This week, I am sharing two excellent articles, with some specific advice for women and men. I actually sent this out a few years ago in one of my earlier weekly email communications to some of my “followers.”

These articles come from my favorite resource and blog – Mark’s Daily Apple – and I have personally done my best to follow the suggestions for the male list.

https://www.marksdailyapple.com/12-essential-tips-for-primal-women/

https://www.marksdailyapple.com/8-essential-tips-for-primal-men/

Please take some time to read and learn.

BE HEALTHY & BE HAPPY!

GR​OK ON !

I posted this recently on my personal facebook page, but as I deactivated both of my facebook pages soon after this, many of you may not have seen the message. So, here you go ….

I would like to let you all know that I am starting a “digital declutter” process. I will be deactivating my personal facebook page as of today, including my relatively new Primal Bob page also. I have recently started reading an excellent book – “Digital Minimalism – Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World” by Cal Newport. It has become fairly obvious that I have been spending an inordinate amount of time each day staring at screens – either my laptop or cellphone. The use of technology has definitely become a type of addiction, and it is surely not a healthy habit. I need to start making some changes ….

My goal with trying this Digital Minimalism approach (direct quote from book) is:
“A philosophy of technology use in which you focus your online time on a small number of carefully selected and optimized activities that strongly support things you value, and then happily miss out on everything else.”

So, for the coming two-three months, I will endeavor to stay off facebook entirely, on both my laptop and phone which are my primary technology devices; and I have also deactivated my Instagram account. For now, I will keep my WhatsApp account open, so that I can communicate easily with family & friends, via messages or calls.

Yes, I recognize that this is only a small first step in my “digital declutter” journey. As I progress with additional steps/actions, I will try to share via my website, primarily via blog posts like this one.

For those of you who currently contact me via facebook or messenger: If you would like to contact me directly, you can also simply send me an email. For personal messages, I prefer to use – rconnor7@hotmail.com, and for health-fitness coaching purposes, I prefer to use – bobc.primal@gmail.com. You will find that I usually respond to emails very promptly.

Additionally, for those of you here in Bangkok, feel free to call my cell phone or send a text message.(+66 81-935-8017). OR – you can reach me another old-fashioned tech way – on Skype (bob.connor7)

AND, I encourage all of you to follow my website: https://primalbob.com/
It is easy to subscribe to the site – just enter your email and click on the green SUBSCRIBE box at this link: https://primalbob.com/blogs/ There is also a place to leave comments, at the end of each blog post. Please feel free to send comments, questions, and your own thoughts – happy to have a dialogue on any topic! I will continue to publish regular blog posts, sharing my insights along with appropriate educational articles-links, regarding a variety of topics related to health-wellness and fitness.

I will be making a number of revisions on my website in the next few months, and I will likely rejoin/reactivate my current facebook pages in early August – possibly announcing a new online health coaching program as a special offer to all facebook friends. This will be an affordable, viable, attainable plan – with the promise of many direct benefits for your personal health and fitness. If you are consistently dedicated in following the advice/recommendations, you will gain many benefits and positive outcomes-results.

If you would like to know more about anything related to my health coaching services, please email me directly at bobc.primal@gmail.com. Helping people with various conditions, nutrition strategies, weight loss, fitness-strength gains, and overall lifestyle habits has become my true passion in life, especially as I personally strive to optimize my own healthspan – “the period of one’s life that one is healthy.”

BE HEALTHY & BE HAPPY!

GR​OK ON !

For a number of years now, you may have heard that we should be careful about our intake of salt. Actually, I consider salt to be a very important and “vital nutrient” in our daily diet, as explained in greater detail in this excellent article-link by Chris Kresser – an integrative medical practicioner. He is especially “known for his in-depth research uncovering myths and misconceptions in modern medicine and providing natural health solutions with proven results.”Personally, I happen to favor various forms of the Himalayan pink sea salt, which is readily available in most grocery stores now. These days here in Bangkok, with the temperatures remaining very high on a daily basis, I will often add some sea salt to my preferred drinking water – Gerolsteiner, an excellent sparkling mineral water product. You can also add some extra salt to your meals, or perhaps use some good grass-fed salted butter at times. I find that these habits help keep me better hydrated, with proper mineral content also.

For some more reading-evidence, from MDA (Mark’s Daily Apple) – you can check out “Salt: What Is It Good For?”