New and Notable: What I Read This Week — Version 170

Research of the week

Artificial sweeteners have a faint link with an increased risk of cancer.

COVID seems to increase the risk of diabetes.

Africans ate olives 100,000 years ago (at least).

In middle adulthood, raising HDL and lowering blood sugar seems to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Now, how to do that?

Minerals are important but balance is vital.

New Primal Kitchen podcast

Primal Kitchen Podcast, Episode 23: From Olympic Athlete to Elite Wheelchair Athlete, Amy Van Dyken Rouen Shares Her Story

Media, Schmedia

Incarceration makes childhood obesity significantly worse.

Permanent daylight savings will affect how the sun rises and sets across the country.

Interesting blog posts

Phinney and Volek on keto and heart health.

Social Notes

Great theme on Hadza.

On friends.

Everything else

Circadian drug.

Body temperature and lifespan.

“… Higher neuroticism was associated with older subjective age, while higher extroversion, openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness were associated with younger subjective age.”

Things I want and care about

The time has come: People are finally catching the industrial nut oil scourge.

I’m not surprised: As far as the eye can see the conflict of interest.

Interesting comics: The hangman.

I get it: Top tennis player Ash Barty is quit smoking at the top of her game.

Good news: Strong immunity persists for a year and a half after being naturally infected with COVID.

The question I’m asking

Would we be better off — on the whole — without modern technology?

Formula corner

Time capsule

One year ago (March 19 – March 25)

Comments of the week

“I love pictures of old Ireland. Especially the first with all barefoot children. Pause, look around, and then look at the faces of each of those children – a wonderful dose of perspective and inspiration. ”

– It’s amazing what you can see in an image, Guy.

Information about the Authors

Mark Sisson is the founder of Mark’s Daily Apple, godfather of the Primitive food and lifestyle movement, and New York Times best-selling author of Keto Reset Diet. His latest book is Keto for life, where he discusses how he combines the keto diet with the Primal lifestyle for optimal health and longevity. Mark is also the author of many other books, including Preliminary designis credited with driving the growth of the primal/palo movement back in 2009. After spending three decades researching and educating people on why food is the key ingredient to achieving it and maintaining optimal health, Mark founded Primal Kitchen, a food company that creates Primal/pale, keto, and Whole30-friendly kitchen staples.

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