Aging

Many of you have asked about prostate health in a Primal context. Men are interested because they know men have a decent chance of getting prostate cancer. Women are interested because they’re worried about the men in their lives getting prostate cancer. Today, I’m going to delve deep into the topic, exploring the utility (or...

Welcome to Friday’s For The Love of Food, Summer Tomato’s weekly link roundup. This week LaCroix slapped with lawsuit, Roundup linked to bee deaths, and low-carb studies are bunk. Next week’s Mindful Meal Challenge will start again on Monday. Sign up now to join us! Too busy to read them all? Try this awesome free speed reading app to read at...

Welcome to Friday’s For The Love of Food, Summer Tomato’s weekly link roundup. This week it’s time to stop fat shaming, natural beauty product makers want more regulation, and how much strength training is necessary. Next week’s Mindful Meal Challenge will start again on Monday. Sign up now to join us! Too busy to read them all? Try...

Welcome to Friday’s For The Love of Food, Summer Tomato’s weekly link roundup. This week probiotics not always helpful, understanding your metabolism, and how to reverse muscle loss with age. Next week’s Mindful Meal Challenge will start again on Monday. Sign up now to join us! Too busy to read them all? Try this awesome free speed reading...

A Primal woman’s first reaction to the prospect of taking synthetic hormone replacements for menopause? Probably a healthy dose of skepticism. We in the ancestral health community, after all, tend to view pharmaceuticals as a last resort—interventions that are overprescribed by vested interests, create their own set of side effects, and may even do more...

For today’s edition of Dear Mark, I’m answering three questions from readers. There was some good feedback after last week’s sauna post, and I want to address a few of the comments. First, does the fact that Finns don’t live as long as some of the other more storied “blue zone” populations despite using saunas...

Welcome to Friday’s For The Love of Food, Summer Tomato’s weekly link roundup. Quick announcement: I’ll be at the Fireside conference Sept 6-9 in Canada, and doing a live podcast on stage with the venerable Yoni Freedhoff. Would love to see you there! Short list this week. Your spit helps you quit picky eating, breakfast boosts carb burning,...

Back in June during the 21-Day Challenge, I asked you to share questions you had about my personal health routine, and I’m looking forward to answering those in the coming months. We talk a lot about generalities here, and for good reason. Research can and should drive principle, but oftentimes while we wait around for...

Welcome to Friday’s For The Love of Food, Summer Tomato’s weekly link roundup. This week foods that help depression and anxiety, how much exercise you need for lifelong youth, and how bad habits impact dad’s swimmers. Next week’s Mindful Meal Challenge will start again on Monday. Sign up now to join us! Too busy to read them all? Try...

It’s been a long time since I published the Definitive Guide to Fish Oils. Oh sure, here and there I’ve cited some research supporting the beneficial effects of fish fat, but it almost goes without saying that omega-3s are important. Everyone knows it. Even the most curmudgeonly, conventional wisdom-spouting, statin script-writing, lifestyle modification-ignoring doc will tell...