Just a short update this week. With a baby on the way, we’ve been really trying to get prepared before Michelle’s third trimester, so I haven’t done much reading in the last week. We have most of our junk piled up and ready for a yard sale and soon we plan to paint several of the rooms. Looks like a busy next couple of months ahead of us, but I’ll do my best to share some of the interesting things I still manage to read.
I love coffee, just like anybody else. I take coffee to a higher level than most though. I’m often called me a coffee nerd because of all of the ways I make coffee. I own a regular coffee machine, but I never use it. I prefer to use a Hario V60 pour over instead. I also own an Aeropress, a french press and a moka pot, but I don’t use those as often. I try to buy only single-origin, organic coffee beans and I grind my coffee using a burr grinder instead of blade grinder. But I do these things because I want the cleanest, healthiest cup of coffee. If you sat me down next to a coffee expert to compare notes on various coffees, the only thing I’d have to say is “yup, that tastes pretty good.” I’ve tried a lot of different types of coffee, but for some reason I’ve never tried an iced coffee. That’s going to change after reading this! I plan to make some healthier modifications of course 😉
Great post from Ben Greenfield about the importance of nutrient density in foods and he also included a huge list of 40 different meals and snacks that you can eat to support your health. I actually used this post to craft my meals for the upcoming week.
Sorry low carbers, your microbiome is just not that into you
Good info for everyone, especially people who do ketogenic diets. And for any vegans reading this, you might think it doesn’t apply to you since we eat so many carbs, but if you’re eating a lot of carbs that contain high amounts of indigestible fiber (wheat, bran, fruit skin, brown rice, seeds, nuts and skin from root vegetables), you might be starving your gut microbes. You should also consume plenty of pre-biotic (asparagus, burdock, chicory, dandelion root, Jerusalem artichoke, leeks, legumes and onions) and pro-biotic (yogurt, sauerkraut, kombucha, miso soup, sourdough bread, naturally fermented pickles and tempeh) foods or take supplements.
Find Your Kryptonite With the Free Bulletproof Food Sense iPhone App!
Food sensitivity testing is one thing I’m really surprised I haven’t actually done yet. I would like to though. But until then, I’ll be using this new iPhone app from The Bulletproof Executive. I can’t wait to see what kind of data I get from this!