Caveman Doctor

Overweight or Obese? Maybe it’s not just you

Saturday, June 9, 2012

Caveman Doctor was recently arguing with another physician about the cause of the obesity epidemic. Caveman Doctor was trying to explain that people are “eating too many carbohydrates and modern/processed foods”, while the other doctor was falling back on the typical conventional wisdom. He kept saying things like it’s all about calories in (what we [...]
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Checking Your Oil: The Definitive Guide to Cooking with Fat

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Caveman Doctor posted several weeks ago on the “internet” (whatever that is) about these so called “healthy” vegetable oils. Since then, he has received many emails asking which oils and fats are best to cook with. He also received many comments regarding grass-fed butter and if he is scared to eat this “dangerous” saturated [...]
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The Caveman Doctor Diet

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

The Modern Caveman Diet: What Would a Caveman Do? The Modern Caveman Diet is a dietary and lifestyle routine with its principles rooted in the fact that we have spent over 99% of our existence on earth as hunter-gatherers. Agriculture is a new phenomenon (less than 10,000 years old) and has introduced many [...]
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The Many Benefits of Grass-Fed Beef

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Caveman Doctor recently traveled to a foreign country to celebrate his brother’s wedding. It was an amazing event, taking place in his fiancé’s hometown. Immediately after catching a cab at the airport to his cave hotel, the cabbie started talking food with him. Actually, he started talking beef. This fortuitous coincidence was unprovoked mind you, [...]
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Insulin, Carbohydrates, Obesity, and More Insulin

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Last Friday night after a long week of work, Caveman Cancer Doc was beat. While he strives to constantly avoid chronic stress, there was just too much this week and he couldn’t avoid it. He worked hard all week and needed to relax. He met up with some friends who were eating ice cream. Caveman [...]
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Nov

Podcast 25: Holiday Accountability

What happens when you merge the worlds of doctor and personal trainer? What do you find at the crossroads of medicine, theory and practice? The Relentless Roger and the Caveman Doctor (RRCD) Podcast: Simplifying complex issues for healthy living The podcast exists to take our daily efforts in the physical [...]

Nov

A Body Sculpted by History

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Caveman Doctor was recently eating some liver that he acquired in a hunt. Ok, he bought it from a local farmer whose cows roam the land eating grass, and he avoids the use of pesticides and antibiotics, but close enough. During the feast with his fellow caveman, Roger, they were discussing the diet [...]

Nov

Podcast 24: Live Long and Stress Acutely

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Nov

Podcast 23: Self Treating, Tracking, and Competing

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Oct

Podcast 22: Don’t Become a Paleo Nazi

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Oct

Podcast 21: Bringing Home the Bacon

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Oct

Podcast 20: Don’t Go Nuts on Nuts

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Oct

Podcast 19: Battle Royale: Champ vs. Ornish

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Image rights: from Champ et. al. International Journal of Breast Cancer, all rights reserved

Sep

Carbohydrate Reduction for Breast Cancer?

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Caveman Doctor was recently published in the International Journal of Breast Cancer regarding the current dietary guidelines for breast cancer patients and whether these recommendations are actually based on solid data, as well as the links between high blood glucose (and insulin) and worse outcomes for cancer patients. He also takes a look at [...]