Blogs

Minimalist Hair Care Tips

Posted Sun, 01/29/2012 - 12:34 by Melissa

 I wish someone had told me in high school that I didn't have to get up at 6 AM every morning to fuss with my hair in order to get a sleek smooth look. Turns out that the natural oil most American women shampoo out of their hair every day has a function. In its proper place, it keeps hair healthy and shiny. The fact that nearly every shampoo and conditioner in the drugstore is for "dry hair" seems to point to that being an issue for many women.

The Invisible Woman

Posted Thu, 01/12/2012 - 16:22 by Melissa

 A couple of days ago, a feminist site posted a quick little rant that used Erwan Le Corre as a segue to talk about how this whole "paleo" trend was promoting some hyper-patriarchal masculine past, comparing it to the modern Republican conservatism.

Lard, it's like, so backwards and stuff

Posted Wed, 01/11/2012 - 15:46 by Melissa

 Maybe because I just moved from NYC to Chicago, I was a little insulted by this little rant the New York Times published on the horrible life of a vegetarian in the Midwest. Of course, she lumps the entire Midwest into her rant, even though it seems the author has only lived in one Midwestern city, which is Kansas City. 

Why Paleo didn't fix my IBS

Posted Fri, 01/06/2012 - 00:37 by Melissa

 Now that it's been over four years since I first heard about "paleo" diets, I have been reflecting on how such diets have worked for me. When I first heard about paleo, I definitely thought it was a solution to all my problems and it worked really well for most of them. The original bane of my life in the pre-paleo era, GERD, is gone. But my IBS symptoms were harder to fix and even now I find myself experimenting.

Can you do a vegan "paleo" diet?

Posted Tue, 12/27/2011 - 22:50 by Melissa

 This year I did a vegan(and later semi-vegan) paleo self-experiment that I never wrote up. I guess I never wrote it up because it wasn't terribly successful and I didn't finish the run I wanted to try. I wanted to go for a month on this diet, but I only made it a week on totally vegan and two more weeks on a modified version. 

Do we know what paleolithic humans ate?

Posted Tue, 12/20/2011 - 23:20 by Melissa

 Hands down the best health book I read this year was The Definitive H.P. Lovecraft: 67 Tales of Horror in One Volume. Despite being about fictional creatures of terror from unholy abysses, I learned quite a bit from Lovecraft's depiction of the universe.

Stop Mummy Abuse

Posted Thu, 12/15/2011 - 17:06 by Melissa

It's bad enough that I'm dead

Good Soy, Bad Soy

Posted Sat, 12/10/2011 - 15:19 by Melissa

 When I first moved into the college dorms, one of my favorite meals was Special K (with those freeze-dried "berries") floating in tan-colored soy milk. It was healthy and I thought it tasted pretty good. Looking back I shudder because it was quite clearly the culprit in many of the stomach issues I had, as it was rich in the dreaded Fermentable Oligosaccharides, Disaccharides, Monosaccharides and Polyols (FODMAPS). 

Zach Wahl's mom cures MS with paleo

Posted Thu, 12/01/2011 - 14:41 by Melissa

 I noticed that Zach Wahl's testimony on marriage equality had gone viral on Facebook. In his speech, he mentions his mother's struggle with multiple sclerosis. How is she doing? Apparently, she's gone from wheelchair to walking thanks to her versions of a paleo diet rich in fruits, vegetables, wild fish, seaweed and grassfed meats (including organ meats):

 

Siberian Potatoes

Posted Mon, 11/28/2011 - 23:40 by Melissa

 

Siberian wrestlers, 1901

Syndicate content