My NK Experiment
During February I will be undertaking a nutritional ketosis (NK) experiment, I will be chronicling my journey on a separate blog. Link: http://depawnk.blogspot.co.uk/
View ArticleCarnivore RDA Version 2
Menu:7oz beef/lamb, 30% fat2oz mackerel110g beef/lamb tallow2 eggs, whole2oz pork kidneys1/4oz pork liver2tbsp gelatin powder1/2tsp losalt1/2tsp Himalayan pink salt1tsp/1g kelp/kombu, dry16floz...
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Bachelor Chow (A Soylent Recipe)
Soylent is all the rage these days, so I decided to make my own version, which follows these parameters:Solid food, rather than liquids. This is for better storage and palatability, any fool can drink...
View ArticleHome-made Mineral Water
Most water is pitiful, it's either contaminated with chlorine/fluorine, or is very poor in minerals after being cleaned/filtered. Here I purpose the ultimate solution (pun intended), for home-made...
View ArticleBoosting Glutathione
We've talked previously about how important good glutathione levels are, so here we'll talk about how to boost them naturally and also with supplements. First a quick review of how glutathione is...
View ArticleInner Wolf Unchained
I'm currently writing a book on nutrition, with my good friend Danny Albers of Primal North assisting. It's called 'Inner Wolf Unchained', with a subtitle of 'Eat and Train like a Wolf to Get Healthy...
View ArticleCarnivore RDA Chart, The End of A Long Road
Amino Acids: NutrientUnitUSDA RDAcRDANPCD*Recommended FoodsTotal Proteing/kg0.8 (54.5g/150lbs)1.2/lean(82g/150lbs@20%bf)97g(1.78g/kg lean)Serine+Glycinemg/kgN/A200(13,620mg/150lbs)13,700mgGlycine:...
View ArticleTrace Minerals
Selenium:The USDA RDA for selenium is 55ug, but studies show that 200ug daily is the best for a healthy immune system (link and link), and preventing heart disease (link) due to it's co-factor role in...
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What can we learn for breast milk? Part 2: Micronutrients
All these calculations use 84 grams of protein worth of breast milk, to normalise it to the minimum needed for an adult (see part 1).I'm also aware that the nutritional content of breast milk varies...
View ArticleWhat can we learn from breast milk? Part 1: Macronutrients
Warning: post contains maths!Breast milk is 1% protein, 6.9% carbohydrate and 4.4% fat by weight, or 5.6% protein, 38.8% carbohydrate and 55.6% fat by calories. It is low in protein and high in both...
View ArticlePhytic Acid Nutrients
Absorption:MineralAbsorption factor by removing / lowering phytic acidAverageRDACalciumx1.3, x1.2 1.251,000 --> 800mg(WAPF: 680 --> 544mg)Magnesiumx2.52.5420 --> 168mgZinchigh/no: x6.2, x4.8;...
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Protein Propaganda Pisses Me Off
There are a lot of pictures going round on various social media sites and elsewhere showing examples of 'protein-rich foods', and quite simply this pictures are outright lies! They are misleading, and...
View ArticleCalcium
Sources other than dairy:Small bones: fish (sardines, etc), eaten with the fish or as broth.Big bones: beef/lamb/pork/chicken/etc, as broth.Eggshells, as broth.Green leafy vegetables: darker the...
View ArticleHow little vitamin A is enough?
There have been many discussions between me and the zero carb community as to how much vitamin A is needed to avoid deficiency, they maintain that fatty muscle meat has enough to prevent deficiency and...
View ArticleFat Soluble Nutrients
Vitamin A:The best source of knowledge on vitamin A seems to be the Weston A Price Foundation, which recommends at least 10,000IU for all adults (double that for pregnant/lactating women, half that for...
View ArticleFurther Implications of Lowered Gluconeogenesis: Vitamin C Synthesis
This is a follow up post to "Evolutionary Trade-Offs: Fast Versus Famine" and "Detox, Antioxidants, and Scurvy: Protein Beats Plants".We already looked at how we manage without the ability to...
View ArticleEvolutionary Trade-Offs: Fast Versus Famine
This is a sister post to Primal North's "Keto Adaptation vs Low Carb Limbo".Gluconeogenesis (GNG) is a big topic in ketogenic dieting, and most people think it means eating too much protein knocks you...
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Homocysteine and Glutathione Nutrients
Folate, choline, B6, and B12All these nutrients are part of the homocysteine cycle. High blood levels of homocysteine are dangerous and greatly increase your risk of heart disease. Homocysteine can be...
View ArticleZC community Versus Evidence: Who Can We Trust More?
My biggest disagreement with the zero carb community, or rather specifically with it's leader, who say that we are somehow different from all other carnivorousness animals that get very ill if not fed...
View ArticleBlocking People With Whom You Disagree Is More Than Pathetic
Today on facebook a member of the zero carb community posted to their wall a video (link), saying that the wolves didn't eat the organs, just the meat and fat. When my good friend Danny Albers and I...
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