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Carbohydrate Addiction: How Birdseeds and refined sugars may alter Brain Chemistry
Carbohydrate Addiction: How Birdseeds and refined sugars may alter Brain Chemistry In the previous article I eluded to the fact that high-carb diets can disrupt our brain chemistry. This will be the subject of this article. In the practical guide … Continue reading →
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Tagged acetylcholine, addiction, addictive, anxiety, avena, binge, brain chemistry, carb addiction, carbohydrate, carbohydrate addiction, challenge, control, cost, cost benefit, cross-sensitization, dopamine, eating style, edward spruit, endogenous reward system, energy, fat, food addiction, glucose, health, high carb food, high-carb, hoebel, hypofrontality, metabolism, norden, norepinephrine, numbing taste, Nutrition, opioid, paleo, primal, proteins, reward, reward system, serotonin, stable energy levels, sugar addiction, taste bud, withdrawal
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Getting my Needs met in a Quality manner & Suggestions for Practice
Principle: Getting my needs met Human beings have a variety of needs, the most basic of which concern those that directly concern our survival. Oxygen (air), sleep and water are the most important and immediate, whereas light, food (energy and nutrition) … Continue reading →
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Tagged abraham maslow, abuse, addiction, agriculture, air, anxiety, avocado, belly, bench press, bicep curl, birdseed, breath, breathing, broccoli, capacity for challenge, challenge, changing behavior, chin-up, coconut, comfort zone, complete protein, deadlift, deep sleep, doug mcguff, drink, eating habits, eating style, edward spruit, energy, fasting, fat, fat storage, fat stores, fat storing, fish, fly, food, fruit juice, fruits, getting needs met, glucagon, glucogen, glucose, glycogen, gnolls, goals, grain, gym, health, hierarchy of needs, hormones, identity, identity is dynamic, insulin, inverse row, joint, kelly starret, leafy greens, lean muscle mass, light, losing weight, lung capacity, lungs, mark sisson, maslow, meeting needs, metabolism, mobility, mood altering, muscle, nap, need, nerd fitness, Nutrition, nuts, olive, organic, oxygen, paleo, paleolithic, power nap, press, primal, proteins, psychology, pull-up, quality of sleep, research, responsibility, reverse row, rob wolff, robert lustig, self-change, self-schema, shelter, sleep wake cycle, social science, squat, stable energy levels, strength, stress, sun, sunlight, training, vegetable juice, vegetables, water, werner erhard, wheat, work-out, yam
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Obedience, Social Hierarchy & Blaming the Externals
Obedience to the system There is another payoff for having my self-schema filled out by external suggestion (other people): It alleviates me of personal responsibility. If I just live my Life according to the ‘basic/generic ways to live Life according … Continue reading →
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Tagged building muscle, complete protein, crowd, delegate responsibility, delegating, diffusing responsibility, disruption, edward spruit, expertise, fasting, fat, fibre, flexibility, food, fruit, gi tract, glucose, glycogen, going against the grain, grain, group think, health, herd mentality, high carb food, high-carb, high-carb diet, identity, identity is dynamic, intestinal damage, intestines, investigating, metabolism, muscle, muscle development, muscle gain, Nutrition, nuts, paleo, primal, proteins, psychology, research, responsibility, self-change, self-schema, social science, social systen, society, sociology, stable energy levels, system, trial and error, vegetable
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The Native Human Eating Style: a Practical Guide to Paleo
The Native Human Eating Style: A Practical Guide to Paleo In the previous articles on Protein, Fat and Carbohydrates, I established the following main points: Eating food is for gaining energy, as well as providing the body with the essential … Continue reading →
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Tagged asparagus, avocado, berries, birdseed, blood glucose, cabbage, carrots, cheese, chicken, chocolate, coconut, disruptive hormone functioning, disruptive metabolism, eating style, eggs, emotional state, energy, fasting, fat, fat burning, fatty fish, feedlot, food, free fatty acids, free-range, fruits, gaining muscle, glucagon, glucose, glycogen, grassbutter, health, high carb food, high-carb diet, insulin, lettuce, liver, losing weight, mackerel, metabolism, muscle, neurotransmitter, numbing taste, Nutrition, nuts, omega-3, omega-6, organic meat, paleo, primal, proteins, rapeseed, replenishing glycogen, ruminants, sensitivity, solid baseline energy levels, stable energy levels, starch, steady blood glucose, sugar water, taste buds, vegetables
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Sugar: a Teaspoon, not a Bucket
Sugar: One teaspoon, not a bucket In this article I will share what place carbohydrates have in the native human diet, based upon how our bodies digest and process them. The title of this article starts with sugar and that’s … Continue reading →
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Tagged beta oxidation, birdseed, blood glucose, citric acid cycle, de novo lipogenesis, disruptive hormone functioning, disruptive metabolism, eating style, energy, fasting, fat, fat burning, food, free fatty acids, gaining muscle, glucagon, glucolysis, glucose, glycogen, glycolysis, health, high carb food, high-carb diet, hyperactivity, insulin, krebs cycle, liver, losing weight, metabolism, muscle, Nutrition, paleo, primal, proteins, proteolysis, replenishing glycogen, slowed down metabolism, solid baseline energy levels, stable energy levels, steady blood glucose, sugar
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Fat: The Central Macronutrient
In this article I will describe some basics of the bodies metabolization (how it gains energy) and will point out why fats are the cornerstone of a healthy, efficient diet (why fats are the central macronutrient). Gaining energy from food … Continue reading →
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Tagged beta oxidation, blood glucose, citric acid cycle, de novo lipogenesis, eating style, energy, fasting, fat, fat burning, food, free fatty acids, gaining muscle, glucagon, glucose, glycogen, glycolysis, health, hyperactivity, insulin, krebs cycle, liver, losing weight, metabolism, muscle, Nutrition, paleo, primal, proteins, proteolysis, slowed down metabolism, stable energy levels
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The Value of Complete Protein in Muscle Development
In this article I’ll share a harsh lesson I learned in my practices of strength training and muscle gain. Backstory Back in 2009, I joined a gym in order to build some muscle. I did so without looking into nutrition … Continue reading →
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Tagged complete protein, eating style, fitness, food, gym work-out, health, injury, muscle gain, Nutrition, paleo, primal, progress, protein, proteolysis, strength training
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