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Bulletproof Coffee

by F. E. Torkel on February 14, 2013

If you follow the paleo diet1 online, it’s only a matter of time before you stumble upon Bulletproof Coffee. It’s the brainchild of Dave Asprey, a man who’s regarded as one of the icons behind the quantified self movement. Asprey argues that most coffee contains mycotoxins, so he conveniently sells his own brand of coffee [...]

Robb Wolf’s Paleo Diet Budget Shopping Guide.

by F. E. Torkel on April 12, 2012

We recently talked about the monetization aspect of the Paleo movement, a trend that will only continue growing in parallel with the Paleo community itself. It should be expected, after all, that people will seek to make money where they can, and so riding the coat-tails of a popular movement is a typical strategy. No [...]

The problem with “Paleo”.

by F. E. Torkel on March 31, 2012

We can probably go ahead and blame Dr. Loren Cordain for sticking us with “the Paleo Diet”, who published a book by the same name. It’s a good book, don’t get us wrong, but it’s also not the definitive guide to “paleo”-eating, though likely many of us discovered the general tenets of our diet from [...]

Why we’re getting a Jawbone UP.

by F. E. Torkel on November 3, 2011

Firstly, Jawbone products are good. Sure, we had problems with the Jawbone 2 earpiece because of a particular weak link, but overall their products are stylish and innovative. We don’t use a bluetooth headset at the moment, but we did receive the Jawbone Jambox as a birthday gift this year, and we love it. When [...]

Thoughts from the 2011 Ancestral Health Symposium.

by F. E. Torkel on August 12, 2011

Over at Naturally Engineered, David Csonka gave a brief rundown of important take-aways from the 2011 Ancestral Health Symposium. We found several of these thoughts particularly interesting. Per Dr. S. Boyd Eaton, for example: During the paleolithic, male and female equality was greater than anytime since. This is the second time we’ve heard this. The [...]

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