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by Scott Olson on Jul 30th 2013

This may seem like an odd question to consider, but are you predator or prey? To answer this question, I want you to take a moment and think about an animal that is a predator (most people pick lions, tigers, wolves, cheetahs, or sharks). Once you have a picture of the predator in your mind, I then I want you to think about an animal...

tiger cow
by Scott Olson on Jul 23rd 2013
Meat

I get this question all the time, “how much protein should I be eating?” While most of us think it is hard to get enough protein, the opposite is actually true. In our modern day world, it is easy to get enough protein. This protein myth is a hard one to get...

by Scott Olson on Jul 9th 2013
Heart Disease

Eating fat causes heart disease, right? If you have read this blog at all, you should know that it is not fat that causes heart disease, but eating sugar (and foods that act like sugar) and vegetable oils. The benefits of eating fats (the right fats) are obvious: Fat...

by Scott Olson on Jul 2nd 2013
Veggie Oils

Next to sugar, I think the worst foods you can put in your mouth are vegetable oils. This is a hard thing for people to understand because we have been led to believe that vegetable oils are better than saturated fats, but nothing could be further from the truth. Remember that saturated fats are fats that come from animal sources...

by Scott Olson on Jun 25th 2013
Broccoli

Close your eyes for a moment and picture two plates with nothing but broccoli on them. Now imagine pouring butter all over the broccoli on one of those plates. Now pick. Which would you choose: the just-broccoli plate or the butter-and-broccoli plate? Most people...

by Scott Olson on Jun 11th 2013
Energy

Our world is burning the wrong fuel. Whether you believe that global warming is real or not, burning fossil fuels creates problems such as air pollution, environmental damage, and political instability. There will be a day when oil costs more than it is worth to...