Making The Perfect Cup of Coffee

Making The Perfect Cup of Coffee
(Guest Author Greg Pappas)  I busted out my french press for the first time in a good while,  and I just made the smoothest cup of coffee. How? Simple. Just read the directions below and you’ll have one smooth cup of delicious coffee.         3 tablespoons of grounded coffee  (This is the ...

How to Use Raw Eggs in a Shake

Put some raw eggs into your post-workout shake.   A few words about shakes First, a cautionary note. Shakes aren’t always ideal for achieving your body composition goals. Blending up food–any food–into liquid calories is a recipe for a sharp insulin spike. For those who have issues with nutrient partitioning going to the wrong place, ...

My Blood Donor Card Is Here

My Blood Donor Card Is Here
It is cool to be a card-carrying member of something. I am now a card-carrying blood donor with the American Red Cross. (I’m also a card-carrying member of the Larry Miller Drinking Society.)

Coconut Milk Shopping Guide

Coconut Milk When I think of coconut milk, I am *never* imagining the ready-to-drink carton beverage you see next to the milk in the grocery store. I personally find that version of coconut milk to be bland, and not surprisingly it has a lot of ingredients in it that aren’t coconut milk. Instead, I think of real coconut milk ...

Raja’s Cup Review 1

An adventure in giving up coffee. In an attempt to give up coffee for a while, I decided to try Raja’s Cup. On Robb Wolf’s podcast, Robb vouched for Raja’s Cup as having adaptogenic effects and contains licorice to prevent degradation of cortisol; hence coffee replacement in the morning. It came with one warning: Keep ...

Paleo Diet Versus My Cholesterol

These results are my own and published for your amusement. Eating Habits Recap I was on a (subjectively) healthy diet (the slow-carb diet) for almost a year which resulted in my lipid panels on 12/12/2011. I’ve been on the Paleo diet since 2/21/2012 with very few exceptions. My data is pretty clean. I haven’t eaten ...