Paleo Diet

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Why You Should Be Honest With Your Health Coach

May 2, 2014

Let’s be honest. Most of us have something about our physical build we’d like to improve. Unfortunately, too low of a percentage of us actually do something about it, and only a fraction are successful. So what is the difference between success and failure in physical transformation? It starts with honesty. You must be honest with yourself, and you must be honest with your health coach. If you can’t be honest with yourself, what good is even the best of resources? You can have the best...

Health in Our Backyard: Pine Pollen Benefits

May 2, 2014

In a world full of plastics, synthetic materials, genetically modified foods, phytoestrogens, pesticides, pharmaceutical medications, tainted water supplies and other endocrine disruptors, we could all use a little lesson from nature about proper hormone balance and our health. Low testosterone affects both men and women. For men, the most significant contributing factors are nutritional intake and age. As men enter their 30s and 40s they are more prone to andropause — a decline in the...

Fitness Spotlight with Logan Gelbrich

April 18, 2014

Logan Gelbrich is a former professional baseball catcher who became a CrossFit coach, gym owner, and founder of the performance-focused supplement brand ORIGINAL Nutritionals. As the owner of DEUCE Gym in Venice Beach and a contributor to The Box Magazine, he blends practical coaching with a disciplined approach to nutrition and strength and conditioning. He also serves on Rob Orlando’s CrossFit Strongman Seminar staff, which reflects his commitment to movement quality, resilience, and...

Is Agave Paleo? A Deep Dive into Agave Nectar, Aguamiel, and Tequila

April 18, 2014

The Agave Plant: Desert Sweetness with a Debate Agave is a desert succulent, not a grain or legume, and its sap-based products are derived directly from the plant. In its whole, raw form, agave certainly fits within the Paleo framework. The controversy begins with agave nectar, a modern sweetener extracted and processed from agave sap. While its low glycemic index and high inulin (fructooligosaccharide) content have earned it favor among some health-conscious consumers, the Paleo community...

Are Meal Plans Paleo?

April 18, 2014

I have a confession: I have a terrible sense of direction. In fact, I’ve lived in San Jose for two years, and I still can’t find my way around this town without my GPS app running. While this is a sprawling, confusing town to navigate,* you’d think that after two years I could at least figure out how to get to the places I always visit without Siri politely reminding me to “turn left in 500 feet.” I’ve only recently begun to think that there might be a problem with the fact that I can’t seem...

There’s No “i” in Team, but There Sure Is in “fitness.”

March 28, 2014

Fitness is one of the most individual pursuits. It’s not like team sports where even the greatest athletes are limited by their reliance upon their teammates. Fitness is simply you against you, you against “getting better,” or you against an unbiased, impartial movement pattern. The problem is…we lose to ourselves far too often. We give up, we quit, and we stop short. We quit challenging our bodies when the going gets tough. Or, sometimes we don’t even try something challenging. You may not...

Before You Self-Diagnose Food Addiction

March 21, 2014

What image pops up in your head when you read or hear the term "addiction"? I imagine, for a lot of people, there’s this screenshot of a desperate or lost teen popping pills and binge drinking to feel accepted while numbing painful memories of the past, or possibly some woman hiding in a bathroom stall while she sticks a needle in her arm. Historically, addiction has represented uncontrollable, yet dangerous behaviors that are born out of the wombs of fear, pain, and desperation. Over time, I'm...

Exercise is Therapy

March 14, 2014

In a world and life full of victories and defeats large and small, exercise is an oasis. It's an escape that feeds the often unfulfilled human need of many for victory, success, improvement, essentially…accomplishment. In essence, exercise is therapy. Sometimes humans forget how much a sense of accomplishment can affect us. We walk just a little taller, our chin held a bit higher. Our days are more likely to be filled with anticipation and optimism than dread and pessimism. Our relationships...

The Truth About Paleo and Disordered Eating

March 7, 2014

Before I delve further into the truth about Paleo and disordered eating, allow me to share with you a discussion that I had with a friend to put this piece on Paleo and Disordered Eating into context: FRIEND: So, you’re saying that some people use “Paleo” as an excuse to restrict food or over-exercise? ME: Yes, but there are many people who don’t—some start following a Paleo template to heal an illness caused by food allergies or leaky gut, or lose weight for medical reasons, like obesity,...

Paleo Shopping Tips for Saving Time and Money

March 7, 2014

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When discussing transitioning to a Paleo lifestyle, one of the very first questions I hear are often about shopping and budgeting. These are some concerns that are usually pretty quickly squelched, but at first, may seem tough to tackle. We feed a family of five and although my kids are young, they can (and do) eat like adults. In addition, with less of the things we are used to eating to “fill us up” it’s common to eat more by way of whole foods than...