Weekend Link Love – Edition 464

weekend_linklove in-lineRESEARCH OF THE WEEK

More than 1 in 8 Americans are alcoholics.

Transcranial magnetic stimulation can reduce meth cravings.

The conventional wisdom about back pain is being upended.

Plants listen for water.

NEW PRIMAL BLUEPRINT PODCASTS

Episode 181: Brad Kearns and Elle Russ Part 2: Elle and Brad continue their chat about the upcoming Primal Endurance Online Mastery Course.

Each week, select Mark’s Daily Apple blog posts are prepared as Primal Blueprint Podcasts. Need to catch up on reading, but don’t have the time? Prefer to listen to articles while on the go? Check out the new blog post podcasts below, and subscribe to the Primal Blueprint Podcast here so you never miss an episode.

INTERESTING BLOG POSTS

Nutrition textbooks for self-learning.

How exercise affects appetite.

MEDIA, SCHMEDIA

The zoo whose entrance fee is some dirty fingernails.

Monsanto ghostwrote the “independent” safety reviews of its flagship product, Roundup.

EVERYTHING ELSE

Mumbai pest control.

Shot. Chaser.

The Onion gets eerily close to reality.

Why Aziz Ansari quit the Internet.

THINGS I’M UP TO AND INTERESTED IN

Lectures I wish I could attend: My buddy Chris Armstrong is putting on some incredible Re-Find Health events, including Dr. Kirk Parsley in LA on October 14, Gary Taubes in Stockholm on November 16, and Gary Taubes again in London on November 18 and 19.

I’m impressed: Freediving is tough enough, but how about freediving in Iceland?

Article I’m pondering: “Have smartphones destroyed a generation?”

Beautiful interview I enjoyed: cultural anthropologist (and daughter of Margaret Mead) Mary Catherine Bateson on “composing a life” versus “juggling” one, and practicing “active wisdom” as we age (and other things).

Man do I wish we still had prehistoric megafauna: Giant sloths built huge caves you could drive a car into.

RECIPE CORNER

TIME CAPSULE

One year ago (Aug 13– Aug 19)

COMMENT OF THE WEEK

What is ‘leftover’ coffee.. how does that happen? LOL

– My thoughts exactly, Jessica.

About the Author

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.

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