Book Club at Leya's Tomorrow

Just a reminder that book club is at Leya's house tomorrow starting at 8:30.  The address is 3013 Victoria Avenue.  Hope to see you all there!

NO BOOK CLUB THIS TUESDAY!!!

For those of you who didn't make it out to book club last week, we decided to cancel book club this week (there were a few folks who had other commitments), and have our final wrap-up to the Paleo Solution a week from Tuesday (December 14th), at 8:30 (same time), at LEYA's HOUSE!!!

So, between now and Dec 14th, you can read the rest of the book, listen to some new podcasts, finish your Christmas shopping and have some holiday cheer :)  See you on the 14th!

Farewell to Saturdays

Heads up that Leya and I have decided to cancel Saturday book club, and continue only with Tuesdays - at least for the rest of The Paleo Solution book.  There's been a pretty low turn out on Saturday, whereas Tuesday has been a really great, consistent group of folks! 

This week, Leya will talk about Leaky Guts and hopefully be successful in scaring you off grains.  After which, I'll swoop in and save the day by making fat your friend again.  Looking forward to Tuesday. C y'all soon!!

GOOOOOO RIDERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Questions for Chapters 4 and 5

1.  What stuck out for you regarding the information on digestion in a normal/underfed/overfed state?
- What was the most interesting part for you?
- Is there anything you require clarification on?

2.  What stuck out for you on the development of disease states?
- Was there anything interesting or surprising for you?
- Did you learn anything new?

3.  What did you find interesting about AGEs?

4.  Is there anything you require additional information on?  Cholesterol?  Fructose?

Tuesday Book Club Rocks Too!

Super full house today with 10 nutrition nerds here (+ Leya, Chris, and myself), and 2 online NN's (Paul & Taryn!).  We missed having Sarah K's super smart self here to talk about insulin, but we muddled through alright.  We didn't end off the night by talking about poop this week, but there was some chatter about Doritos and hotdogs, which are almost as gross as poop... and we learned that Chris is "the ice-cream guy".  All good times!

Next week Leya and I will be far less 'teachy', as the material isn't nearly as technical.

FOR NEXT WEEK:

We'll be discussing Chapters 4&5.  If you can't make it to CFR for book club on Saturday, please come to the Tunison house on Tuesday evening!  We'll try to have some discussion questions up before Saturday.  I heart book club. Thanks to everyone who came out on this snowy evening!

Y'ALL ROCK!

You know when you wake up hearing your favourite song on the radio, then you put your pants on and they feel a bit looser than the day before.  You hit all green lights on the way to work, and you're just feeling awesome?!

Well, that's how Nutrition Nerds Unite book club was at CFR this morning.  With a special shout out to Sarah K for talking about how to avoid "chasing insulin" (love it!), demonstrating with a kick-ass - yet so simple! diagram - and for everyone else who came out to chat, listen, ask questions.   Today was EXACTLY what I hoped for when we started this modest little group.

We're all geared up for round two on Tuesday evening for anyone who wasn't able to make it today.  Leya has all the kinks worked out of the online classroom, so that should be up and running for 8:30pm Tuesday evening.

Week 2: Knowledge is Power, But It Will Not Run A Hair Dryer

1. What are proteins, carbohydrates and fats?

2. Why does insulin matter?

3. Leya and I will offer a basic overview of the 8 hormones that Robb Wolf talks about in Chapter 3

4. Of the hormones mentioned, which do you experience the most difficulty with?  Why?

5. How can you personally alter your diet to help bring your hormones back into balance?

6. General Q&A's