Category Archives: Living

Living

Want Not, Waste Not

Have you ever heard of Vaclav Smil? He is a thinker of thoughts, and I first ran into his ideas watching the fascinating documentary “Surviving Progress“, where he was one of many philosophizing about progress and talking about how people … Continue reading

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Dietician Debates Professor

I listened to a fifteen minute debate on South African television between a dietitian and a professor. Marthie Leach is a sports diet dietician in South Africa, and Professor Tim Noakes is a professor of sports science, he is the namesake … Continue reading

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Living With Rot

fer·men·ta·tion ˌfərmənˈtāSH(ə)n/ noun the chemical breakdown of a substance by bacteria, yeasts, or other microorganisms, typically involving effervescence and the giving off of heat. Fermentation has been used since before man could write. There is evidence that neolithic people were … Continue reading

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Laws of Physics

It is not possible to ‘lose’ weight. It’s a shame that the language is so easy to misunderstand. When you weigh less than you did last week, you must actually give off something that weighs something. Every day you take … Continue reading

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Live Show

Life feeds on life. There is no way to live by eating things that have never lived, it’s too bad for the eaten. In a perfect world even your own mortal flesh will be consumed by something, returning your borrowed … Continue reading

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Generally Regarded As Safe

There ought to be a law! Oops, there is a law, but the FDA chooses to not actually look at these things because good science costs money, and money doesn’t grow on trees. Continue reading

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June 3, Day 3

We are doing well. Even the newcomer to no-carb dining is doing well. Going from the Western Diet to a no-carb diet cannot be described as ‘One Small Change’. Changing from carbohydrate and fat and protein to fat and protein … Continue reading

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Vacation is Over

Join us on our latest 21 day adventure… Continue reading

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Walking the Walk

Don’t sweat the vacation diet, this too shall pass… Continue reading

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It’s Not A War, It’s a Migration

What is happening is not a ‘War on Big Food’, it is a migration back to real food. They cannot buy us back. Continue reading

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