I’m writing a new series over at Mother Nature Obeyed. Here’s the first post: An Ancestral Perspective on Vitamin D Status, Part 1: Problems With the Naked Ape Hypothesis of Optimal Serum 25(OH)D Here’s the summary from the Daily Lipid Video Blog: Enjoy!
Anthropology and Ethnography
The Scientific Approach of Weston Price, Part 2: Problems With Comparing Different “Racial Stocks,” With Inuit Adaptations in Vitamin D Metabolism as an Example
I’m continuing my series over at Mother Nature Obeyed laying out the most salient points from my talk about Weston Price on Sean Croxton’s Real Food Summit last September. The talk was free for a few days, but to listen to it now you have to purchase the whole summit for $99. If you do …
The Maasai, an Interlude: What Does All This Sociocultural and Historical Stuff Have to Do With Heart Disease?
New post over at Mother Nature Obeyed: The Maasai, an Interlude: What Does All This Sociocultural and Historical Stuff Have to Do With Heart Disease? Enjoy!
Wheat Belly — The Toll of Hubris on Human Health
Dr. William Davis, Milwaukee-based “preventive cardiologist” and Medical Director of the Track Your Plaque program, argues in his new book, Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health, that “somewhere along the way during wheat’s history, perhaps five thousand years ago but more likely fifty years ago, wheat …
Denmark Came For Your Sugar and Trans Fats, Now They Are Coming For Your Saturated Fat. When They Come for You, Will There Be Any Macronutrient Left to Object on Your Behalf?
O Solid Fat, turn not thy face from thy Lord, for my budget is in trouble. In “Fructose, Public Policy, and the Low-Fat Reeducation Camp,” I made the following prediction: If they come for our fructose, they will come for our fat next. It seems that Denmark has provided some evidence for this postulate by …
The Masai Part II: A Glimpse of the Masai Diet at the Turn of the 20th Century — A Land of Milk and Honey, Bananas From Afar
The next post in my Masai series is up over at Mother Nature Obeyed:
Installement 2 of “The Masai Part I: A Glimpse of Gender, Sexuality, and Spirituality in the Loita Masai” is now up!
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.
“The Masai: Introduction” and “A Glimpse of Gender, Sexuality, and Spirituality in the Loita Masai” Are Both Now Up and Working
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 …
The Drunken Prayers of a Masai Laibon
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 …
Understanding Weston Price on Primitive Wisdom — Ancient Doesn’t Cut It
New post over at Mother Nature Obeyed: Understanding Weston Price on Primitive Wisdom — Ancient Doesn’t Cut It Enjoy!