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Looks like a good read. I will have to check it out. I just finished a decent book titled the Power of Habit, which discusses why we have habits and how they can be changed.

Both of those books sound like good reads.

Fritz - that book lost me at "business" :-)

Actually thanks for the recommendation. I need something to read for ANOTHER long plane ride this weekend.

That's why I didn't include it in the title. :) In the book you will learn why toothpaste became widely accepted in the early 1900s. Fascinating.

I like that kind of stuff... I'm going to download it tonight.

Hunter-gatherers don't use toothpaste and their teeth are in better condition than ours. Dental health was great throughout human history... until we started farming.

You're flirting with Paleo I see. Be careful, it's a cult.

I hate that word because it automatically draws the battle lines :-)

There's a lot of really stupid stuff humans do that our bodies weren't really adapted for. I agree with many of the points made by the cult (and have for some time). It's like anything else... take 2/3rds of the "paleo movement" and it's probably right on the money.

I read the power of habit last fall. Very good read and very much how life works. Loved it Fritz. MIH

I'm a closet paleo sympathizer myself. Don't tell anyone.

Yeah if paleo means "eat less over-processed crap and exercise more" then I'm on board too. And in many ways, that's what it boils down to!

Of course another term for that is "common sense"

There are a lot of general assumptions of the "Paleo Diet" that are completely wrong.

Now, eating lots of fruits and vegetables, less processed foods, etc...that's not a diet. That's just eating healthy.

common sense, like the gas station? ;) hey, good read on the onion Jake. I am huge fan of Baseball by the way, but that was funny. Go Stro's today in the Home Opener vs. The Evil Empire!

I do think that people would benefit greatly by reading Lieberman's book...it's a very valuable resource for those that really care about their health.

It's definitely a "wake up call" type of book that makes you re-evaluate some of the (unhealthy) habits you have.

Spencer - The Onion link was a video. How did you read it? :-)

I read the headline. Now I'll watch the video ;)

The podcast Jay Johnson posted today transitions towards a lot of things we're loosely discussing here...

http://goo.gl/MHwz2e

The whole conversation is good, but after 40 minutes they start talking less about endocrinology and more about nutrition.

Slightly off topic but on the processed food topic. When I was camping at joe's valley last year i had some chocolate in a tied bag by my feet. Sometime in the night a critter tore through the bag and the wrapper and munched on it.

The day before I was eating some hot tamales and lost a couple on the trail- When i went back to the car they were there- untouched.

Moral of the story- that something so processed as a hot tamale candy, would not be touched by anything in nature. The same nature that would tear through bags to eat chocolate.

I downloaded your book, Fritz.

So its either that or True Detective on the DC trip.

I am going to download Lieberman's book tonight Jake. Thanks. I have been looking for a good read.

It's worth the read. The first half starts a little slower as he moves through some evolutionary history, but that part is important to really set up the second half when he talks about the mismatch diseases in the modern era. Fascinating stuff.