The Paleo Summit continues: today we have Cate Shanahan, Keith Norris, and Daniel Chong; tomorrow the summit wraps up with Jimmy Moore, Stephanie Greunke, and Dean Dwyer.

To download the full set of videos, you can buy the Paleo Summit upgrade package:

[1] Music to read by: Davy Jones passed away at 66 from a heart attack:

He looked good 8 months ago, just overweight:

One more for the road:

[2] Interesting items:

Beth Mazur organized discussions at PaleoHacks for each of the Paleo Summit talks. Here is a list:

• Mark Sisson, Feb 26.
• Diane Sanfilippo, Feb 26.
• Jack Kruse, Feb 27.
• Sarah Fragoso, Feb 27.
• Erwan Le Corre, Feb 27.
• Thomas O’Bryan, Feb 28.
• Paul Jaminet, Feb 28.
• Matt Stone, Feb 28.
• Amy Kubal, Feb 29.
• Mat Lalonde, Feb 29.
• Nora Gedgaudas, Feb 29.
• Denise Minger, Mar 1.
• Reed Davis, Mar 1.
• Chris Kresser, Mar 1.
• Dallas & Melissa Hartwig, Mar 2.
• Allison Siebecker, Mar 2.
• Paul Chek, Mar 2.
• Cate Shanahan, Mar 3.
• Keith Norris, Mar 3.
• Daniel Chong, Mar 3.

Jimmy Moore asks, “What’s With The Antagonism About Low-Carb From The Paleo Community Lately?”

Richard Nikoley‘s ideas have been sipping scotch in the back of his mind, and now that his safe starch experiment is going well, they’re ready to come out:

Four days in, and I’m averaging 300-400 calories below what I was averaging before. I feel more full on average, more satisfied, sleep WAY better, and have a mental go-for-it attitude I haven’t felt since I was on that high-fat diet, in caloric deficit and losing 60 pounds.

I’ve lost between 2 and 3 pounds since weighing in Saturday morning when this all began.

SCD Kat is giving up starches after contracting appendicitis. Get well soon, Kat!

J Stanton gives us the next big thing: the Australopithecine Paleo Diet.

Conner Whitney, cancer survivor, chef, and author of Zest for Life: The Mediterranean Anti-Cancer Diet, explains healthy ways to create processed meats, including home-made bacon.

Bruce Charlton reports that nerve function has degraded 35% since the 1880s. He thinks it’s due to genetic changes; I would put my money on dietary changes and the evolution of chronic infectious pathogens since the invention of plumbing and water treatment.

Fight Aging! notes a 1929 study in which rats lived 10% longer when some of their dietary wheat was replaced with milk. Elsewhere, Fight Aging! notes that HDAC inhibitors can reverse Alzheimer’s in a mouse model. This is interesting, because many foods contain HDAC inhibitors, and HDAC inhibitors are also effective against cancer, as I will blog about in my next cancer post.

We’re pleased to be featured in “Dan’s Report”.

Dan’s Plan reprints a post by JD Moyer that starts with the links between Toxoplasma infection and traffic accidents, and ends by saying you should drag your doctor into the modern era.

A Mongolian-trained Harvard doctor thinks modern milk has too much progesterone. Mongolian milk is much healthier.

Cate Shanahan thinks that the elevation of rT3 and decrease of T3 thyroid hormone sometimes seen on extreme low-carb diets is due to abrupt reduction in carb intake. I think it’s due to the body being unable to manufacture enough glucose to meet its needs.

Jack Kruse offered two posts: First, why you shouldn’t eat a banana if you find yourself in Calgary, Canada on Dec 31^st. Second, why the death of a patient from cold taught him that we should expose ourselves to cold. Melissa McEwen thinks Jack’s posts deserve criticism. Melissa’s post has a vigorous comment thread that includes comments by me, Chris Kresser, Kurt Harris, Steve Parker, and others.

Walking the dog can be hazardous to your health.

The New York Times reports: postprandial blood glucose will be better regulated if you keep moving.

Stephan Guyenet reports that more palatable foods are less satiating.

More on food reward: The history of toothpaste shows that the Flavorists were already getting started in the early 1900s.

Paleo ideas are going mainstream: FoxNews has a slide show featuring nutritionist Carol Cottrill’s advice to avoid processed foods.

Dr Steve Parker reviews Mark Hyman’s book, which is #1 on Amazon.

Robert Su asks: what does it mean if you can hear your heartbeat?

Judy Tsafrir discusses the FODMAP diet.

Via Ruthie, cuddling dying pets can sometimes give the owner a life-threatening infection. A hospital in Akron, Ohio, saw three such cases in a year.

Jennifer Fulwiler remarks upon a photo series of New Yorkers eating dinner: “I was surprised by the number of people who ate alone and/or who watched TV or used the computer during dinner.” New York is a lonely place.

[3] Cute animals: Looking for ideas to treat the mange on your baby sloth?

Also, be careful in Calgary: Stabby’s Japanese cousin is visiting.

[4] Only in Japan: Japan is a special culture. Many tsunami survivors lost all their family photos in the flood, and Japanese photographer Nobuyuki Kobayashi, with the help of hair and makeup volunteers and a legion of grade school students, decided to make up the loss with professional portraits and letters of support from schoolchildren. Here’s a slideshow.

This is Katsuko Abe, age 71, with her dog Kaede, getting ready for her portrait:

[5] Giving up weight for Lent? In the same post I linked above, Jennifer Fulwiler shares some good news:

As I look for something to wear this weekend, I’m reminded that I am in the middle of the wardrobe crisis that I’ve been waiting to have for ten years: all my clothes are too big. I don’t mean a little loose; I mean I perpetually look like I’m headed out to an M.C. Hammer costume contest.

Over the past few months I’ve lost 25 pounds. That’s a good thing, mainly since the drop on the scale was more of a side effect of lifestyle changes that have left me with more stamina and energy than I had when I was 20….

It’s too long a story to explain in detail here, but the short-short version is that it was Perfect Health Diet + rethinking what a reasonable portion size looks like + accepting that spiritual warfare really does come into play with getting healthy + learning to depend on a good jog for an energy boost.

[6] More on pork: Via Dan Moffet, another reason to avoid undercooked pork:

[7] Not the weekly video: Via Chris Highcock, Jeb Corliss makes a spectacular base jump in a wingsuit:

This was in Switzerland. On 16 January 2012, Jeb suffered multiple leg fractures in a similar jump off Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa.

[8] Shou-Ching’s Photo-Art:

[9] Weekly video: The Dance of the Water Sleeves:

Thank you to all readers who have helped out on the Q&A thread! I have been exceedingly busy and am still behind on some important obligations, so it is difficult to find time to answer questions. But I do intend to respond to everyone’s questions. I’m grateful to those readers who are sharing their knowledge to help others.

[1] Paleo Summit starts tonight:

Sean Croxton’s Paleo Summit begins at midnight tonight with presentations by Mark Sisson and Diane Sanfilippo. Presentations are free for 24 hours, when a new set of presentations appears. The summit will continue until interviews with 23 speakers, including myself, have appeared.

There is a Summit Upgrade package of videos, audio files, transcripts, and bonuses that will go on sale Tuesday.

It’s a mini-Ancestral Health Symposium, but without the travel. I understand that 14,000 people have already registered. Check it out!

[2] Music to read by: The Seekers perform “I’ll Never Find Another You” in 1993:

Judith Durham’s voice is as lovely as ever, and she looks fantastic. Compare how she looked in the 1960s:

Nowadays when I see someone who’s aged gracefully I wonder what her diet is like.

[3] Raw Milk Debate: I was privileged to attend a recent debate over raw milk at Harvard Law School (site of the upcoming Ancestral Health Symposium), featuring Sally Fallon Morell of the Weston A Price Foundation and three others, two on each side. All of the panelists were great and the debate was excellent. And it’s available on video:

[4] Interesting posts this week:

I was in New York for a business trip on Thursday and was able to stop by at CrossFit NYC to talk to some of their members. John Durant was there and mentioned my ranking of the different meats in his Friday post.

Good news for Court Wing, head trainer and co-owner at CrossFit NYC: walking speed is a good indicator of future lifespan.

The Daily Mail wonders why today’s women are developing gray hair in their 20s. Michael A Smith wonders whether tyrosine can reverse it.

The New York Times reports on a study showing that the aging eye blocks blue light, so that the elderly need more sunlight and blue light to maintain their circadian rhythms and health.

Chris Kresser asks: Is chlorine in shower water making you sick?

Huffington Post reports that BPA’s Obesity And Diabetes Link Strengthened By New Study.

Gregory Cochran: Doctors aren’t innovators and don’t generate new knowledge.

J Stanton informs that some Japanese with yeast infections get drunk from rice; in extreme instances blood ethanol concentrations may reach fatal levels of 80 mg/dl or almost 1% blood alcohol concentration.

Seth Roberts explains what Richard Bernstein taught the world.

ScienceDaily reports that Vitamin D up to a serum 25(OH)D level of 50 ng/ml helps reduce inflammation.

Fight Aging! reports that stem cell transplantation extends lifespan in mice.

Bix reports that glycogen in the brain is increased by exercise.

Prof Dr Andro says that slower weight loss works better. We argued that in our book also. Focus on health first, weight second, and you’ll lose weight more successfully.

Peter Janiszewski reports that food reward is self-regulating: The more you eat something, the less you like it.

Julianne Taylor has lost an inch from her waist and improved her Raynaud’s. Paleo Pepper has benefited from adding carbs to her diet: “Since adding carbohydrates to my diet– call me crazy– I’ve been less sickly.  The acne scars on my face heal much more quickly than they used to.  Most importantly, my breasts and hips have gotten larger, and my thighs a bit I guess, but my stomach has stayed flat flat flat.  How nice is that?”

Greatist.com has released an infographic, The Ultimate Guide to Eating Paleo.

Coming soon: Test-tube meat.

Via Newmark’s Door, “How Cancer Drugs Make Cancer Worse and Kill Patients.”

In North Carolina, a child’s homemade lunch was seized and the child forced to buy chicken nuggets because her lunch didn’t comply with Federal guidelines.

In a post relevant to my conversation with the Peat-atarians, Stephan Guyenet asks whether fructose sugar can cause obesity. His answer:

[H]igh-sugar diets don’t necessarily produce body fat accumulation in humans, and they can even allow body fat loss under some circumstances, but are there situations where sugar can cause fat accumulation?  The answer is an emphatic yes….

[E]xcessive consumption of refined sugar can promote elements of the metabolic syndrome, and this is due specifically to its fructose content.

Fortunately, Stephan projects that US sugar consumption won’t reach 100% of calories until 2606.

Good news for pet lovers: Cats can serve as blood glucose monitors.

[5] Cute animals:

Via Aravindan Balasubramanian.

[6] The competition is heating up: Hitler has decided to start a Paleo blog:

(Via Stabby.)

[7] How the brain ages: A fascinating plot at Marginal Revolution:

[8] Not the Weekly Video: I hope this Chinese candy artist is using safe sugars!

[9] Shou-Ching’s Photo Art:

[10] Weekly video: We might as well wrap up the pork series with evidence that pigs will eat almost anything:

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