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| From Mark's Daily Apple |
Mark writes a lot about a really popular movement in full swing right now, referred to alternately as primal or paleo. Here are the basics of the belief system. A couple of personal caveats: 1) People like me with a Bible-based, Christian world view will have to shrug off the references to "millions of years-ago," just like I do every time I watch an otherwise very educational PBS nature documentary, and 2) I'm not altogether on board with the rather cavalier attitude toward supplementation. I just don't think most people have access to healthy enough produce (i.e. grown organically in nutrient dense soil and super fresh) to make outside supplementation an option.
Anyway, back to Mark's post: Like me, Mark Sisson embraces a diet similar to what our great grandparents ate, namely, local, unadulterated, unprocessed foods, prepared simply and, in many cases, heavy on fermented foods---cultured dairy, soaked grains (think sourdough instead of yeast), pickled foods, etc. We are both fans of Sally Fallon, president of the Weston Price Foundation and Jordan Rubin, best-selling author of The Maker's Diet. Mark also shares my excitement about the current trend (not that I think it should be just a trend, but in the world of fitness very few techniques remain in the limelight for long) of hi-intensity, short duration, less frequent workouts (see my post on this topic).
A few days ago Mark blogged about the association between inflammation and just about every plague and illness known to man--this day, however, he focused on heart disease. Check out his post here. Included in Day 3 of my fasting journal series, I also gave some very good links to check out this association. (Review here- scroll down to near the end of the post.)
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