Hola!

I stumbled upon this bit of information whilst google-ing for grass-fed meat in Spain. http://bit.ly/cZyCN1

I'm staying in a village near Madrid myself but because of my dodgy Spanish I've had to make do with the lamb and beef, which may or may not be 100% grass-fed, from the butcher's shop down the road. Mind you it tastes very good, salty and herbaceous.

I only buy whole leg of lamb or whole rack of chops as I found that the butcher doesn't bother wiping, let alone rinse his knife after sharpening it (something he does every time before cutting into the meat) and the metallic taste was rather off-putting when I had my meat cut into smaller chunks.

Anyway any hints about getting hold of grass-fed meat in Spain would be much appreciated! I contacted the Demeter and Slow Food organisation in Spain but didn't get over because of the language barrier.

Cheers!

When I used to compete in kick-boxing it was a 'common sense' not to have sex couple of days before the competition. It was supposed to make you soft and lose vital nutrients. Here's an National Geographic article that tries to invalidate that advice - http://bit.ly/5JZSeL

I don't think it's quite true that 'every splooge is equal to ridding yourself of four meals worth of essential vitamins and minerals'. But I guess it's quite a bit of zinc that is lost and it also lowers man's testosterone level.. which in turn lowers your ability to build muscle. Theoretically. And shouldn't be any problem at all on RAF.

Anyway I stopped forcing myself not to cum because the possible damage to my prostate and after the christmas try having sex only once a day (with the focus on lasting longer, an hour or more before letting it go) and see if it makes any difference in terms of weight/muscle gain.

Because of my interest in this topic I'll receive bunch of funny christmas presents this year, including a male g-spot stimulator - http://bit.ly/7iPAMC - that's supposed to keep your prostate healthy by massaging it externally. Sounds very gay indeed but I guess I'll give it a try. I'm sure cavemen had their girlfriends sticking things up their bottoms as well. So off topic.. sorry!

Happy Xmas y'all!

hey white tiger, where have you used those travel tips? were there some places that were easier than others to stay on the diet?

I used to backpack in France and Greece mostly, not any more, much prefer to
drive around in a car nowadays. Eski or two full of meat in the boot

If you have wheels I think UK and Germany are the best for finding gorgeous
organic produce that you can collect from the farm gate. Also it is very common
to find game in almost any butcher's shop in those countries. Walked out of a
local boucherie here in Rye, E. Sussex with 2.5 kg of very fresh venison and a
wild duck yesterday.

France is great for fresh fish and almost every Carrefour has lovely fatty lamb
ribs (non-organic) for a very reasonable price if you get desperate. Fish in
Greece is good as well, any decent meat almost impossible to find, especially
if you head to the islands. Used to eat mostly vegetarian when backpacking
over there. Although when I was in Corfu couple of weeks ago, the meat from
a supermarket was surprisingly good tasting..

Eastern-Europe and Balkans (did Croatia and Montenegro this summer) is a
nightmare IMHO for keeping paleo and I recommend taking as much food as
possible with you.

In places like Estonia and Finland you can get really cheap game when it's hunting
season presuming you can fit 30 or more kilos of meat in your fridge. And you
can always resort to going to a supermarket to get prepacked organic meat.
Otherwise Scandinavia is pretty poor place re easy access to quality paleodiet
friendly food.

In the end I guess it all comes down to how many contacts you have in the
specific country you are planning to go, how well you speak the language
and how good looking you are

Personally I would never limit myself to visiting only those countries that
perfectly cater to my needs. The beautiful girls in Romania or standing
underneath a waterfall on a lovely island of Samothraki in Greece far
outweights the horrors of eating a bowl of rice or baked potato

I read your blog a few years back.

Still doing weights?

Yup. I do weights 2-3 times a week. I still follow Stuart McRobert's
(Hardgainer) advice and find Strength Training Anatomy by
Frederic Delavier quite useful book on exercise technique.