Healthy, svelte, fit, slender, tight, people don't eat food, they dose food⁠—they treat food as medicine that can heal or OD S2E27

Season 2 Episode 27

'Let thy food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food', often ascribed to Hippocrates (400 BC), and used to emphasize the importance of nutrition to prevent or cure disease.

"There's no question peo…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

My IF diet report AND it's not how much slender people eat on a daily basis, it's how little. It's surprising! They forget to eat—routinely! S2E26

Season 2 Episode 26

I only hit 350 pounds because I was stuffing myself like a French foie gras goose

This is a blog confession that is only a surprise to me: I eat too often and too much. I stuff myself like a prize Ch…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

Afghanistan: from Saving Pagan Babies to Saving Muslim Ladies S2E25

Season 2 Episode 25

Via 1492 or 2021, it’s still "civilizing the savages"

It’s pretty easy to reframe America’s uninvited invasion, occupation, and nation-building of Afghanistan. In order to prove just how imperial our…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

Always acknowledge everyone you meet in the street and cafe and elevator and the cars and on trails for a much better life amen S2E24 ChrisCast

Season 2 Episode 24

A nod down with your head indicates respect and mutual deference. You do this with strangers to indicate your humility and non-agressiveness. With friends, you nod up to show your happiness at seeing…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

Fat bastard special: working towards dropping an adult man worth of extra weight using cardiologist-recommended 18:6 intermittent fasting S2E23

Season 2 Episode 23

Morbid obesity is a condition in which you have a body mass index (BMI) higher than 35. BMI is used to estimate body fat and can help determine if you are at a healthy body weight for your size. BMI …

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

You're not sleeping as long or as well as you think and it's because time in bed is not actual time slept (plus CPAPs rule!) S2E22

Season 2 Episode 22

Sleep duration is based on time asleep and does not include restless or awake time.

A sleep study is a test that records the activity of the body during sleep. There are five main types of sleep stud…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

We all want play dates, we all want a nice chat, we all want a friend so maybe use your Gumby or Heavy Recon Kit Bag to make one S2E21

Season 2 Episode 21

Gumby & Pokey 6" Bendable Figure Set Gumby Rubber Toy  Hill People Gear Heavy Recon Kit Bag Hill People Gear Attaché Asics Novablast Running Shoes Domke F-6  Idido's Coffee and Social Ho…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

Why is 'Satellites' by Rebecca Curtis featured fiction in The New Yorker? S2E20

Season 2 Episode 20

Why is 'Satellites' by Rebecca Curtis featured fiction in The New Yorker? on chrisa.substack.com via Chris Abraham.

If you want to read this short story, check it out here: Fiction July 12 & 19, 2021…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

The average age of the combat soldier was twenty-six in Vietnam he was nineteen S2E19

Season 2 Episode 19

Starting Strength offers a unique approach to coaching barbell weight training and is written by experienced coaches and sports scientists who designed it specifically for training beginners. Learn h…

Published on 4 years, 6 months ago

Killing the Earth softly with prepackaged grocery store salad bowls in order to lose 70 kilos

Season 2 Episode 18

“As you would with meat and poultry, don't let bagged lettuce stay out of the fridge for too long, because bacteria multiply at room temperature,” says James E. Rogers, Ph. ... If even a few leaves l…

Published on 4 years, 6 months ago