The embrace (some might say exaltation) of butter is, in some respects, what sets the Primal eating plan apart from strict paleo. It is essentially pure animal fat with only minor traces of dairy proteins and sugars remaining, and for that reason I consider it a worthwhile staple. But, to answer the question posed in the title, not all butter is created equal. Most of us are in agreement that the nutritional content of the animal’s flesh depends on the content of its diet, and the same goes for butter.
We’ve covered similar ground with other foods – olive oil, cheese, chocolate, to name a few – but butter’s special. A quick glance around the forum and other online paleo/Primal/real food communities reveals that people are mad for butter. Perhaps it’s because we’re subject to a steady barrage of anti-butter propaganda from day one on this earth; perhaps it’s due to […]

Original post by Mark Sisson

People who have trained in the gym for years often look at something like the simple push up as a beginner's exercise. I mean, why would they want to perform push ups when they can get a "real" chest workout with heavy sets of bench presses. This is a big mistake, and one that I have been guilty of. It is easy to look at the simple push up as working the exact same muscles as the bench press, but with less resistance. I would like to talk about why you should include the push up in your routine, even if you are someone who trains with free weights.

[Here are a few guys “benching” on the edge of the River Thames in London using decent form. Yes…a bad joke, but better than the typical bench press article picture…a bulky guy in a lifting suit bench pressing a ton with his […]

Original post by admin

Does you metabolism slow down when you diet…
Well…yes.
But it’s not what you think.
You see part of the myth of metabolism and obesity is that obese people have slow metabolisms.
The truth is, obese people generally have higher metabolic rates then lean people.
(Someone once asked me how many people in America had a high metabolism, my answer was ‘probably half of them’)
So the ‘lowering’ of metabolism is just your metabolism returning to where it should be.
And again we are talking about 100 Calories give or take.
Roughly the amount of calories in a Coffee with cream and sugar.
AND we are talking MASSIVE reductions in weight and EXTREMELY low calorie diets.
AND most importantly, it’s not any lower then the metabolic rate of people who were always lean (didn’t lose a ton of weight)
Here’s the video:

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Original post by Brad Pilon