Weekly Link Love — Edition 37

Research of the Week

A very low carb high fat diet fails to impair exercise performance.

During immobility, heat treatment maintains muscle mitochondrial activity and staves off atrophy.

Lifting weights while you diet leads to almost exclusively body fat loss.

High maternal HbA1c linked to autism.

New Primal Blueprint Podcasts

Episode 355: Leland Conway: Host Elle Russ chats with the award-winning broadcaster who changed his life by following Primal principles.

Primal Health Coach Radio, Episode 18: Hosts Erin and Laura chat with Jonathan Posey, founder of an advocacy group that protects the rights of health coaches to practice.

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.

Media, Schmedia

How youth basketball—and sport specialization in general—is threatening the health of young athletes.

Modern humans may have been in Europe 210,000 years ago.

Interesting Blog Posts

Jumiles, the edible wonder bugs of Mexico.

What’s the optimal exercise modality for mood boosting?

Social Notes

Interesting Twitter thread on the safety or toxicity of Bt corn.

Everything Else

Ah, camp season.

How are decisions made, if at all?

The fit young folks who ended up with bowel cancer.

Caffeine powder can kill.

As the permafrost melts, ancient organisms are waking up.

Things I’m Up to and Interested In

Restaurant I’d try: The one where the waiters have dementia and there’s no guarantee you’ll get what you order.

I’m entirely unsurprised: Snack sales spike in states with legal cannabis.

I like this idea: What if you trained your cognitive skills like an athlete?

I enjoyed this article: What we can learn from shipwrecked “microsocieties.”

I agree: When considering the effects of “saturated fat,” you can’t ignore the food matrix.

Question I’m Asking

Do you ever train your learning/brain/cognitive skills like athletes train their bodies?

Recipe Corner

• Tuna poke bowls that rival Hawaii’s.
• Curry tuna salad in pepper boats.

Time Capsule

One year ago (Jul 7 – Jul 13)

• Keto for Women: 7 Tips to Make it Work – What should women watch out for?
• Ultimate Guide to Allulose Sweetener– All about allulose.

Comment of the Week

“I found the Ancestral Health lifestyle in late 2008, thanks in part to Mark’s Daily Apple. Turned 50 last year but feel like I’m in my 30s. I’m aiming for strongevity!”

– Always glad to have you along, Aaron. I like “strongevity”!

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