Prowler Sundays are always a big hit On our old blog, we had spot on the blog where we had a permanent link to a soft copy of our CrossFit Oakland Recipe Collection. This was a big hit with our old-timers, but since there are so many newcomers in the last couple of years, we […]
Leka and Ellie don’t look concerned about their saturated fat intake
A recent meta-analysis done by Ronald Krauss, director of atherosclerosis research at the Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, and his team or researchers found that there was no association between saturated fat and heart disease risk. For those of you who’ve read Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes, the findings of this meta-analysis will have a familiar ring. But the fact that this meta-analysis, and a significant one at that, comes from the scientific community, will hopefully bolster the message that Taubes has been trying to get across for the better part of the past decade.
The article’s final paragraph does a great job of summing up the findings of the research:
“If you reduce saturated fat and replace it with high glycemic-index carbohydrates, you may not only not get benefits—you might actually produce harm,” Ludwig argues. The next time you eat a piece of buttered toast, he says, consider that “butter is actually the more healthful component.”
Read the whole article here, which appeared in Scientific American:
Carbs against Cardio: More Evidence that Refined Carbohydrates, not Fats, Threaten the Heart
Ran at the top of a deadlift
Yes, it’s sad but true, our 6-week Paleo Challenge will be coming to a close this Sunday June 9th. I truly hope that all of you were able follow the eating plan and that it has helped you in some way to stay on track with your health/fitness goals. Perhaps those results will help motivate you to adopt a more whole foods based or Paleo-ish way of eating! Now, on with the details about the re-test.
Five weeks ago each of you participated in a pre-challenge WOD consisting of 4 rounds for time of a 400m Run followed by 30 air squats. Your times were recorded and points were awarded based on your time. This Sunday June 9th at 11am we will run you through this same workout and award points based on how much time you were able to shave off of your pre-challenge time. In other words, each participant will be awarded points based on their performance on BOTH the pre AND post-challenge workouts. The prize money will go to the top male and female finishers.
For those of you at Uptown, we’ll do the workout on Sunday at 10am.
I’ll leave you with this recipe I found for a Paleo-approved Beef Bourguignon from Paleo Diet Lifestyle (I can’t wait to make it!):
Beef bourguignon, or boeuf bourguignon by its French name, is a classic French beef stew made with small perl onions, mushrooms, red wine and brown beef stock. The meat slowly cooks in the red wine and take up its taste so this is one recipe where using a good quality wine is a very good idea. A burgundy is the traditional choice, but a good Beaujolais or Cotes du Rhone will do just fine.
This was traditionally a peasant dish because it uses tough cuts of beef that need to be cooked for a long time to be tender. The flavor and tenderness that the meat takes after stewing in wine and stock is so amazing though that is as become a component of haute cuisine now in France.
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