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    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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Jan
30

Stress: The Basics

Caveman Doctor recently was asked the question by loyal reader Cristina “Does stress cause cancer?”  Caveman Doctor isn’t sure what stress is, so he did some research.  Apparently there are different kinds of stresses like acute and chronic stress.  Caveman Doctor understood what acute stress was, as he deals with this every day when he [...]

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Jan
23

Can Eating Fat Stop Cancer in Its Tracks?

Caveman Doctor was recently talking with some health professionals about the benefits of eating grass-fed beef.  One of the other people in the conversation said “Give me just one reason why eating beef is healthy!”  Caveman Doctor quickly responded with one word: CLA.  Caveman Doctor then explained to them what CLA was and its benefits.  [...]

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Jan
19

Can a Caveman Diet Help Fight Prostate Cancer or Even Help Cure It?

Caveman Doctor recently received a question asking how best to fight prostate cancer or cure it with diet.  Caveman Doctor wasn’t sure how to fight or cure anything with his diet as he merely eats the foods that nature provided him for several million years.  Regardless, he decided to take a closer look.   Protect [...]

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Jan
13

Cheating the Cheat: Recalibrating Your Sweet Tooth

em>Caveman Doctor recently received an email (whatever an email is) asking for recommendations to help avoid carbohydrates and sweets.  The email read “Not all of us have your discipline, can you give me some pointers?”  This confused Caveman Doctor, as he used to have the sweetest tooth around the cave.  In fact, Caveman Doctor’s caveman [...]

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Jan
8

Like a Caveman, Eat More Protein!

Caveman Doctor recently received an email (whatever an email is) asking if a caveman diet contains too much protein and if it’s bad for his kidneys.  Caveman doctor was very confused by this question as he is constantly surrounded by delicious and healthy sources of protein that make up the bulk of his diet.  Also, [...]

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Jan
5

Effect of Dietary Protein Content on Weight Gain, Energy Expenditure, and Body Composition during Overeating

Caveman Doctor recently received many emails (whatever an email is) and even some questions in the hallways at work concerning a recent article where they compared low and high protein diets.  Caveman Doctor wasn’t planning on doing a post today; however, he thought it was important to address this article.   Effect of Dietary Protein [...]

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Jan
3

Enough With the Diet of Moderation!

Doctors: Please Stop Telling Your Patients to Eat “A Diet of Moderation”   We all know it usually means low-fat Caveman Doctor would like you all to note that the following article does not refer to all doctors, nutritionists, dieticians, or healthcare experts.  There are many amazing caregivers out there, both well-versed in the literature [...]

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Dec
25

What Can Something as Simple as the Skin of Fruit Tell us About Nutrition?

Caveman Doctor was recently asked if he peels the skin off of fruit when he eats it, as well as his thoughts on fruit juice.  He was very confused with this question as he never even considered peeling the edible skin off of fruit.  When hunting and gathering, Caveman Doctor would be foolish to throw [...]

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Dec
23

What is My Optimal Cholesterol Level?

Caveman Doctor recently received a question from a reader emphatically stating that they need to bring their cholesterol level down – maybe even with medications!  Their family doctor said it was too high at 220.  Caveman Doctor asked what the HDL was, and the reader said 75.  Caveman Doctor was very confused as to why [...]

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Dec
20

Why your doctor recommends a low fat diet and what it has to do with a rabbit and a little lie.

Caveman Doctor recently received an email from a subscriber asking why his doctor seems to be against fat in the diet.  This made Caveman Doctor very confused because his diet has a decent amount of fat in it.  In fact, Caveman Doctor is eating a juicy grass-fed and grass-finished steak right now and washing it [...]

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