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Q&A Episode 402

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News Flashes..

• It is true that poor record keeping has probably inflated the actual number of centenarians in these so-called “Blue Zones”,but I still think there’s plenty of ancestral wisdom and practices to be derived from many of these places.
  • Blue Zones by Dan Buettner
• Natural alternatives to metformin - a new study
  • Superfuel: Ketogenic Keys to Unlock the Secrets of Good Fats, Bad Fats, and Great Health by James Dinicolantonio and Joe Mercola
• Training 1x/week just as good as 2x/week for muscle strength and size BUT note that in study they were using push/pull routine with EIGHT freaking sets…so these were tough workouts.
• Eating meat is NOT destroying the planet…and here’s two good reasons why:
  • Eating meat affects the environment, but cows are not killing the climate (The Conversation) and
  • Is grass-fed beef really better for the environment? (NPR)
    • BGF Podcast w/ Paul Saladino
    • The Savory Institute
    • Robb Wolf
    • Books by Joel Salatin
• Plant milks are worse for the planet than animal milk...

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