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252 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 days ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsA quick podcast that features tips about the paleo, ancestral, carnivore or barbarian template type of lifestyle. Sometimes politics as well- a succinct summation by your own PaleoJay! Come join the tribe...
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Get Healthy and Strong by NOT going to the Gym!
July 11, 2018 04:00 - 16 minutes - 7.53 MBFor many, many years I went to gyms. I lifted weights at the YMCA, and ran on the streets. I also did some stretching, but it was kind of hit and miss. Those were my younger days… Now, I am in my 66th year, and I have learned a lot since I started seriously working out in my 20’s! In the beginning, I followed the bodybuilding advice of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Frank Zane. Actually, Frank Zane still had what I consider the ideal physique- not huge, buy very symmetrical. Even toda...
Save your Teeth! (and don't get sick as well) on Paleo Quick tip of the Day
June 13, 2018 04:00 - 9 minutes - 4.22 MBI have been experimenting with Xylitol for a while now, and while this low calorie sweetener is almost exactly like sugar when substituted for it, the results of it on the body are amazingly different! For one: sugar is deadly to oral health! Sugar in your mouth is tantamount to oral suicide, since sugar feeds the bad bacteria that causes tooth decay, and also results long term into periodontal disease, destroying your gums, which are the literal foundation that secures your teeth. X...
How to Live an Ancestral Life
May 31, 2018 04:00 - 8 minutes - 3.84 MBAll of us here are aspiring or existing Paleo People- or at least we should be! We want to get in touch with nature, and live our lives in harmony with the natural world of health and wellness, eating real foods that are healthy and nutritious, and eliminating fake food like substances pushed upon us by the mainstream, like grains, sugars, and processed foods and sugary crap. That is all a given. We also want to spend time daily in a natural setting, sleep in a totally dark and relat...
Blood Pressure BS
May 23, 2018 04:00 - 8 minutes - 3.94 MBBlood pressure, most importantly the notion of high blood pressure, is a long-running pool of misinformation and bad treatment. The measurement of taking the blood pressure originated in 1905, and has not changed since then! It was actually discovered in the 1880’s, but the final measuring system was finalized in 1905- Hardly cutting edge science and medicine! But the medical system has stuck with it all this time, and only tries to mask the symptoms of the high blood pressure...
Make Every Day Perfect!
May 05, 2018 04:00 - 15 minutes - 7.01 MBNow I know- all you hear about lately is Keto this and Keto that; not nearly as much paleo as was the case a few years ago! That’s typical- people are rather faddish, all following the latest trend, and abandoning something else- even if it was working wonderfully for them! But, far more commonly, they jump on the next bandwagon, before ever really committing to, and following the last one they were planning to adopt! But, just to be on the record, for most folks The Paleo Diet, (of...
Make Every Day Perfect!
May 05, 2018 04:00 - 15 minutes - 6.98 MBNow I know- all you hear about lately is Keto this and Keto that; not nearly as much paleo as was the case a few years ago! That’s typical- people are rather faddish, all following the latest trend, and abandoning something else- even if it was working wonderfully for them! But, far more commonly, they jump on the next bandwagon, before ever really committing to, and following the last one they were planning to adopt! But, just to be on the record, for most folks The Paleo Diet, (of...
Black Nights Matter!
April 18, 2018 04:00 - 7 minutes - 3.74 MBThis is the true iteration of this endless plea, and is one that actually makes sense! Black Lives Matter means very little indeed. But Black Nights Matter- well, this is important stuff. If you are sleeping in a room with windows that let light into your bedroom, you probably have no idea that this is one of the most pernicious things that you can do to your health. For hundreds of millions of years, our ancestors have had light only within the window provided by nature- from dawn ...
Keto is NOT the Ultimate Goal
April 05, 2018 04:00 - 7 minutes - 3.34 MBI am getting a little confused by the paleo community all seemingly running like lemmings into the land of Ketosis! As if, all of a sudden, the goal of ancestral living is to just get to ketosis, stay in ketosis, and glory in ketosis… Getting into a ketogenic state is important- it is one tool in our paleo health toolbox. I don’t deny this. But to go on and on and on about KETO, and never mention the other essential parts of healthy ancestral living, well, it’s like cutting off your...
Natural Hobbies for Natural Health
March 21, 2018 04:00 - 7 minutes - 3.66 MBLet’s say you want to be healthy- a healthy, paleo type of a person! You clean up your diet, substituting good fats and pastured proteins for your processed carbs and sugary stuff. You start to exercise, and use body weight movements instead of machines and weights, and start walking and sprinting barefoot instead of jogging long, slow distances in heavily cushioned running shoes. If you are doing these things, I guarantee you are now far more fit and healthy than before- congratula...
Reverse Osteoporosis with Dried Plums
February 28, 2018 05:00 - 4 minutes - 2.26 MBThat’s prunes- that of course is what a dried plum is! And recent studies have shown that prunes have amazing health benefits, and also taste really good. But the big news is that you can actually reverse osteoporosis within your bones by consuming prunes. It has been thought that once the bones lose minerals, they cannot be regained. Thus, people as they age, in particular women, but in men was well, gradually lose bone structure. This sets you up for weak, easily breakable bones,...
Balance is Crucial
February 01, 2018 05:00 - 16 minutes - 7.52 MBI mainly plan to talk about actual balance- the balance so crucial to the human body. But when I think about it, it is so obvious that balance as a notion is so important in every single aspect of our lives! But let’s talk about the physical type of balance first. I have been thinking quite a bit about this issue of balance lately, because I have been seeing so many instances of people, my age and younger, (not to mention older!) who are obviously having major balance issues. Think ...
Don't Be a New Year's Resolution Exerciser
January 18, 2018 05:00 - 8 minutes - 3.98 MBNow is the time when most folks are exercising. And I do mean now- for the first week or two of the New Year. I drive by local gyms, it seems there are endless versions all over my little community, all of whose parking lots are full. For now. I always wonder, ‘if there are all of these gyms, almost everywhere, and all of these people belong and go on a regular basis- why do I rarely see a fit looking person?’ It is a legitimate question to ask, but unfortunately I already think t...
How to Ruin Your Health with Over the Counter Drugs
January 04, 2018 05:00 - 4 minutes - 2.33 MBNSAIDS- Non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. You can get them over the counter, and there are others that you need a prescription for, but the bottom line is this: the short-term pain relief they offer comes at a huge price: the high risk of ruining your health! I have posted an infographic from mercola.com that details the many problems with taking these drugs at www.paleojay.com. The sad thing is that there is a quite natural alternative to these synthetic, damaging drugs. ...
Creativity Crucial for Paleo Ancestral LIfestyle
December 20, 2017 05:00 - 6 minutes - 2.94 MBSometimes I think I get a little ‘out there’ on things, and I’m afraid this is one of those times. I truly believe that nurturing your creative self, that part of you that does more than just work for a living, and then, when all the work is done, both at home and at your workplace, you just seek entertainment. Now, I am not averse to entertainment itself, not at all. I’ve played in, and even organized musical bands and choruses in my time, and love to play guitar and sing. Where wo...
Isometrics are Wonderful
December 06, 2017 05:00 - 9 minutes - 4.51 MBHere is the thing about isometrics: almost everyone dismisses them! There is no rhyme or reason about it. My feeling is that no one has actually looked at the research, or ever experimented with this form of exercise- I mean, how can it be that pushing hard against an immovable resistance for a matter of seconds can: Lower blood pressure, dramatically! Strengthen that muscle in a huge way, even throughout the muscle, not just in that particular angle! Be done so fast, and so...
Solitude
November 26, 2017 05:00 - 10 minutes - 5.12 MBMuch is made in paleo circles of the importance of engaging in a “tribe”, whether it be family, neighborhood, church family, or even a stone-age tribe, should you happen to have one. (And I don’t mean old Flintstone episodes)! In fact, I am one of those espousing the essential nature of having a tribe. It really is a necessary thing, for both physical and mental health. BUT, the yin to the yang of that idea is that each of us, whether we realize it or not, needs solitude. And I don...
Eat More SALT! on Paleo quick tip of the day podcast
November 10, 2017 05:00 - 6 minutes - 3.17 MBOnce again, as we should be getting used to in modern medicine: they have gotten it all wrong! We have been told for decades and decades, at least since the early 1970’s, that high salt consumption is the worst thing ever, and it will kill us, giving us high blood pressure, and also heart disease after that. Salt is bad bad bad, and we should do our best to consume as little salt as possible! Wrong, wrong, wrong. Just as we were told that eating fat will not only make us fat, but it ...
Aerobic Isometrics
October 28, 2017 04:00 - 10 minutes - 4.98 MBOne of the most productive and efficient ways to work out is using something called aerobic isometrics. It actually sounds contradictory, for after all isn’t isometric exercise working against an immovable object for time? And isn’t aerobics moving the body at a steady state for a longer period of time? Yes and yes. But they actually come together very well, and when done this way they are an incredibly good, and safe way to really get fit! And a real fitness, that combines the car...
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff- Paleo Minutae
September 27, 2017 04:00 - 8 minutes - 4.19 MBA growing trend has begun troubling me in the paleo sphere- concentrating on minutae. Little things, in other words. Instead of just focussing on the large issues in what is wrong in health and fitness these days, most of the paleo “in crowd” seem to be trying to distinguish themselves by choosing some small niche in the field, and going on and on about how important that one small thing is! I realize most folks that talk and write about paleo nutrition and wellness are trying to ma...
Eat Sulphorophane and Feel No Pain
September 07, 2017 04:00 - 5 minutes - 2.75 MBMaybe you haven’t heard of sulphurophane. Maybe you have. But you need to know that it comes from cruciferous vegetables, like broccoli and cauliflower, as well as all of the greens that most folks don’t eat anymore! Turnip greens, collards, cabbage and kale, brussels sprouts and surprisingly horseradish, which I love! The thing is this: our ancestral relations all ate tons of such greens, plucked from the ground as they went about their day. Tons! On top of that, they did not eat...
Vitamin K and K2
August 17, 2017 04:00 - 5 minutes - 2.81 MBK2 is the forgotten vitamin. Support the Show.
Apple Cider Vinegar for Skin Health!
August 09, 2017 04:00 - 8 minutes - 4.02 MBOne thing you should definitely have in your paleolithic arsenal is apple cider vinegar, or ACV! It is inexpensive, in fact, you can make your own, and also widely available in stores. The flagship brand is Bragg’s Apple Cider vinegar, but lately other brands have appeared on the market. Just make sure you get the unfiltered ACV, not the standard clear version- you want it cloudy on the bottom of the bottle! I have been recommending you consume ACV daily, in your Paleo Green Smooth...
Health Lessons from my Father
July 20, 2017 04:00 - 9 minutes - 4.36 MBYesterday we put my father to rest, his ashes buried on the grounds of the vacation cabin my family has shared for almost 30 years. We put an inscribed rock up to mark the spot, and had a wonderful memorial service, with everyone present to speak on what a wonderful influence our father had been on us all. His life of almost 97 years was celebrated again and again, both through poems, testimonials, and music especially- since my father, Philip H. Bowers aka “Big Band Phil” was a lifelong ...
Superslow-
July 06, 2017 04:00 - 8 minutes - 4.09 MBIf you have been listening to this podcast for any length of time, you know that I vastly prefer bodyweight, isometrics, and especially virtual resistance training over any other type! I do like heavy hands, where you walk along (preferable barefoot or in Xero type shoes on God’s green earth), grounding yourself electrically as you go, pumping small weights in your hands as you go, which exercises you panaerobically, meaning you are working as much of your musculature and your heart an...
Goodbye to my Dad!
June 08, 2017 04:00 - 9 minutes - 4.33 MBThis is a difficult podcast to write and speak. This past week I lost my father, as well as his brother, my uncle Ken! Phil Bowers and Ken Bowers, small town Wisconsin boys who went on to accomplish great things, have gone to the Afterlife almost together- elder brother Ken died just one week before his little brother. Ken was born in 1919, and Phil was born in 1920. Elder brother led the way… Both of them led stellar lives: Ken was active in WW2, becoming a Major in the US ar...
Good Health is Your Choice
May 31, 2017 04:00 - 11 minutes - 5.24 MBIt’s not your doctor’s responsibility, it’s not up to your mother, or your husband or wife- it is simply your choice. Health really is just about that simple! YOU make the decision each night whether or not to go to bed nice and early, turning off all the lights in your bedroom and then composing yourself for sleep. YOU decide not to look at various screens in bed, which are guaranteed to disrupt your circadian clock, and mess up your sleep. Also, this messing with your sleep clock, your c...
Easy Paleo
May 17, 2017 04:00 - 7 minutes - 3.32 MBThe more I read and research about staying healthy in this our modern era, the simpler it becomes to me. There is really only one thing you need to do nutritionally to avoid degenerative diseases… Strictly limit your refined carbs and sugars! That’s it, I’m not kidding! The high blood glucose almost all Americans now live with, and the resultant spikes in insulin, over and over for years and years- well, that puts you into insulin resistance. This state is the fount of all our ills- it r...
Easy Paleo
May 17, 2017 04:00 - 7 minutes - 3.35 MBThe more I read and research about staying healthy in this our modern era, the simpler it becomes to me. There is really only one thing you need to do nutritionally to avoid degenerative diseases… Strictly limit your refined carbs and sugars! That’s it, I’m not kidding! The high blood glucose almost all Americans now live with, and the resultant spikes in insulin, over and over for years and years- well, that puts you into insulin resistance. This state is the fount of all our ills- it r...
Lift LIght not Heavy
May 10, 2017 04:00 - 6 minutes - 2.96 MBThis research has been around for about 6 or 7 years now, but the information has yet to circulate widely throughout the fitness world- lifting light weights is just as effective for developing both strength and muscle size! Why is this such big news? Well, for many athletes, and just plain regular folks who want to improve their health and appearance, the advice has been to “lift heavy” for many years. This means to lift a weight at least 80% of your one-rep max in that particular lift, a...
Emu Oil and Paleo
May 03, 2017 04:00 - 9 minutes - 4.45 MBJust when you think you’ve got the ancestral, paleo type of diet pretty much all figured out- another wrinkle appears! Actually, this is part of what is so really cool about paleo, it is an endless road of discovery. Your typical medical doctor thinks he has it all figured out: what he learned in medical school 30 years ago is all he needs to know… Of course, he is dead wrong, and if you follow his advice, you too will wind up not only wrong, but dead. Conventional medicine will never reco...
Do not be a FAKE Environmentalist!
April 12, 2017 04:00 - 9 minutes - 4.34 MBAs an ancestral, paleo sort of person, safeguarding our natural environment is very important to me. The fact the glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup by Monsanto is sprayed widely on our crops, and also right in our very yards and gardens disgusts me! his on your yard or garden, you are compromising the health of your own family, along with anyone else who walks on your poisoned grass. Just stop- your precious micro biome is at risk, for what? A “prettier” carpet-like lawn, with no...
Where to Live a Good Life
April 05, 2017 04:00 - 15 minutes - 7.32 MBWhere to live a good life is important- in fact, it is paramount. Our ancestors knew this well: they would hunt for a good cave, or place to build their huts, where there was ample game and wild vegetables to gather. A place where there was cover, and a sheltered area, probably around a clearing, where the tribe could build a fire. A fire for both keeping away predators, cooking food (meat and veggies- and yes, oh lord- there were probably little tubers and grass seeds sometimes too!!). ...
Do NOT Train with Weights- Brachiate!
March 23, 2017 04:00 - 9 minutes - 4.46 MBMore heresy- stop weight training? Get flabby and soft?? Well, how about stopping damaging, dangerous heavy weight lifting, and replace it with a type of strength training that is far safer, more beneficial, and will leave you with a body that is not only fit and healthy, but aesthetically pleasing as well. I mean it, friends- I have literally tons of weights in my basement, that nowadays I never touch. Well, not never, because there is one exercise that you do need to use a barbell for th...
Insulin Ages You
March 09, 2017 05:00 - 10 minutes - 4.84 MBOf all the reasons to avoid a high carb and sugar diet, insulin stimulation if one of the best. After you consume carbs, or carb’s twin sugar, your pancreas floods your blood with insulin, to bring down the high sugar levels. If you do this long enough, you will overwhelm your system, and become insulin resistant. Also, there is another piece of the metabolic puzzle called leptin, which is a hormone produced by your good friends- your fat cells! When functioning well, when the fat cells ar...
Fake Health News
February 15, 2017 05:00 - 11 minutes - 5.28 MBThe big thing now is: Fake News. On the political front, this is a huge problem, as our major media has capitulated almost entirely to the liberal side, and only broadcasts and prints stories that advance their own particular left wing agenda. Facts be damned! Fortunately, now we have the internet, and we can actually fact check what is being broadcast to us. We also have Fox news, which really is “Fair and Balanced”, as they advertise, and talk radio to tell us the other side, the real new...
Work on Your Waist
February 08, 2017 05:00 - 8 minutes - 3.71 MBWaistline work is not about vanity. Although it will do more to improve your appearance than anything else you can do, the more important thing is that it will dramatically improve your health. Having a lean, ripped midsection, from all viewing angles, is a premiere indicator of a healthy body. It means you will have a healthy, vibrant spine and back, the abdominal muscles are critical to support your interior organs and digestion, and the whole supporting musculature of a well-developed a...
Get Fat and Sick with Vegetable Oils
February 01, 2017 05:00 - 6 minutes - 3.19 MBThis isn’t what you’ll read on those pretty bottles of corn, soy, canola, margarine, Crisco, and other toxic vegetable oil products- but it is true nonetheless. Not only are these oils not “vegetable” in origin, like we’ve been told glibly for years, they are actually from otherwise hard, inedible seeds that have been treated with harsh chemical extraction methods to get a somewhat edible, cheap product out of what would otherwise be nothing more than a machine lubricant. (Which is what ma...
Get Fat and Sick with Vegetable Oils
February 01, 2017 05:00 - 6 minutes - 3.16 MBThis isn’t what you’ll read on those pretty bottles of corn, soy, canola, margarine, Crisco, and other toxic vegetable oil products- but it is true nonetheless. Not only are these oils not “vegetable” in origin, like we’ve been told glibly for years, they are actually from otherwise hard, inedible seeds that have been treated with harsh chemical extraction methods to get a somewhat edible, cheap product out of what would otherwise be nothing more than a machine lubricant. (Which is what ma...
The Green Smoothie Cure on Paleo Quick Tip of the Day Podcast
January 19, 2017 05:00 - 5 minutes - 2.58 MBThe green smoothie cure A green smoothie, all by itself, pretty much cures everything! I know, that sounds like crazy talk, but I assure that it is true. How can this be true? Well, simply by taking a handful or so of greens, adding in a can of coconut milk, some kefir, green tea, fresh or frozen cruciferous veggies like broccoli & cauliflower, & a couple of raw eggs, a peeled lemon with a handful of berries-then blending it all together in a high speed blender like a Vitamix - why, you...
Making Health Habits- How To
January 12, 2017 05:00 - 9 minutes - 4.49 MBHabits for Health Creating habits for health is probably the very best thing you can do in life! Wow, that sounds extreme, but it is 100% true. “Once begun, half done,” as the old saying goes, is true of anything. And the truth is that, if you don’t eat right, it you don’t exercise, if you don’t sleep a solid 8 hours per night, and so on- you are not going to be healthy. And, by not being healthy, you will be destined, over time, to be unhappy as well. That’s just how life works, grass...
Escaping a Cold, and www.Jaywalk.jaytalk.com
January 05, 2017 05:00 - 9 minutes - 4.25 MBI, your usually super healthy PaleoJay, have just recovered from a week long bout with a bad cold! It was doubly bad, since I haven’t had any kind of a cold for years now; to the best of my recollection it has been over 6 years since I had a cold that lasted longer than one day. I am just almost never sick, which I ascribe to my lifestyle and nutrition. But not this time! In fact, I am broadcasting this on a Thursday, when I always broadcast on Wednesdays- I have for years now. However, y...
Fasting for Fat Loss and More
December 28, 2016 05:00 - 4 minutes - 2.32 MBFasting for Fat Loss and More One rather simple and easy method for both controlling your weight and also vastly increasing your health simultaneously is with fasting! Simply by limiting your eating window to a set amount of hours per day- say 6 am to 6 pm, you will eat less, without really consciously trying. If you then eliminate snacks, & go to just three meals in that allotted time span, that is another step forward! From there, you can gradually “up the ante” by further compressin...
Avoid Your Doctor!
December 21, 2016 05:00 - 8 minutes - 3.88 MBIf you want to keep your health, avoid our MD. Keep away from DRUG oriented big business! Support the Show.
Liberals on Paleo Nutrition
December 07, 2016 05:00 - 10 minutes - 5.02 MBNow that we all have the election of Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton in our rear view mirrors, we can take stock of that outcome. I think it is important to view the election through examination of a subject with which we are very familiar: that of nutrition and health. If you are in agreement with the paleo precepts, such as those of eating a real foods, no gluten, and indeed lowish carb and grain type of diet, well then- you are in disagreement with the big Federal Agencies! You ...
You Gotta Cook!
December 01, 2016 05:00 - 13 minutes - 6.13 MBThis seems like a kind of crazy title for a podcast, but I really started thinking about this today: Most Americans no longer cook! They buy fast food, they buy processed food to heat up, they order pizzas galore, and they go out to restaurants… But they rarely ever actually cook a meal! I know, Thanksgiving has come and gone, and most people (I hope, at least!) still cook a traditional dinner. My daughter and son-in-law cooked a great one- all of the traditional turkey and stuffing...
Carb Questions
November 23, 2016 05:00 - 5 minutes - 2.57 MBLike everything in Paleo land, we do things differently. It seems that the conventional, standard American diet does everything exactly the opposite of what they should be doing. They eat wheat and grain, not only do they eat them, but seem to almost bathe in grain products, day and night! Doughnuts and cereal for breakfast, sandwiches at almost every meal, pizza and crackers- the list just goes on and on. Wheat is the worst, what with all of its anti-nutrients and propensity to compromis...
Sleep, Exercise, and Eat like a baby!
November 18, 2016 05:00 - 6 minutes - 2.99 MBI am late with this weekly podcast of Paleo Quick Tip of the Day, which usually comes out on each and every Wednesday- but I have a good reason! My wife and I have been caring for our 14 month old grandson and, although it was truly a joy to have him in the house and yard for four days and nights, it is also- a lot of work! If you have a little one or more, you know what I am saying is true. Little children take about all you can give them, and if you are doing a good job of nurturin...
NO, you are NOT IMMUNE to Gluten!
November 09, 2016 05:00 - 11 minutes - 5.5 MBI have heard this time and again- “You know, I try to eat right- I even make your green smoothies and feel healthier for it. I exercise religiously. But I think this gluten thing doesn’t apply to me- I’m immune!” Not true. If you have never been off of gluten, and I mean you’ve never really followed through and eliminated bread products, even in relatively small amounts, from your diet for at least a month or two, you have no idea how much better you can “look, feel, and perform”, to quote ...
NO, you are NOT IMMUNE to Gluten!
November 09, 2016 05:00 - 11 minutes - 5.53 MBI have heard this time and again- “You know, I try to eat right- I even make your green smoothies and feel healthier for it. I exercise religiously. But I think this gluten thing doesn’t apply to me- I’m immune!” Not true. If you have never been off of gluten, and I mean you’ve never really followed through and eliminated bread products, even in relatively small amounts, from your diet for at least a month or two, you have no idea how much better you can “look, feel, and perform”, to quote ...
Save Your Teeth
November 02, 2016 04:00 - 6 minutes - 3.13 MBMost of us know by now how great the paleo type of diet and lifestyle is for your body- I mean, your fat stores shrink drastically as you become a “fat burner” as opposed to a “sugar burner”, and your health literally explodes as you provide your body with vital nutrients instead of harmful substances like processed foods, chemicals, and gluten. Throw in a little exercise, good sleep, and harmonious tribal relationships with family and friends, and Mr. or Ms. Paleo is looking very healthy...