A deleterious genetic variant normally associated with hypoketotic hypoglycemia and high infant mortality is extremely common among Arctic populations who traditionally consumed a high-fat, high-protein diet, suggesting that it wasn’t always so deleterious.
Episode 40: Interview with Ben Greenfield, Author of Beyond Training: Host Brad Kearns talks to Ben Greenfield, endurance athlete, trainer, and author about the need for balancing newer training methods with older ones, how to use heart rate variability monitoring, and the intersection between Ben’s training methodologies and Primal principles.
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A great review of PrimalCon at Experience Life. (Experience Life is giving MDA readers a discount on their print mag. Use this link to get a discounted rate, 2 free issues and 4 free guides.)
A fair look at the gluten issue from The New Yorker.
Everything Else
Brain researchers are studying surfers to see “what stoke looks like in the brain.”
A bionic boot promises to enable running speeds of 25 MPH (and eventually even faster). I think I’ll wait for bionic knee and hip joints first.
What’s this video of night skiers in LED suits got to do with Primal health and fitness? Not much, honestly (and it might even disrupt your circadian rhythm), but it’s cool.
You’re right. It’s not Tolkien. It was one of the lines given to Gimli in the film to make him a comic relief character.
In fact, the opposite is true. Dwarves have amazing endurance, and can cover very long distances quickly whilst hauling heavy loads and are still able to fight at their destination (e.g. Dain’s people in the Battle of Five Armies). That’s not to say they aren’t good sprinters—they certainly run for their lives with the best of them—but cross country is something they are pretty darn good at.
But we are not built the same way as dwarves, so taking fitness advice from them might not be a good idea.
Mark Sisson is the founder of Mark’s Daily Apple, godfather to the Primal food and lifestyle movement, and the New York Times bestselling author of The Keto Reset Diet. His latest book is Keto for Life, where he discusses how he combines the keto diet with a Primal lifestyle for optimal health and longevity. Mark is the author of numerous other books as well, including The Primal Blueprint, which was credited with turbocharging the growth of the primal/paleo movement back in 2009. After spending three decades researching and educating folks on why food is the key component to achieving and maintaining optimal wellness, Mark launched Primal Kitchen, a real-food company that creates Primal/paleo, keto, and Whole30-friendly kitchen staples.