New and Noteworthy: What I Read This Week—Edition 242

Research of the Week

Do genotype-based diets work?

How ketones might help diabetes.

Neanderthals had fire.

Higher fructose intake, shorter telomeres.

Babies in neonatal intensive care units who wear eye masks at night develop better and are released earlier than babies who don’t wear eye masks.

New Primal Kitchen Podcasts

Primal Kitchen Podcast: So What’s Your Gut Telling You?

Primal Health Coach Radio: Ryan Valencic

Media, Schmedia

Sweetgreen switching to EVOO and exploring avocado oil.

Italy to ban synthetic meat.

Interesting Blog Posts

Regenerative rainmaking.

Social Notes

One of my favorite inventions.

Everything Else

Why political identity might correlate to mental well-being.

Spiders think with their webs.

Things I’m Up to and Interested In

Where’s the placebo control?: Latest statin study compares taking statins to taking different statins.

Not surprised: A decline in childhood independence is probably the main cause of the decline in child mental wellbeing.

Interesting: Male chimps hunt far more often than female chimps.

Fascinating: A common feature of intense psychedelic experiences is a feeling of cosmic shame.

Question I’m Asking

What restaurant do you wish would switch off seed oils most? And would you pay extra for it?

Recipe Corner

Time Capsule

One year ago (Oct 14 – Oct 20)

Comment of the Week

“Good article. I both love and loathe this app. I have not curated my photos at all. When my kids were growing up, we shared the same folder for photos, so I still have all of their youthful perspectives on trips we took, random things we found, funny little photos from a childlike view. So I love it for this mindtrip into the past. But I also loathe it. My kids are older: not old enough to understand the world independently but not young enough to share my iPhoto app anymore. Life is at a crossroads for me as a parent, and I sometimes loathe the photo reminders of this lost past. Both tears of joy and of sorrow.“

-It can be hard. Hang in there and know that without the sorrow there is no joy.

About the Author

Mark Sisson is the founder of Mark’s Daily Apple, godfather to the Primal food and lifestyle movement, and the New York Times bestselling author of The Keto Reset Diet. His latest book is Keto for Life, where he discusses how he combines the keto diet with a Primal lifestyle for optimal health and longevity. Mark is the author of numerous other books as well, including The Primal Blueprint, which was credited with turbocharging the growth of the primal/paleo movement back in 2009. After spending three decades researching and educating folks on why food is the key component to achieving and maintaining optimal wellness, Mark launched Primal Kitchen, a real-food company that creates Primal/paleo, keto, and Whole30-friendly kitchen staples.

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