In “Genes, LDL-Cholesterol Levels, and the Central Role of LDL Receptor Activity in Heart Disease,” as well as my most recent presentations at Wise Traditions and AHS, I described the overwhelming genetic evidence for the theory that LDL receptor activity centrally governs the risk of heart disease and the large amount of other evidence from …
Andrew over at Evolvify just linked to a new review of Sex at Dawn, a book that challenges our cultural standard of monogamy. The review has been submitted to the journal Evolutionary Psychology: The Human That Never Evolved Although Andrew’s post and the review itself inspired me to write this post, this post is not …
According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word dogma comes from the Greek dogmatos, literally meaning “that which one thinks is true.” This dictionary further states that it derives from dokein, meaning “to seem good” or “to think,” a root which also gave rise to the English word decent. Basil the Great, a fourth-century bishop …
This is the third and final installment of The Masai Part I: A Glimpse of Gender, Sexuality, and Spirituality in the Loita Masai over at Mother Nature Obeyed: The Masai Part I: A Glimpse of Gender, Sexuality, and Spirituality in the Loita Masai (installment 3) In this installment, we see a historical example where a …
It was a great honor and privilege to be invited to speak at the first annual Ancestral Health Symposium at UCLA this weekend, and it was a wonderful experience to meet so many new friends, re-meet so many old ones I am rarely able to see because of geographical distance, and finally meet in person …
Those of us living in the United States have enshrined in our founding documents the inalienable right to the pursuit of happiness, a concept that has older roots in European philosophers such as John Locke. These documents, of course, provide not the slightest bit of instruction about how to embark upon this pursuit, wisely leaving …
The Masai Part I: A Glimpse of Gender, Sexuality, and Spirituality in the Loita Masai (installment 2) This is the second installment of part I, covering divisions of labor, ownership rights, and authority by age and sex in Masai society.
Unfortunately my two most recent blog posts on the Masai blacked out over at Mother Nature Obeyed shortly after posting the second one. But they are now up and running! Theoretically, the site error is permanently fixed. Enjoy! The Masai: Introduction The Masai Part I: A Glimpse of Gender, Sexuality, and Spirituality in the Loita …
Unfortunately, many parts of the WAPF site including the blogs are down. The problem has been identified and is currently being fixed. As a result, my recent post on gender, sexuality, and spirituality in the Masai is lost in cyberspace until the site is fixed, at which point it will magically reappear and I’ll let you …
Stephan provides some interesting insights about the ability for overstimulating food to dull our senses and contribute to addiction, in which he expands the concept to stimulation from other sources such as drugs and video games, and notes the powerful effect that meditation can have in reversing these effects: Simple Food: Thoughts on Practicality I …