Oct 8, 2013 | Uncategorized |
By Rob Archangel It’s that time of year, and we’re participating once again in one of Primal Toad’s bundle sales. This time around, we have on offer ?Diet Recovery 2?and The Vegan Solution. The whole bundle includes dozens of other books, including some gems like?Exuberant Animal?by Frank Forencich (making a repeat appearance in Todd’s bundle), and his newer book Change...
Oct 7, 2013 | Uncategorized |
By Matt Stone Leaky Gut Syndrome is a silent cause of a wide range of maladies. But when the symptoms are so diverse and varying, overlapping with so many other conditions, it’s hard to know if you really have a leaky gut or not. After years of reading articles all over the internet, participating?in various forums, consulting with many alternative health practitioners, and engulfing a...
Oct 5, 2013 | Uncategorized |
By Rob Archangel A heads up for everyone out there. Diet Recovery: Restoring Hormonal Health, Metabolism, Mood and Your Relationship with Food has been given a facelift to reflect the current research and understanding of Matt and 180 Degree Health. It’s not Diet Recovery 3 or anything, but there are no more head-scratching moments where you’re advised to avoid fructose like it was...
Oct 2, 2013 | Uncategorized |
By Rob Archangel In an effort both self-motivated, and in the interests of research, I have gone over to the dark side, readers. I am now tracking my calorie intake in an experiment to personally test the ‘calories in, calories out’ (CICO) paradigm, and better understand why so many bright and respected minds find success in conscious calorie manipulation if done...
Sep 30, 2013 | Uncategorized |
By Matt Stone Here we go again. Another one of those boring posts about outdoor recreation and health. If I’ve learned anything from blogging over the years, it’s that most people don’t give a flying rat’s ass about any connections between outdoor recreation and health. I mean, when I posted 10 Health Reasons to Spend Time Outdoors last summer, I sniffed my armpits trying...
Sep 28, 2013 | Uncategorized |
By?Vladimir Heiskanen This paper discusses the Western human circadian rhythm and its relation to health. 1. The circadian rhythm of a modern man “In 1910, the average American slept nine hours a night, disturbed only by the occasional Model T backfiring. We now average 7.5 and declining.” – Robert Sapolsky (Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers) The typical Western person’s...
Sep 24, 2013 | Uncategorized |
By Matt Stone Girl: I need to lose?40 pounds?in the next 3 months. Anybody have any ideas? Random Internet?Guy: Exercise fasted. You’ll thank me later. I’saw a conversation on Facebook recently that went almost exactly like’that. At the post office, I overheard a postal worker telling a guy that eating more fruits and vegetables and exercising every day was a surefire ticket...
Sep 21, 2013 | Uncategorized |
By Julia Gumm While fall doesn’t officially begin here in the northern hemisphere until tomorrow, it’s influence has been laying claim to the landscape for some weeks now. The emerald green of summer has yellowed like old newspaper, the evening air is laced with frost, and the hickory nuts are being squirreled away as fast as they can fall. Night is winning it’s tug of war with...
Sep 18, 2013 | Uncategorized |
By Bella Dodds This post is a follow up from last month’s Mental “Health Food” that raised the question: Why don’t we apply the same standards and value for filtering out unhealthy thoughts, as we do for filtering out unhealthy foods? I find many people logically understand that if they eat something unhealthy they get that it will make them feel awful, and therefore...
Sep 16, 2013 | Uncategorized |
By Matt Stone It’s that time of year again, and I’m up to my usual antics. I’ve got two big, 10-day backpacking trips coming up ? one in the Maroon-Snowmass Wilderness Area in Colorado, and one in Coyote Gulch in Southern Utah. These trips are the longest I’ve been on in a while. I’m with my girlfriend and her 8-year old daughter as well. Those two factors equate to...
Sep 11, 2013 | Uncategorized |
By Rob Archangel Recently, a trusted friend brought to my attention a dangerous substance many of us are exposed to on a daily basis. Obviously there are plenty of potential dangers out there, and generally I don’t think it’s a great idea to stress overly much about them. ?The best we can do is to live a generally low-stress life, eat well and heartily, engage in some fun physical...
Sep 9, 2013 | Uncategorized |
By Matt Stone Sort of a running joke at this site is the fun-filled side effect of “refeeding” for an increase in metabolic rate – a common health enhancement strategy advocated in many cases by yours truly.That side effect, as the title has already revealed, is breast enlargement. The stories of women increasing their bust size’substantially?have been numerous enough...
Sep 7, 2013 | Uncategorized |
By Julia Gumm? It’s hard to know just what to do When seeking perfect health. Should you buy Mercola’s tanning bed? Do you have that kind of wealth? Should you guzzle fresh pressed green juice? Till you pass a kidney stone? Must you detox your filthy liver? Swear off cakes and pies and scones? Maybe the key is Atkins (If you’ve enough thyroid to spare.) Or actually, how ?bout...
Sep 4, 2013 | Uncategorized |
By Matt Stone Never EVER exercise to lose weight. Seriously. Exercise is too good for you and too potent as a weight loss tool to do it for weight loss. Plus, if you exercise to lose weight, you’ll probably get really chubby. Confused? Ready to yell at me and start dropping links to a bunch of studies that show exercise helps for weight loss? Send me some pics of Olympic athletes...
Aug 28, 2013 | Uncategorized |
By Hannah Ransom We all know about western medicine, right? Of course there are a multitude of things that it absolutely excels at. Honestly, I am glad that I have it at my disposal. For example, If I have a life threatening emergency. I like being alive, so I am glad that I can prolong my life if I get into an accident or something. Overall, though, if we want great health it doesn’t...
Aug 26, 2013 | Uncategorized |
By Dr. Garrett Smith? mouth-breather n. a stupid person; a moron, dolt, imbecile. What is the primary purpose and design of our nose?? The easy answer is breathing, right? If you said smelling, consider going ten minutes without breathing and ten minutes without smelling. Are we clear now? The human nose exists to breathe, the mouth has many other functions?but in regards to breathing, the mouth...
Aug 24, 2013 | Uncategorized |
By Julia Gumm There’s a scene from the 1997 film ?Contact? that pops into my head every so often. Following her dramatic discovery of a communication sent to Earth from the Vegan (that’s VAY-gan, not VEE-gan) star system, Jodie Foster’s character is strapped into a spacecraft set sail for Vega’s glittering shores. The craft’s design is based entirely on blueprints...
Aug 19, 2013 | Uncategorized |
I’ve mentioned the connection between metabolic rate and heart disease many times in my books and elsewhere. Now, an intelligent Finnish researcher, Vladimir Heiskanen (also known as Valtsu),?has written a short Bible on the topic that I am very proud to have featured at 180DegreeHealth. Let there be no doubt that metabolic rate is a primary factor in heart disease causation and prevention...
Aug 17, 2013 | Uncategorized |
By Bella Dodds Do you find yourself hyper-focused on what foods you choose to eat, as well as making sure you get the best quality? Have you ever driven 30 extra minutes to buy your meat at an organic market, or gone out of your way to buy fresh veggies, eggs, and milk from your local farmer? Do you feel guilty if you haven’t been exercising as often as you would like? If you are nodding...
Aug 14, 2013 | Uncategorized |
By Matt Stone There is a lot of hype surrounding various “healthy diets.” I too had a religious faith that a nutritious and wholesome diet would deliver unspeakable vitality. The science seemed to be there, testimonials left and right, and it “just made so much sense.” But, when I tried various versions of what seemed like the optimal diet at the time, it didn’t...
