Rico's Rules

Rico's eating habits are very public, quite odd, and amongst those of us lucky enough to know him, legendary. His appetite for chicken waffles, for Mustang Bars (and generally any desserts), and for unending boxes of Chinese takeout is without parallel.

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7 Pillars: Exercise

In this, the third installment of the Seven Pillars of Paleo, we’re going to talk about Exercise. It is at the same time a simple and extraordinarily complex topic, and one that will absorb all of the attention you care to throw at it.

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Paleo & Food Preservation

 

Guest author Alexis Goertz teaches us about the ancestral art of food fermentation as a means of preserving seasonal produce. Fermentation not only preserves your food nearly indefinitely, but it also has the added benefit of loading your diet with probiotic bacteria, increasing the bioavailability of the nutrients in your food, while simultaneously enriching your palate with delicious new flavors.

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Blood sugar levels and Paleo

 

Are you worried about your blood sugar levels? Heck, do you even know what they are, or what they can signal? Being in the Paleo world, and especially in the paleo dessert world, we hear an awful lot about blood sugar so we wanted to share some of what we’ve learned with you.

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7 Pillars: Sleep

 

Sleep is usually looked upon as a given, as something you don’t need to learn how to do.  Because it is innate to each of us and the immediate effects of lack of sleep are not apparent, we often don’t value enough this important Pillar.  Let’s see if looking at Sleep from another angle can convince you of the value of 8 dark and quiet hours.

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Paleo and Osteoporosis

 

When people find out you follow the Paleo diet, one of the main questions or concerns is about your calcium intake, or at least it was for many of the non-paleo peeps in my life. “Wait, you don’t eat cheese or drink milk? What about your calcium?” I knew that there was more to keeping my bones healthy than drinking cow’s milk, so I investigated.

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What is Paleo?

 

You see "Paleo" and you think "long haired dirty caveman." You think "dinosaurs" (completely wrong by the way, by about 63 million years.) Maybe you think "skinny stuck up hipsters." That's a little closer, but it still doesn't cover what this "Paleo" thing is.

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7 Pillars: Nutrition

 

Let’s start with heresy:  There is no single nutrition plan that works for everyone.  Anyone who tries to tell you otherwise is ignoring the success found in diets of every kind, from the strictest Paleo raw elk eater to an East African grain-only record setting marathon runner.  Humans, including YOU, are too varied and adaptable to not be able to thrive on almost anything we eat.

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The Paleo Treats Recipe

You're looking for the Paleo Treats® recipe, right?  Well, here it is, all in one blog post. It's probably not what you thought you needed to make the most delicious paleo desserts on the planet.  It's way better than that...

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The 7 Pillars of Paleo

 

Paleo is usually introduced as just a diet, but there's much more to it than that.  In this first of a nine piece series we introduce the seven main concepts of Paleo, and why it's so important to begin to optimize all of them.  Enjoy!

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Is Wine Paleo?

 

The short answer?  No.  However, ahem...If you are going to indulge in an alcoholic drink, most Paleo peeps will tell you that your best bet is to stick with wine. Many of the Pioneers of Paleo agree that wine is the closest thing to paleo-friendly alcohol. After all, it’s made from grapes, which our ancestors definitely consumed.

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Eating Out Paleo

When I transitioned to a paleo lifestyle after 10+ years of being a vegetarian, the first meal I ate out was a chicken salad. I distinctly remember every bland bite of it (grilled chicken, spinach, a few other forgettable veggies, and olive oil as dressing), wondering if this would become the new norm for dining out as my newly paleo self. View full article →