New and Noteworthy: What I Read This Week—Edition 206

Research of the Week

Boron helps against COVID.

Your fat cells know when you haven’t gotten sunlight. Don’t let them down.

The gut biome regulates motivation for exercise.

Worse indoor air quality, lower test scores.

Mediterranean diets would work great for IBD if it weren’t for all those darn grains!

New Primal Kitchen Podcasts

Primal Kitchen Podcast: The Link Between Dairy Intolerance and Dairy Genes with Alexandre Family Farm Founders Blake and Stephanie

Primal Health Coach Radio: Danika Brysha

Media, Schmedia

Contraband eggs.

Not a great idea.

Interesting Blog Posts

Great piece on Chinese ancestry. Worth subscribing if you aren’t.

Is long COVID caused by micro clots?

Social Notes

Pretty much.

Why is East Asia less happy than you’d expect given their GDP?

Everything Else

Scientists figured out what made Roman concrete so strong.

You can talk to the Bible now.

Things I’m Up to and Interested In

Great find: A boy and his wolf.

A huge missing piece to the environmental debate: People are underestimating how many herbivores this world once hosted.

Interesting article: The longevity secrets of ant queens.

Important findings: Top discoveries about ancient people from 2022.

Interesting story: When pastoral agriculturalists met Baltic hunter-gatherers.

Question I’m Asking

Are you still able to find eggs? How has it affected your diet?

Recipe Corner

Time Capsule

One year ago (Jan 21 – Jan 27)

Comment of the Week

“Mark, the government websites state Linoleic acid, LA, is highly oxidative to our LDL portion of cholesterol.
Do you have data to the contrary?

Seed oils have been the scourge of our creation. Atherosclerosis skyrocketed after the creation of Crisco.

Do you have a contrary position?”

-No, I do not.

About the Author

Mark Sisson is the founder of Mark’s Daily Apple, godfather to the Primal food and lifestyle movement, and the New York Times bestselling author of The Keto Reset Diet. His latest book is Keto for Life, where he discusses how he combines the keto diet with a Primal lifestyle for optimal health and longevity. Mark is the author of numerous other books as well, including The Primal Blueprint, which was credited with turbocharging the growth of the primal/paleo movement back in 2009. After spending three decades researching and educating folks on why food is the key component to achieving and maintaining optimal wellness, Mark launched Primal Kitchen, a real-food company that creates Primal/paleo, keto, and Whole30-friendly kitchen staples.

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