HOW MAN EVOLVED (OR WAS CREATED)
40,000 years ago, mankind was a hunter gatherer. Scientists agree that man has not evolved on a cellular level in any significant way since then. So, it follows that what mankind was eating at the time is its natural diet. (See my post Secrets of the Paleolithic Diet.)
What was mankind […]

To make matters worse, mankind’s diet has gotten radically worse in the last 50 years or so. Our food has become steadily more processed, removing more and more nutrients, and raising the glycemic index. The main culprits are sugar and white flour. This is one of the biggest reasons for the world’s current obesity epidemic, […]

What happened? Man discovered that by cooking roots, beans and grain, enough of the toxins were destroyed that they were rendered edible (for more details, see my post Poisons in Our Food Supply). However, in their raw state, these foods had a long storage life. Moreover, they were dense in calories, facilitating easy transport. And […]

There are races of people alive today who are slimmer than us, have better teeth, almost never get diabetes, and have a fraction of our heart problems.
Who are these people? They are the last few remaining hunter gatherer tribes in the world (the central African pygmies, the Khoisan of southern Africa, and the Australian Aborigines, […]

DEFINITIONS
The term “food combining” is perhaps a little misleading. It could less confusingly called “food separation.” The basic idea is that different kinds of foods take different amounts of time to digest, so for example, if you eat fruit and meat at the same time, the fruit will start to ferment in your stomach during […]

SOCIAL ASPECTS OF SMOKING
The social situations that a person associates with smoking become linked with the rewards of smoking, and so become a secondary part of the addiction. Meeting people, drinking alcohol, working, stressful situations, celebrating, talking on the phone, can all become triggers for the craving for a cigarette.
So, how do you quit?
COLD TURKEY
Well, […]

PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF SMOKING
Nicotine is the drug in cigarettes that causes the physical addiction. It imitates the action of the natural neurotransmitter acetycholine, and stimulates “pleasure centers” in the brain. Over time, a person develops a tolerance to nicotine and a higher dosage is required to achieve the same effect.
As a person continues to […]

Here are some ingredients which have been shown to improve the appearance of the skin.
ALPHA-LIPOIC ACID
Alpha-lipoic acid is a very potent antioxidant that both prevents future skin damage and repairs past damage. It is referred to as a “universal antioxidant” because it is soluble in both water in oil, and can thus gain access to […]

DO ANY OF THEM WORK?
Do skin creams do any good at all, in terms of anti-aging? The answer to that is a caution yes, sometimes. First of all, skin creams are topical, that is to say, applied on the skin. The best way to effect permanent or semi-permanent changes is usually from the inside out.
However, […]