Good honest science is first approached by collecting observational data, analyzing for certain relationships, and finally forming hypotheses around the data. But that's just the beginning. The good scientist then does his level best to disprove the hypotheses suggested by the data. To the extent he tries and fails, the hypotheses gain more acceptance. Then, other good scientists set about to disprove, and to the extent they try and fail, the hypotheses become to be "established science... Read Full Story
I'm trying to get out a photo of my continuing evolution (an intended pun, there) about every 10 pounds of net loss. Last one was at a bit over 200 pounds, and this is at a bit over 190. But let's take a trip back, first. Me, on a European vacation, a mere two summers ago.
Oh, one more. We'll call it "fat me II." Doing what I did best, back then.
Here's the comparison I published last February between me around this time last year and 3-4 months later. Note: the before is actually after... Read Full Story
That's funny. Turns out the top search term on the blog over the last few days has been for "cold shower." I suppose it's because of this , a bit of "Richard-Lab." Now, that's actually a bit of a longish post, but I'd say one of my more important ones, because rather than an assemblage of good work by others (for which I'm eternally grateful and will always acknowledge), this is original work. The rest of this isn't going to be fully comprehensible unless you go ahead and take the 5 to read... Read Full Story
...And yet you can still benefit tremendously, just as we benefit every day from Newtons "Laws," even though they have been found to be not precisely true in all circumstances . I never make any bones about the fact that I don't believe in any supreme being, and I'm as convinced of the overwhelming evidence in support for evolution as I am that the universe is heliocentric and not geocentric, as was believed by virtually everyone until only about 1,000 years ago. And evolution is observed to... Read Full Story
One of the things I'll discuss often is getting off the "mealtime" bandwagon. Why would you want to eat when you're not hungry? Some days, I'll eat five or eight "meals" a day. Others, one or two. Some days, none at all. Today at 11am, I suddenly realized I was hungry. So I ate. Imagine that.
A simple five strips of bacon (uncured, organic, from Whole Foods) and three Jumbo eggs. The cooking oil melting in the pan is one of my favorites: ghee . If you get tired of your butter smoking and... Read Full Story
I've got a number of posts in process. It's going to be a busy week in other areas, so I want to get some suff in the queue. Then I reviewed my email and I've just got to toss this up immediately. My nearest younger brother Dave, in Utah, deer hunting. A 360 yard shot. Custom made 300 Ultra Mag. That's a 4-pointer, still in velvet.
Nice kill. And, within a couple of weeks, I'll have my assorted venison ( my favorite is the sausage, Dave ). With our family, the hunt is just as much about... Read Full Story
It's because they do not integrate evolutionary thinking. This leads to the eating of highly processed and packaged foods, the eating of non-foods, the eating of anti-nutrients and toxins we didn't evolve to eat (like grains -- chiefly wheat and corn), puts us in chronic caloric depravation, ignores gene expression pathways critical to optimal health, overtrains us, focusses on weight loss instead of fat loss and lean gain, and on and on. So, why is an evolutionary approach so essential... Read Full Story
Do you have eight minutes to spare, to acquire every essential you need in the quest to Free the Animal? Thanks to commenter Ricado in a recent hunting post for providing it. I disagree with him on the ethics issue. Provided animals are dealt with in a humane and rational fashion, and the purpose is consumption as food, it passes ethical muster for me. However, there are differing levels of respect for me. Bow hunters get more than rifle hunters. But no one compares to these guys. This is... Read Full Story
If you sit at a desk a lot, as I do, perhaps you've at times experienced an irresistible urge to stand. Often, I'll turn my chair around and work bent over the backrest just to stand. If I get deep in thought about some thing or the other, I'll often stand and pace back & forth. I sit to the right.
Now, I stand to the right.
That was this afternoon's project. A solid 8' long surface. Four pieces, 12 bolts, and 15 minutes of assembly. $200 at Costco. Thanks to dad with his long bed pickup... Read Full Story
Back in July I posted the results of my lipid panel , after about a year of setting out to get fit. HDL of 106, triglycerides at 47, with insanely good ratios across the board. Arguably the best marker for CVD, Triglyceride/HDL, is at .2, where 2.0 and below is considered good. A "normal" triglyceride of 200 and HDL of 40 comes out at 5.0. I repeat: 0.2. And I eat lots and lots of animal fat; virtually no [concentrated] vegetable oils except olive oil and coconut oil (lots of that one; it's... Read Full Story
