by Sarah Jane Vickery | Nov 20, 2018 | Cartoon Club, Primal Diet
I had never heard of allulose before but I was listening to my friend Peter Attia being interviewed on Jocko Willink’s podcast and the topic came up. It’s a pretty interesting. Apparently allulose is a rare naturally occurring sugar substitute. Peter explains that the...
by Sarah Jane Vickery | Nov 20, 2018 | Primal Diet
I’m guilty of this! It’s so easy for me to overdo those ‘healthy paleo’ foods like chocolate, coconut, and brazil nuts. The trouble with them is that they are very high in phytates. Too much phytate consumption from whole grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds can...
by Sarah Jane Vickery | Nov 15, 2018 | Primal Diet
I was listening to Mark Sisson’s Primal Blueprint Connection and they discuss how amateur gym-goers like me need to be careful not to fall into the trap of doing too much chronic cardio and mistakingly thinking that it is a healthy activity. He explains that...
by Sarah Jane Vickery | Oct 30, 2018 | Primal Diet
Saponins are anti-nutrients found in legumes. They are so called I’ve learned because they foam up like soap when shaken in water. Saponins are a chemical defense for plants against microbes and fungi. According to Robb Wolf, author of The Paleo Solution, notes...
by Sarah Jane Vickery | Oct 4, 2018 | Primal Diet
I was veggie for a very long time and I know that it is nearly impossible to get B12 on a veggie or vegan diet without supplementation so I thought this could be useful information to pass along. I had my levels of B12 tested but apparently not correctly. I was...
by Sarah Jane Vickery | Sep 18, 2018 | Get Creative, Primal Diet
I have always subscribed to the paradigm that eating lots of plant fibre is healthy. I certainly thought that this was a good idea for everyone across the board. And the more the better. But I’m beginning to question that assumption after listening to Dr. Michael...
