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Baby It’s Cold….Er…Absolutely Freezing Outside!

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The theme of this week is definitely warmth! We are having our coldest day so far, and it is so cold that my sensitive teeth hurt when I smile! Mazen and I had hot chocolate by the fire. Marshmallows and all! I make it in my Nespresso milk frother , which turns out perfectly warm and mixed hot chocolate in about 30 seconds. (You can use the non-froth spinner to mix without froth.) Almond butter, banana, and honey toast FTW! I live in the sauna this time of year. I call it my warm-up before my warm-up! It just feels so darn good to walk into 90 degrees when you are chilled to the bone. Try it! Sarah and I went to Rocksalt for my birthday lunch today! Yes, my birthday is in October, but we have a tradition of giving each other lunches for our birthdays and then scheduling them two months later. So HBday to me! We each had fresh fish and a simple salad on the side. Love me some cornmeal catfish! Something else hot – the inside of our Big Green Egg ! Thomas tried out a pizza last

No, Drinking More Water is NOT Going To Improve Your Health

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Ah…the beginning of an article. How to make it click-baity enough to get some eyeballs, yet actually offer value to the reader? Due to old-age or just lack of inspiration I’ve got nothing in this regard, so I’ll get to the story at hand: A few weeks ago I had a sit-down with the dietetics staff at a medium sized, rural hospital. Super nice folks, very sincere. They deal with a population that is enormously overweight and which suffers from type 2 diabetes and all the related problems. This was a VERY interesting meeting as the folks who OWN the hospital are fully on-board with the Ancestral Health template and are huge advocates of things like the paleo and keto diets. The owners know this stuff works, they wanted to have a sit-down with their dietitians to try to get them on-board with the notion that eating strategies like paleo or keto “might” be helpful for their very sick (and expensive to treat) population. Everyone went around the table giving a bit of a bio and when it came t

Will Saturated Fat Kill Your Cells?

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No matter what kind of evidence comes out to the contrary, the anti- saturated fat sect won’t relinquish its dogma. Whenever its advance is rebuffed—perhaps by an observational study showing the lack of relations between saturated fat intake and heart disease, or a study showing the beneficial effects of saturated fat on multiple health markers—they regroup and try another route. The latest is a study that several readers sent to me, worried that the attack had finally made it through the defenses. In it, researchers purport to show that saturated fat increases the solidity and rigidity of cellular membranes, reducing membrane fluidity and eventually leading to cell death. Is it true? Have we finally lost? What was this study all about? First, there’s this. They weren’t dealing with live humans or even whole animals fed butter or coconut oil. They extracted living cells and bathed them in solutions of different fatty acid concentrations to see how it would affect the lipid concent

Hot In Heere

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If you’ve caught wind on Instagram, we recently put in a gas fireplace! OMG I LOVE IT! I am cold pretty much from December to March, and I love that I now have a place where I can go heat up quickly. (I have been known to put my hairdryer in my shirt in the past!) My first apartment had a gas fireplace and it heated all 700 square feet up to 90 degrees in the winter. Our new insert isn’t heating the living room that much, but it has definitely made a big difference. It’s also so nice to look at! We got it through Wooden Sun here in Cville, and we had a great experience. I was nervous to see how they would bring gas to the middle of the room, but they did some fancy move inside the guest room closet to get it there. We spent the past week decorating for Christmas, ending with our tree over the weekend. Recall last January when I went on a crazy decluttering spree after the holiday season ended. I don’t do well with the extra decor! (I think Sherry and I are on the same page !

Holiday Gift Guide for Fitness & Athleisure Lovers

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I’ve patterned with  Nike  to bring you this holiday gift guide. As always, thank you for supporting CNC!  As you guys know, I’m a huge fan of online shopping, especially when it comes to the holidays. Dealing with the craziness of shopping in-store is just not my cup of tea, so I put together a little gift guide for fitness and athleisure lovers – a subject that I know quite well – that you can use to shop right from the coziness of your living room. Most of these items are intended for health and fitness-enthusiasts, but a number of them would be enjoyed by just about anyone who loves a casual, but fashionable style. I hope this round-up makes your holiday shopping a piece of cake! 1. Nike  Metcon 3 Women’s Training Shoe – These babies are a new favorite for sure! I’ve loved Nanos for as long as I can remember, but, recently, the Nike Metcons have become super popular at my CrossFit gym, so I was curious to see what they’re all about. They’re quite similar to the Reebok Grace,