If you’re a fitness and nutrition nerd, you’re long past the grade school days of willingly eating glue, paste, and other pseudo-edible adhesives, but there’s a decent chance you’re still eating an entirely different kind of glue unknowingly. Maybe even on a regular basis. I’m talking about meat glue, also known as transglutaminase, which restaurants and food producers use to create “steaks” out of “glued-together” stew meat, add body to dairy products, make imitation crab, improve processed meat mouth feel, to name a few. A video exposing the “secret” of meat glue has been making the rounds of the various health circles, and more than a few readers have asked me about it. Here’s the video in question, taken from a recent Australian expose:

With that out of the way, what exactly is transglutaminase, and should you be worried about it?
Transglutaminase is an enzyme, produced either by bacterial cultivation (via fermentation […]

Original post by Mark Sisson

Had a good conversation today with my buddy John Barban.
Instead of Nutrition, we talked Economics (One of John’s Interests).
Whenever I get the chance to talk economics with anyone who is knowledgeable I’m always blown away – mostly because it’s an area where I have next to no education.
Of course, eventually we turned it back to nutrition, covering the major economic philosophies, using nutrition and weight loss as analogies (I learn best through analogies)
Now, I’ll get John to post on the some of the concepts we discussed, but for now I want to turn back to one of my favorites
Body fat as debt.
Now, I’ve talked about this before (here and here) mostly because it’s a concept I really find fascinating.
Being overweight is exactly like being in debt.
You ate to much, and eventually you have to ‘pay it back’, otherwise…it’ll drown you.
With money debt, you either have to start earning more or […]

Original post by Brad Pilon

Everyone ready for the holiday weekend yet? It’s a good time, I think, to cover a relaxing, if not inspiring, topic I’ve been meaning to get to. In all seriousness, I get a couple emails every week from folks who are wondering about their waxing or waning sexual drive and how it relates to their lifestyle. Some are folks celebrating the return of their mojo after losing weight and and gaining energy on the Primal Blueprint. Others are from readers concerned about their partners’ unhealthy habits and what they see as the coital repercussions. Still more are from folks transitioning to Primal living and going through a period of energy “adjustment” as they find the right balance in their workout regimens, calorie intakes, and overall lifestyle picture. In all, the questions revolve around a central point: what lifestyle measures support optimum sexual drive?

Truth be told, modern life isn’t friendly to […]

Original post by Mark Sisson

Hey guys, this is a guest post on fasting for weight loss by my friends over at TheFatLossAuthority. Enjoy!
Fasting for Weight Loss – Fat Loss Success or Foolish Trend?
If you’ve been trying to lose weight within the last few years chances are that you’ve heard a few people talk about fasting as a way to lose weight. Although some scoff at the idea that fasting can help you lose weight, many have experienced significant and ongoing weight loss.
Fasting intermittently is the best method of fasting for weight loss, but there is much more to fasting than simply not eating for a set period of time. Keep reading to find out how fasting for weight loss could benefit you!
<H2>What Is Fasting?</H2>
Simply put, fasting is when you go without food (or drink) for a set period of time.
When it comes to <a href=”http://www.thefatlossauthority.com/fat_loss_tips/fasting-for-fat-loss-a-simple-diet-is-a-more-effective-one”>fasting for weight loss</a>, dieters have to decide which method […]

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Today’s question addresses a contentious topic in the health arena: fluoride. It’s in (most of) the tap water we use, (most of) the toothpastes with which we brush, and even (all of) the teas we drink. It represents a bloody stage upon which skeptics and the natural health folks battle it out. Many in the Primal community would like to avoid it (as they would any government-endorsed hydroadditive) if possible; if it’s not possible, they at least want to know just how bad the stuff really is and whether its intake can be mitigated. Should we use fluoride-free toothpaste? Should we install household filters? Argh. So many questions and so few definitive answers… and here’s yet another. Ah, life!
Dear Mark,
What’s your take on fluoride? To drink fluoridated water, or to filter it? To use fluoride-free, natural toothpaste, or is it one of the benefits of living in a modern world?
I can’t seem […]

Original post by Mark Sisson

During commercial breaks, complete three cycles of:
15 Single Leg Hip Thrust, Each Leg
15 Overhead Presses
15 Bulgarian Split Squats, Each Leg
15 Bodyweight Rows

How-to:
Warmup: 30 second Grok Squat, lateral, forward, and backward leg swings (10 each leg).
Longtime readers and those who are familiar with my views on fitness will know that most workouts can be completed in fifteen minutes or less. If you push hard enough and involve enough body parts, you can get a great comprehensive workout in just fifteen minutes, which, coincidentally, is roughly the amount of time devoted to advertisements during the average hour long TV show.
“Huh? Television? Why, I’d have you know that I spend all my free time reading blogs, meditating, cooking, or immersing myself in nature. I’m not sure I even have a TV anymore!”
Yeah, right. You may not be staying up late watching crappy infomercials, but you’ve got a television and you know how […]

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Link to article:

Truth About Metabolic Resistance Training Workouts – Early To Rise