What happens when the Government Recommended Diet clashes with another Government dietary recommendation? Statism you say? The Center for Disease Control recently released a report headlining with the statistic, “90% of Americans eat more sodium than is recommended for a healthy diet” [Source]. From the summary at the CDC website, the report highlights the growing problem of sodium in the American diet, and explains how some of the most common and unexpected foods can have large amounts of sodium. Excessive levels of sodium in the diet have been shown to correlate with increased blood pressure and increased levels of risk for heart disease. What’s interesting in the report is something that Mike Stobbe, an AP Medical writer, highlights HERE, that grains are the number one source of salt in the American diet. The officials were surprised at the short list of foods that contributed to the massive amounts of sodium that we consume and probably the presence grain and carbohydrate-dominated foods had on the list. It gets even more interesting when you realize that because of this report, the USDA and related organizations are heightening their advisory of lowering daily sodium levels, but not advising lowering amounts of grain consumed. The United States Department [...]
Diet, Hydration, and Nutrition
The Primal Blueprint Book and Primal Economics
What happens when Austrian Economics and Primal Nutrition come together? Knowledge! Recently, Tom Woods of the Mises Institute of Austrian Economics interviewed Mark Sisson of the Primal Blueprint Book and website. I, being a fan of both Tom Woods and Mark Sisson seperately, before this interview, can completely understand why this would happen. When I first discovered Mark Sisson’s Primal book, it opened my eyes to an entirely different way of thinking about health, nutrition, exercise, stress, and sleep. It gave me a lifestyle I was confident enough with to get rid of unwanted weight, any type of sugar/bread habits/addiction, and bad habits in exercise, sleep, and stress-management. And not too long ago, the Mises Institute and Tom Woods, and many others from and experts of that institute, revolutionized the way I think about politics, economics, and history. This type of information has never been more important than it is today, which makes it exciting and enlightening. I’ve wanted the two groups to come together and now they have, Tom Woods interviews Mark Sisson on the Primal Book: Interview Key Points: The Primal Blueprint is not a diet, it’s a lifestyle, a way of taking control of your own health through [...]
