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Research of the Week
Converting cropland to pastureland with grazing livestock sequesters carbon at a much higher rate than previously thought, new research has found. It also doesn’t hurt that it produces delicious animals.
New research has discovered a three-way link between childhood antibiotics, changes to the gut bacteria, and diseases later in life.
“Certain physiologies” just lose less weight when restricting the same number of calories as other people.
Same goes for exercise. Some people just respond better to training than others.
A nice breakdown of sex-specific differences in fat and sugar metabolism.
Vitamin D toxicity is extremely rare in people who take vitamin D supplements (PDF).
New Primal Blueprint Podcasts
Episode 67: Al Danenberg: Host Elle Russ hangs out with Dr. Danenberg, a longtime periodontist and recent Primal Blueprint Expert, to discuss his health journey and how ancestral health informs his practice.
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Why trail runners should ditch their coaches and just get dogs.
Consumers prefer vegetarian-fed chickens, even though the birds are natural omnivores who love eating small (and large, if the opportunity presents itself) animals.
Harvard engineering students have made smoking the perfect brisket more science than art.
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.