Meat Quality and Paleo

One very, very important distinction about the True Paleo regime is the source, and subsequent quality, of our proteins. Fresh, wild salmon and packaged, smoked salmon are not interchangeable.  Nor are the occasional serving of uncured bacon from pastured pork and the Oscar Meyer’s shrink-wrapped, sodium nitrate and nitrite-rich variety. And when we get into […]

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Silly Paleo

Every morning, when I check my email, I scan through my Google alerts. Whereas as recently as just a few years ago, the alerts would draw attention to a new study that had been done or a book that had been released, the notifications today are now bordering on, or beyond, laughable. Scrolling down the […]

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Paleo? Or Disordered Eating? Tune in Today to Learn More…

This is a topic I’ve written about before and it needs to be addressed much more often: when does the approach to what one eats cross the boundary from avoiding foods an individual determines makes them feel ill (for example, gluten) to a ultra-restrictive eating plan configured to lose weight, (and I’m not referring to […]

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Can Hummus Be Paleo?

Not in the traditional sense.  According to Wikipedia, Hummus is:  a thick paste or spread made from ground chickpeas and sesame seeds, olive oil, lemon, and garlic, made originally in the Middle East  Chickpeas are a legume and being that they’re the first and main ingredient, it would be hard to make a dip without […]

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