48 – Freeing the animal with guest Richard Nikoley

18 September 2010Podcast admin 2 Comments

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In this show we interview Richard Nikoley, whose blog promotes “expressing our primal genes for lean health, vitality, and attractiveness.” Understanding our nature as “rational animals” entails living as individuals who can make the wisest choices for ourselves, based on evolutionary fitness insights. Low-carb higher fat and adequate protein eating is a great start, and a paleo regimen just takes this to its logical conclusion. High intensity, brief workouts are great (chronic cardio, not). Being overweight is indicative of a broken metabolism, not bad genes. Intermittent fasting has positive health benefits. Probiotics (good bacteria) can be acquired in all sorts of natural ways, which don’t involve yogurt (ditch the anti-bacterial soap!). You have bare hands, so give bare feet a try.

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Items mentioned in this episode:

Richard’s site
http://freetheanimal.com

Evolutionary fitness proponent Art Devany
http://www.arthurdevany.com/

for the adventurous paleos…Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1580080510/?tag=paleodietcom-20

next best thing to going barefoot…
http://freetheanimal.com/2010/06/out-with-the-vibram-five-fingers-and-in-with-the-soft-star-runamoc.html

bumper music “All In My Head” (Remix) – http://www.kosheen.com

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2 thoughts on “48 – Freeing the animal with guest Richard Nikoley”

Wes

11 October 2010
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Hi Ben. Well, a carb is a carb, of course, so whether it’s a yam or a regular potato, it’s still going to require more insulin than would fat or protein. A low-carb diet allows for a certain amount of carbs, btw, so there’s no reason to ban sweet potatoes (although they are more carb dense and thus have a higher glycemic load).

Paleo just allows for carbs that were consumed by paleolithic humans, and this includes sweet potatoes (and yams), instead of modern (and neolithic) potato varieties. Paleo trainers often recommend yams and sweet potatoes to athletes for getting extra carbs.
ben

10 October 2010
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Hi,

In the show Sweet Potatoes was talked about as an example of a starchy food, but one that has fiber. I know on a low/no-carb diet, you can’t eat sweet potatoes, but what about on the paleo diet?

(Sorry, I’m not terribly familiar with the differences between paleo and low/no-carb)

Thanks!
Ben

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