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  Entropy Production
Mar 15, 2010
A good blog this. Even someone this smart mischaracterizes Evolutionary Fitness, but not by a lot.
  Ancestral Health Symposium
Mar 14, 2010
I have decided to attend the symposium.
  Wolfram Alpha
Mar 5, 2010
  The Biggest Loser
Mar 5, 2010
I happened to have seen most of a show the other night. The amount of stress the contestants are under is unbelievable and the cortisol that goes with it gets in the way of their weight loss and their progress toward a healthier metabolism.
  FDR's Policies Prolonged the Great Depression by 7 Years
Feb 2, 2010
My old school, UCLA, is doing great research again. This summary of an article published in the Journal of Political Economy shows how counterproductive FDR's policies were. The false proposition that FDR ended the Depression echoes the present debate.
  Traffic and Countries
Jan 26, 2010
The top ten countries visiting my site are a bit surprising. There are, in all, readers from about 115 countries visiting. Poland ranking at fifth did surprise me. So did Brazil at tenth. I'm not sure why I am surprised, but I am.
  Almost Mainstream
Jan 18, 2010
This humorous piece by Polly Frost about the growing Paleo/Evolutionary Fitness movement is a good read.
  Weight Watchers Meeting Falls Through
Jan 15, 2010
The meeting fell through when the floor collapsed.
  A Fire Rainbow
Dec 16, 2009
This beautiful fire rainbow appeared recently over Idaho. I could not pass it up to share with my readers.
  Selfish Brain, Greedy Fat: How they affect motivation
Dec 13, 2009
I thought I might share this advice that I sent to one of our members; it may let you be more tolerant of your brain's fear of starvation so you can relax and let the good things that EF will bring just happen.

Your case is actually easy. Your fat is stealing energy from your brain (and your brain may be shrunken too) and your brain thinks you are starving. As far as the brain is concerned, it is starving because the glucose is being sent directly into your fat stores because your insulin is so high.
 
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