New and Noteworthy: What I Read This Week—Edition 241

Research of the Week

A diabetes diagnosis lowers life expectancy.

Pea protein fares pretty well against whey protein, but the dose must be extremely high.

Astaxanthin improves gut health.

Better alignment between light exposure and activity levels will reduce cognitive decline.

Diabetics get the best results with resistance training using 3 sets per exercise and 8-10 reps per set.

New Primal Kitchen Podcasts

Primal Kitchen Podcast: So What’s Your Gut Telling You?

Primal Health Coach Radio: Marcus Farris

Media, Schmedia

Is “net-zero” realistic or even possible?

CRISPR-edited pig kidneys kept monkeys alive for 2 years.

Interesting Blog Posts

Vegan companies are turning to more “masculine” marketing.

Social Notes

A phrase I hate.

Everything Else

In the 3rd millennium BC, the Northern Baltic region had a bunch of parallel societies of hunters, fishers, foragers, and farmers with very little integration. What a wild time that must have been.

Capers are a superfood.

They’re now able to read ancient Hellenic scrolls previously illegible.

Things I’m Up to and Interested In

Might explain why they were such good marine explorers: Austronesian cultures often practiced extensive human sacrifice.

Not surprised: Insulin resistance linked to depression.

Look at that: Exposure to artificial light at night during teen years linked to higher blood pressure as an adult.

Interesting: The role of cholesterol in synapse synthesis and function.

Of course: More medium intensity activity throughout the day is best for adults with depression.

Question I’m Asking

Do you listen to your gut?

Recipe Corner

Time Capsule

One year ago (Oct 7 – Oct 13)

Comment of the Week

“Lab grown meat, fully autonomous self driving vehicles, robot dogs, AI (or AGI) – it’s all hype. We forget that we are an aspect of reality able to perform certain actions within that reality. We are not creators – in the sense of originators – of reality. Thinking we are would be like a robot in a car factory thinking it could become CEO. There are levels to things, and we are not above nature or outside of it. We are one with it.“

-Well said.

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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