The Primal Kitchen Podcast

Discover how international cuisine can offer unique nutritional benefits. (This Mark's Daily Apple article was written by Mark Sisson, and is narrated by Tina Leaman)

Elle Russ chats with Dr. Brett Hill about his new book Nourish Without Nagging which helps parents to get their children to love eating healthy.  Brett is the co-host of two of Australia’s top rated health podcasts, public speaker, Paleo advocate, chiropractor, barefoot runner and author of numerous book and ebooks. His coaching and consulting have inspired thousands of people over the last decade to live a long, happy, healthy life full of energy and vitality.  In his early 20s, Dr. Hill realised that it was time to make a change. He had been the kind of child who was always sick – not terribly sick, but not terribly well either. For as long as he could remember he had suffered from coughs and colds at least half a dozen times a year, he didn’t sleep well, was low in energy and not particularly fit. He realised that he had been doing the same things over and over again (including regular doses of antibiotics) and kept getting the same results. He decided to do something different and followed the paleo/primal path to wellness.

People used to think that bone, body fat, and other “structural” tissues are inert rather than metabolically active. The truth is that bone is incredibly plastic, responding to activity and nutrition, and that body fat is an endocrine organ in its own right, secreting hormones and shaping the way our metabolism works. What about cartilage? Can we do anything to improve its strength and function? (This Mark's Daily Apple article was written by Mark Sisson, and is narrated by Tina Leaman)

I’ve written about what to eat. I’ve written about what not to eat. I’ve even discussed the benefits of occasionally eating things you “shouldn’t eat.” I’ve written about skipping breakfast, eating a big lunch, and skipping entire days of meals altogether. I’ve discussed sleeping low (carb) and punctuating a low-carb diet with occasional high-carb refeeds. But I haven’t written very much about when to eat. I won’t tell you when to eat. There are many paths. You must find the one that takes you to your goal. But there are some physiological “truths” that impact how we process food depending on what’s happening in our lives which seem to apply to all humans. I’ll discuss several ways to think about meal timing, and then you can decide which concepts make sense for you and your life. (This Mark's Daily Apple article was written by Mark Sisson, and is narrated by Tina Leaman)

Host Brad Kearns connects across the globe with the dynamic duo of Matt Whitmore and Keris Marsden, co-authors of Paleo Primer: A Second Helping—the long-awaited sequel to their bestselling Paleo Primer: A Jump-Start Guide to Losing Body Fat and Living Primally. Matt and Keris cover an incredible range of topics, revealing of their broad expertise and personal passions for fitness, holistic health and nutrition, and cooking. Listen and enjoy topics like: Ketogenic eating and athletic training; how hot weather exercise can hamper gut health, and how you can rebuild gut health; doing health assessments with clients; how your skin reveals much about your health and immune function; how overstress can present as heart palpitations and racing mind in the nighttime; how fungal infections and low testosterone are related in males; and a four-week elimination diet with an addback favorite foods strategy. Yes, this dynamic duo can hold on just about anything, so enjoy this lively and informative show.

Many of the most common prescription drugs affect the way we absorb, metabolize, utilize, and excrete vitamins, minerals, and other important health co-factors. People taking them deserve nutritional counseling. This is my quick and dirty attempt to encourage that. (This Mark's Daily Apple article was written by Mark Sisson, and is narrated by Tina Leaman)

Several years ago, I gave my take on the “personalized care” movement: the broad push to use a person’s genetic data to design optimal therapies, treatments, interventions, and pharmaceuticals. I was supportive and hesitantly optimistic, but I also acknowledged the limitations and drawbacks. Yes, genetics do determine how we respond to different therapies, and we can optimize medical care using the information—if we understand what our genes are saying and how they interact with the environment. (This Mark's Daily Apple article was written by Mark Sisson, and is narrated by Tina Leaman)

The placebo effect isn’t just a necessary artifact of randomized controlled trials. It describes a very real effect that people can probably use to improve their lives. (This Mark's Daily Apple article was written by Mark Sisson, and is narrated by Tina Leaman)

Elle Russ chats with Jimmy Moore about the various forms and benefits of fasting. Jimmy Moore catapulted onto the health scene in 2004 after a phenomenal 180-pound weight loss enabled him to come off of prescription drugs for high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and respiratory problems. He is the energetic personality behind the über-popular blog Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb and the host of the longest-running and one of the top-ranked iTunes health podcasts, The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show. Jimmy also hosts two other active podcasts Keto Talk With Jimmy Moore & The Doc and Low-Carb Conversations along with the retired podcast Ask The Low-Carb Experts. He has interviewed over 1100 of the world’s top health experts and has dedicated his life to helping people get the best information possible about living healthy so they can make the right decisions for their health. Jimmy is the international bestselling author of The Ketogenic Cookbook, Keto Clarity, and Cholesterol Clarity along with the October 2016 release The Complete Guide To Fasting.

In yesterday’s post, “My 7 Favorite Practices for Engineering the Good Life,” I included a curveball of sorts—right at the end. Chase down fear. While all seven have been game changers, that one claims the pinnacle. The fact is, it’s the hardest one to embrace time and again, but it’s never ceased to move my life forward in very clear, tangible ways. Still, every time I have to talk myself through the same process.… How can I possibly take on something this substantial? What am I thinking? That one’s just too big, too complicated, too ambitious. This time, surely, you’ve overstretched, Sisson. (This Mark's Daily Apple article was written by Mark Sisson, and is narrated by Tina Leaman)