Trauma Recovery and Ketosis, Homebirthing, Coffee and Gut Permeability, Paleo to Agricultural Revolution Protein Timing, Eating For Your Genes (GenoPalate)

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Show Notes:

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1. Trauma recovery and ketosis [18:47] Lorena says:

Hi Robb & Nicki!

I've been following you for a few years an have FINALLY started the Keto Masterclass! Thanks for offering it during this global pandemic season. This is way more practical for me to dive into vs AIP at this time.

I'm a psychotherapist specializing in trauma and am a student of Somatic Experiencing, a modality that draws on the body's innate ability to process and recover from traumatic experiences if we give it the time, space, and attention (super short synopsis). We focus a lot on incomplete fight/flight responses that keep us in cycles of trauma and thus high activation (muscle tension, gut issues, pain, and a LOT of other somatic symptoms). I'm going through module 2 where you explain the purpose of ketones and you say that this frees up the glycogen to "only be used when we need it." This makes me wonder if/how the over-consumption of carbs and thus always burning those carbs can perpetuate this sympathetic nervous system response keeping trauma survivors from being able to regulate themselves.

I'll leave that there to hear how you would parse through that information and your wide ranging knowledge and will reach out with follow up if need be. I'm thinking this could be a very useful thing for me and my colleagues to consider, especially as we as a society come to grips with nutrition having MAJOR effects on our mood and mood regulation.

I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this!

Lorena

Austin, TX :)

 

2. Homebirthing [25:39] Megan says:

I’m pregnant with my first child and have been doing a lot of research on natural/home-birthing.  It makes so much sense to me to give birth this way and yet it seems so many people, including my closest friends and family, are resistant to the idea.  It would be super helpful to hear your perspective and how you decided to do it.  What factors did you consider?  Would you be willing to share your experience of having a home birth, and would you recommend it?  

Megan, Boise, ID

 

3. Coffee and Gut Permeability [39:17] Laurel says:

Hey Robb,

Though I am sure you have seen this...in the light of it's take on coffee lowering iron, and not sure if the research mentions its relationship with gut permeability or not - haven't read the whole thing yet.

As I don't hold back on coffee, and don't hear you saying you have seen any hard evidence to do so, I wondered what your thoughts were on the research linked below?

Could be its only a negative if you are fighting this type of disease??

cheers,

btw, love love love your and Nicki's show.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337832528_38-month_long_progression-free_and_symptom-free_survival_of_a_patient_with_recurrent_glioblastoma_multiforme_A_case_report_of_the_Paleolithic_Ketogenic_Diet_PKD_used_as_a_stand-alone_treatment_after_f

Note: https://www.cyrexlabs.com/

 

4. Paleo to agricultural revolution protein timing? [43:06] Max says:

Hey Robb.

 Our paths had crossed a  bit in the CrossFit hey days via Brian MacKenzie and CFE as I was an endurance athlete and coach for CFE for about 6 years.  Anyway, it was a long time ago but your teachings/guidance and books have been a boon of information and transformative in my understanding of nutrition.

Anyway, I've been ruminating over a few things lately about paleo and wired to eat and all the circumstances around the various points of view and something occurred to me.  Up until about 5-10,000 years ago, all humans (in a 4 season climate) would have been only born in the Spring just like most large mammals.  Obviously life born into the early Spring and even into the late summer may provide exceptions, but for the most part, this 3-5 month time of the year would have provided the statistically safest time frame for survival after birth.  Taking this into account, then it is safe to say that only neanderthals/homo sapiens with large winter food stores (pre agricultural revolution, this would only mean moose, caribou, seals or the like in large protein resources) could actually provide enough food to sustain life in such cold winters.  Hence, perhaps these large gluts of protein intake in younger years is what would have built up such strong bone/muscle as seen in paleo man?

Fast forward to all the skeletons and/or life like art images of the middle ages and most humans are almost a foot shorter and much smaller than paleo man most likely due to the lack of protein at these earlier ages in life as the agricultural revolution had provided an ability to harvest and store grain during harsh winters rather than only being able to find protein/fat in large animals.

This same 'glut of protein' concept can be drawn into today and explain how humans are so much larger (think Lamar Jackson/Lebron James) and obviously fatter.  Spun forward into "OK, so who cares?", perhaps the timing of a strong protein access source (seasonal "gluts" from ages 2-12?) is also a possible prescription?  I know this falls into a very convenient "eat locally with the seasons" paleo based protocol, but I just can't get my head away from asking 'If essentially all humans were born in the spring (at some point) and then only had mother's milk and protein to eat at such an age until the following Spring, what are key observations about what this can tell us from a seasonal, age based macronutrient perspective?'

Anyway, sorry to fill up your inbox, but wanted to thank you again for all your hard work and through this POV out.

How the Mid-Victorians Worked, Ate and Died: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2672390/

5. Eating For Your Genes (GenoPalate) [49:26] Mike says:

So my question is about the gene testing for diet. I recently had the

23andMe do and sent that data to GenoPalate. Just wanted to know what

you guys think about the idea of eating for your genes and these results

 overall. I’ll include some screenshots. https://imgur.com/a/8E9bAMu

 

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