Research of the Week

“Absent the requirement to spend most available hours of the day feeding, the combination of newly freed time and a large number of brain neurons affordable on a cooked diet may thus have been a major positive driving force to the rapid increase in brain size in human evolution.” A new study ^[3] shows how cooked food allowed human brains to become, well, human.

How play and games can transform the work place (PDF ^[4]).

Interesting Blog Posts

Although I’m absolutely sure this will be of zero interest to all or most of my readers, I thought I’d mention Paul Jaminet‘s latest post on the optimal dosage of chocolate ^[5].

Peter at Hyperlipid discusses the latest failure ^[6] of the latest HDL-boosting drug.

Media, Schmedia

Writing for Mother Jones, Gary Taubes explains how the sugar industry kept scientists from asking tough (or even easy) questions ^[7] about the health effects of sugar on humans

If you have a few minutes, check out my recent interview ^[8] with author Tom Woods.

Everything Else

Pre-Made Paleo is driving an effort to serve 5000+ New Jersey residents in need after Hurricane Sandy. You can help by ordering relief meals here ^[9].

A new kind of tomato genetically modified to produce an HDL-mimicking peptide was shown ^[10] to reduce atherogenic plaque accumulation and inflammatory markers in mice. Assuming it does the same in people, would you eat it?

A journal of personal science ^[11]: in which a man determines how much salt he should eat.

Recipe Corner

• Thanks to the massive bird, Thanksgiving fare starts out fairly Primal, but the sides can get really gluten-y and sugar-laden. Here are 10 paleo Thanksgiving sides ^[12] to make the job easier.
• You know, if Hooters started carrying these (and held the breading), I might consider eating there: Buffalo pig tails ^[13].

Time Capsule

One year ago (November 11 – November 17)

• The Problems with Antibiotics: They Kill the Good Guys and Make You Fat ^[14] – How antibiotics often lay waste to your entire gut microbiome, thereby setting the stage for the onset of obesity.
• How to Eat More Vegetables ^[15] – People think we’re all about the animal flesh around here – and we dig it, to be sure – but you can’t ignore our love and need for a healthy amount of plant matter. Here’s how to eat more.

Email of the Week

I can pretty much guarantee the comment of the week will come from this article. I’d be willing to bet it also uses the phrase “scrotal drooping.”

- How right you were, Steve ^[16].

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