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Better Butter on the Whole30 Version 5.0

Since April 2009, our Whole30 program has excluded all dairy products, including butter. However, over the past year, we’ve reconsidered our position on butter’s role in the Whole30, thanks in no small part to Tom Denham, author of Whole Life Eating and one of our Whole9 Envoy Extraordinaires. [...]

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The Butter Manifesto

In the case of butter, we think Grok is (mostly) irrelevant. What we’re actually more concerned with is whether a particular food choice makes us more healthy or less healthy. And while we’re not encouraging everyone to eat more butter, we do consider it a bit of an outlier in the dairy category, which is why we’re exploring the subject here. [...]

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Primal Pacs: An Interview With Founder Matt Pierce

You first heard about Primal Pacs back in December 2010, when they became the first ever Whole30 Approved jerky snack kit. Since then, we and the Pacs have been spreading the Good Food word at our Foundations of Nutrition workshops, [...]

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A new Whole30, and a Paleo Magazine Feature

We’ve got some exciting Whole30 plans in the works for the remainder of 2011, so we thought we’d give you a preview here today. First…[...]

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Sex With Your Pants On

Since the creation of our Whole30 program in April 2009, we’ve cautioned against the Paleo-ification of poor food choices. In fact, this concept has been one of the cornerstones of the program, specifically requiring the elimination of Paleo brownies, pizza and pancakes for the duration of your Whole30. [...]

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Whole30 Success Story: Jessica O.

Note from Dallas and Melissa: If you read one testimonial about the Whole30 program, please, read this story. Jessica moved us to tears when we met her at a recent workshop. Her story is powerful, and beautiful, and we are humbled by her kind words. Read, believe, and share. M&D [...]

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Context Matters: Additional Factors

Definition aside, in simple terms, “context” means the general story of your life, past and present – everything that makes up your big-picture health and fitness. A good place to start evaluating your own context [...]

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The Power of Two: Our Paleo Comfort Foods Interview

Today, we are are being featured in Paleo Comfort Foods new series, “The Power of Two“.  From Julie and Charles of Paleo Comfort Foods: “We’re starting a new series here today, where we spend a little time with some couples who aren’t just talking the talk but are walking the walk when it comes to [...]

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A New Whole9 Workshop Preview at CrossFit Oregon City

Since November 2009, we’ve been traveling across the US and Canada, conducting more than 70 workshops centered around our nutritional recommendations. And while each workshop is a little different, and we are constantly expanding and revising our materials, we think it’s about time to develop a new workshop, [...]

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The Whole9 Health Equation

We’re calling this graphical representation of an individual’s overall health “The Whole9 Health Equation” (at least until we have a stroke of genius and come up with something clever-er). Yes, it is simplified – Dallas doesn’t like complex math equations.[...]

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