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Paleo Nutrition Seminars, CrossFit Nutrition, and the Original Whole30 Program

Learn about the 9 factors of optimal health from Dallas & Melissa Hartwig, creators of the popular Whole30 program.

The Whole9 Seasonal Produce Guide

Updated for 2012! When we talk about produce in our workshops, we are often asked whether "eating seasonal" is important. At first, we passed it off as a bit of an advanced topic - we just want you to eat your vegetables, people. However, after further consideration, we  realized that eating seasonally keeps people moving in the right direction from a taste, nutrition and budget perspective. However, "eating seasonal" isn't as easy as it sounds, considering in America, we can eat whatever we … [Read more...]

Nine steps to a successful nutrition challenge

One of the most common questions we receive is, “How do I run a successful nutrition challenge at my gym?”  This is usually followed by a variety of complaints about past challenges, all related to their general “flop” status.  (Members didn’t care enough about nutrition to participate, most who started bailed halfway through, and those who stuck it out didn’t see results worth writing home about.) The honest (but difficult) answer is that the structure of your challenge, and your nutrition … [Read more...]

Melissa Joulwan Keeps You Well Fed

The fabulous Melissa Joulwan, Whole9 Envoy Extraordinaire, author of The Clothes Make the Girl and  Pop Candy trading card vixen, has ventured once again into the bright lights of stardom.  Her new cookbook, Well Fed,  features more than 115 mouth-watering recipes from every corner of the world.  But Well Fed is more than just a cookbook – it’s the definitive resource for every Paleo chef (and aspiring chef). In Well Fed, you will find all the practical details you'll need to jump headfirst … [Read more...]

Happy Whole9 Thanksgiving

In preparation for U.S. Thanksgiving, we're republishing last year's fabulous Whole30-approved Thanksgiving-inspired Steal This Meal submissions.  A little background about these dishes, however. First, we aren't encouraging anyone to do a Whole30 program during the holidays.  (And Melissa has an article coming out in the November/December edition of Paleo Magazine explaining the three reasons why taking on a Paleo challenge during the holiday season may not be a healthy undertaking.) … [Read more...]

Halloween Candy Is Not Special

For those of you following the Whole30 Version 5.0, today may prove a test of willpower. Halloween candy is everywhere, calling out to you from perky colored wrappers in perfectly portioned bite-sized pieces. So for those of you stocking up for trick-or-treaters, or dealing with an influx of candy in your child's own bag o' booty, we are here to remind you of one simple fact. YOU CAN HAVE CANDY ANY TIME YOU WANT. You're a grown-up. You earn your own money. And if you wanted a Snickers, a … [Read more...]

Whole9 Featured in Gulf News, UAE

Today, we're proud to report that Whole9 and our Whole30 program got some amazing press from halfway around the world.  The Healthy Living section of Gulf News, the most widely distributed newspaper in the United Arab Emirates, published not one but two stories featuring the Whole30, and the results experienced by Keith Fernandez, Gulf News Focus Editor. Feature One:  The Paleo Diet This article, sensationally titled, "Feed Your Inner Beast", is all about the ins and outs of the Paleo diet.  … [Read more...]

The Butter Manifesto

Butter is one of those foods that offends the "Paleo Police" – those who omit foods from their diet based solely on the logic, “Paleolithic man didn’t consume it.”  Yes, from a purely evolutionary perspective, blah, blah, blah.  We get it. But our perspective on food, while built on a solid “genetic heritage” foundation, isn’t really concerned with whether a make-believe Grok would have exhibited a certain behavior or eaten a certain food.  And in the case of butter, we think Grok is (mostly) … [Read more...]

Primal Pacs: An Interview With Founder Matt Pierce

Note: Whole9 has no financial affiliation with Primal Pacs. We just really dig their stuff. 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, at the recent Ancestral Health Symposium and here on the site, with free shipping promotions. Today, we thought we'd let Matt Pierce, owner and founder of Primal Pacs, tell … [Read more...]

The Whole9 Nutrition Guide for Medical/Wellness

Author's Note: Today's post is geared towards gym or health club owners, personal trainers, medical clinics and wellness practitioners.  Sorry, readers, but once in a while, we've gotta self-promote.  We've got an awesome original article for you on Monday, promise. In December 2010, we introduced our Whole9 Nutrition Partner program, and our comprehensive Nutrition Guide for gyms, fitness facilities, and personal trainers.  To date we have 61 established Nutrition Partners, with an average … [Read more...]

The Whole9 Nutrition Book

The paperwork is in order, the contracts are signed, and the champagne cork has been (symbolically) popped. It's official... we're writing a book.No, it's not a book on the creative use of #hashtags (although not to brag, but we could totally write a book about that.)  Nonetheless, our book is going to be all about (of course) nutrition, health and the Whole30 program.  We're going to put all our good stuff into this book - everything from our workshops to our Whole30 Success Guide to concepts … [Read more...]

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