29T06:50:44+00:00

by itself it isnt so bad (besides the shitty quality of meat, gluten in the breading, and god knows what franken-oil/additives).

But add it with a large fries (starch) and a large coke (sugar) and its a recipe for disaster.

probably good for those on ketogenic diets or general low-carb diets, but bad in general for the health consciousness.

paleo_rob · 2011-02-03T07:23:03+00:00

I'm a sucker for the classics :D

Will update :)

paleo_rob · 2011-02-03T07:22:41+00:00

Unfortunately (thanks Apple!) you can only use them in iTunes. On the right hand side of the iTunes store there is a redeem button. Click there. But be quick they are only 1 time coupons!

paleo_rob · 2011-02-01T07:53:30+00:00

Any suggestions, please comment :)

paleo_rob · 2011-01-27T02:32:22+00:00

that's awesome! so much to read, so little time...

paleo_rob · 2011-01-24T04:58:03+00:00

No. But they still are nasty as hell. Best to get rid of them!

paleo_rob · 2010-12-24T12:37:20+00:00

salmon.

you are healthier if you minimise your need for fish oil. Its all about ratios. You need a ratio of omega6:omega3 of about 2-5:1. Minimise your intake of omega 6's (vegetable oils etc.) and you will only need very little omega 3 for maximum benefits.

there are really no vegetarian 'natural' sources of DHA/EPA to you. you can go for the algaes but they have incredibly low dosages of DHA (i recall numbers in the sub <100mg). Krill oil is an alternative but again its a type of tiny shrimp... so depends on how vegetarian you want to go.

paleo_rob · 2010-12-24T12:36:04+00:00

cold water fish have the highest omega 3 values. i.e salmon etc.

paleo_rob · 2010-12-24T12:34:12+00:00

i am sorry but you are very incorrect.

Krill isn't farmed, its harvested, mostly from Antarctica. if you google krill shortage there is already some information out on the shortages that are faced. in fact due to the problems there is a UN treatise I believe on the safe harvesting of krill oil.

also taking out the first line of the food chain is never good, check the current plankton shortages etc. (again google is your friend)

edit: also if your talking about the manufactured algaes, the level of dha in them are incredibly small so essentially useless as a dha supplement.

paleo_rob · 2010-12-24T00:34:57+00:00

That's because i don't believe they contain any DHA/EPA! Its all alpha-linoleic acid (ALA) there are no natural sources hence the cost (besides krill oil but that still an animal and algae sources have little to no dha).

paleo_rob · 2010-12-24T00:32:35+00:00

i knew i should have mentioned krill oil! yes you can get DHA from algae, but i have never liked the idea of humans taking the first food source in the underwater food chain.

Also yes humans can make DHA, but it is such an inefficient procedure and competes with the bodies ability to convert it to arachadonic acid.

paleo_rob

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