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Send us Fan Mail Nowadays, we hear terms like ‘Carnivore’ and ‘Plant Based’, and ‘Keto’- rarely Paleo or ‘Ancestral’ about diets and nutrition.  I get it: we are constantly challenged in our thinking, and so it should be.  Health and fitness are journeys, we never really reach the end of that journey!  So let’s examine the current ‘Journey’ of health… Carnivore diets, eschewing all but beef and sa...

Send us Fan Mail This is yet another paleo template type of podcast.  I’ve had lots of other things going on, grasshopper, but never are you and this topic far from my mind! I look about me, and see that really, little has changed!  The nonsense of mainstream medicine is still ascendant, and everyone is still screaming  “What about my cholesterol????  Why am I fat, and why is there any fat at ALL...

Send us Fan Mail When should I stop exercising?  Well, I hope this is a trick question, because the obvious answer is never!  Kind of like asking when you should stop walking, or sleeping, or eating for God’s sake!  Moving your limbs and constantly striving to make improvements in your physical abilities is a lifelong project, and just as we should constantly work at getting better and more able p...

Send us Fan Mail Workouts are absolutely necessary for health and fitness!  Now, hopefully you know that, and already accept the fact that while a proper, paleo sort of diet without industrial seed oils and processed foods of junk and fast food stuff, and loaded with good meats and full fat dairy is vital as well.   But what kind of workout is best for you?  The bottom line is this: it changes ove...

Send us Fan Mail It seems as though the great ‘Paleo Boom’ has come and gone!  All the books, all the podcasts- where have they gone? I’ve been writing and podcasting for more than 10 years; I used to listen to Robb Wolf and The Paleo Solution, Jimmy Moore and Livin La Vida Low Carb, Mark Sisson and his Primal Podcast , and many others.  Don’t hear much from Robb Wolf anymore- Jimmy Moore is locke...

Send us Fan Mail There seem to be many views on what should be the goal of exercise!  Should you aim, above all, at flexibility, or should it be cardiovascular ability?  Or should you shoot for a balance of strength, flexibility, and cardiovascular (aerobic) fitness!   Well, obviously it seems to me, that a balanced approach is better- after all, all of these three components are crucial in their...

Send us Fan Mail One piece of misinformation that has been around for a long time is the idea that strength training workouts need to be…LONG!  And I mean HOURS long… I fell for this myself in my younger days.  I mean, if 1 hour of intense workout exercises is good, well, 2 hours is even better, right?  And the big one: if 3 workouts per week is enough for Steve Reeves and his ilk, well why not be...

Send us Fan Mail I have worked out with weights, and then with calisthenics for many, many years.  Starting in my teens, and continuing now, as I prepare to turn 73 in April.  My results have been phenomenal, and as I continue to work out daily, I have turned more and more away from weights and equipment, and more and more rely on calisthenics and virtual resistance.   I have acquired some injurie...

Send us Fan Mail Our country has been failing, for quite some time.  The democrats have become a new party, completely: from the “party of the working man”, which was never really true at all, they have fallen to the level of a totally leftist, socialist/communist totalitarian state, ready to rule over us all! Donald Trump has changed all that.  Not that he’s a perfect person, no one says that.  B...

Send us Fan Mail I think this is a sane recommendation for any person: work out sensibly for one hour, every day of your life!  Not too extreme, and not wimpy- you need this hour for strength and flexibility training, not mindless cardio, where you run like a brainless chicken.  Such “training” only drains you, diminishes your muscle, not build it, and ignores strength building (the essence of tru...

Send us Fan Mail As we age, standard medical practice expects us to give up all common sense, and self-determination.  They want to “take over” everything, and we are supposed to just acquiesce… I am here to tell you to vehemently protest, and to take charge of your own health and future, just as you hopefully have for your entire life.  Modern Medicine is NOT your friend! My uncle Bob Manthey, my...

Send us Fan Mail We all want to live a good life.  We NEED to live a good, successful, in harmony with nature and our neighbors type of life!  But, what sort of life should this be?  Should we live in accordance with modern tradition, by moving to a major metropolitan area, and get a high paying job, and raise our family either in the city itself, or in the nearby suburbs? NO!  What you really wan...

Send us Fan Mail We talk here about what to do to optimize our health and wellness.  And rightly so!  Eat right, a strongly protein-centric diet.  Plenty of micronutrients, from a paleo type of diet.  Good sleep, every night, in a dark room, devoid of blue light distractions and screens… Of course, all of these are essential to a healthy life for us and our family!  Along with proper strength trai...

Send us Fan Mail Ever since the paleo diet hit the news and the internet, different iterations and ‘spins’ on that format have appeared endlessly.  Even at the supermarket, I see magazines in the checkout lane, screaming KETO in large print!  “Eat FAT FAT FAT!” is all around, along with Carbs are death! On the next magazine, Ozempic the diet drug is touted. “ Get skinny fast!”  Really?  They negle...

Send us Fan Mail As you go through life, some things are constant.  Working out is one constant: your body needs to work out, consume healthy foods, and get ample sleep every day of your life.  These things remain the same! I have found that working out for strength and flexibility actually become more important as you progress into your 50’s, 60’s and beyond.  But the amount of stimulation your m...

Send us Fan Mail Most Americans nowadays are severely overmedicated, malnourished, and sick!   This sounds like an extreme statement, but is nevertheless true.   Most adults are on a number of drugs, from anti-depressants, statins, high blood pressure drugs; drugs to help you sleep, and drugs to wake you up.  The average number of drugs the average American is on at any one time, are 7.  At a cost...

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Send us Fan Mail A Barbarian in Chicago full audiobook by Jay Bowers This episode, I decided to include the audio readings of my book.  I write under the names Jay Bowers, and Jess Thornton. I hope you enjoy it! Support the show

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Send us Fan Mail I know, you’ve heard it from standard medical advice your whole life: ‘You don’t need supplements!  Everything your body and mind needs is in the food you eat!’ Well, this might have been true, even a couple of hundred years ago, to some extent.  But nowadays, when the majority of the ‘fake, engineered foods’ most people ingest; things like seed oils instead of real animal fat, an...

Send us Fan Mail New Year New You Now I don’t mean that each year you should try to become a brand new person!  Not at all.  What I expect of each of us is to gradually learn about ourselves and our environment, and by self-observation and gradual study, to improve ourselves steadily, both physically and mentally. I’m not kidding; I know this sounds pretty crazy in a way, but I really do mean it. ...

Send us Fan Mail Your daily workouts are crucial for your body, and mind!    Not only in the gym, or your living room, but outside and in the woods, roads, and park.  They don’t need to be written down or chronicled, or obsessed over.  Not at all! But they do need to be something that you fit into your daily life, as an important part, forever. When I was young, 20 or so, I started seriously worki...

Send us Fan Mail You don’t have enough magnesium!  Probably, because almost no one does.  The levels have been dropping in food sources for decades, and the diseases and illnesses caused by this lack are growing by leaps and bounds:  high blood pressure, inability to sleep and relax, migraines and headaches, arthritis, diabetes (studies show magnesium is necessary to properly convert carbs and sug...