The Paleo Periodical

The Global Food Experiment

03/25/2011 by PaleoPeriodical 0 Comments

NPR has a Fresh Air interview (here, be sure to listen to the full interview with Terry Gross, available at the top of the page) with Dr. Kevin Patterson, a Canadian physician who has spent time treating Afghani, Pacific Islander, and Inuit patients, as well as his fellow Canadians. He talks about some of the […]

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American Diet, Diet, Featured, Health, Insulin Resistance, NPR, Obesity

Quick Links: LA Times on Carbs

03/10/2011 by PaleoPeriodical 0 Comments

Forgive me for coming late to this one. The LA Times published this in December, but I wanted to link to it because it’s one of the most concise and matter-of-fact summaries of the low-carb movement I’ve seen. Carbs wouldn’t be an issue if our metabolisms were designed to handle them. But as Dr. Stephen […]

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American Diet, Diet, Food, Gaining Weight, Insulin Resistance, LA Times, Low Carb, Metabolic Syndrome, Research

Is Conventional Wisdom Catching Up?

03/03/2011 by PaleoPeriodical 1 Comment

For a decade, from roughly 1997 to 2007, I read all the magazines I thought would help me with the whole diet and exercise rigmarole: Shape, Self, Cooking Light. I wanted tips, tricks, and recipes. Thinking back now from the vantage point of Primal, it occurs to me that during that time there was a […]

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Things That Make You Go Hmm...

American Diet, Fat, Featured, Gaining Weight, Health, Insulin Resistance, Low Carb, New York Times, Paleo, Primal

In a Nutshell…

02/19/2011 by PaleoPeriodical 0 Comments

I only switched over to this lifestyle a little over a month ago, but I feel like I’ve researched and processed a lot of information in that time. Primal eating attracted me for its ease, its simplicity. I feel like I can maintain the flow of it even when eating out or at friends’ houses, […]