Art De Vany's book release, Robb Wolf cameo, paleo power lunch, and Nightline

Sometimes I feel like a professional event planner.  Meetups, running clinics, book signings.  Maybe I should become a publicist.  The events are all fun, of course.  But these last two were a particular pleasure.

Last night, we hosted a book signing for Art De Vany's The New Evolution Diet.  The bookstore said we had 100+ people there -- pretty great.  (I stupidly didn't take any pictures.) I MC'ed and asked Art a few questions, and we covered the following:

• Art's personal story, how his son and first wife got Type 1 Diabetes, and how this motivated his research into nutrition and metabolism
• My favorite line of the book: "Bread is the ultimate poverty food."  Brilliant.
• Art walked us through a power law.  From the infrequent but high intensity workouts, to moderate activity (sport, less intense workouts), to a lot of low intensity movement like walking and play.  Art also speaks eloquently on the importance of doing nothing.  Just looking at the stars, or sitting on the lawn with your dog.  Too often we are in one of two modes: sitting or moderate intensity chronic cardio.  We need to get a little high intensity, and increase the amount of plain old walking we do.
• Fasting.  Food was not always readily available.  Our HG ancestors were often in a negative caloric state (even beyond sleeping), and how this is healthy from time to time.  Art will skip dinner every week or so.  It's important for maintaining your insulin sensitivity.
• Longevity.  Art is perhaps the healthiest 73 year old you've ever met.  Posture is important -- don't let yourself become hunched over.  Maintaining your muscle mass is essential.  Don't let yourself waste away.
• The Zen of the Hunter-Gatherer.   As Art says, there are no rules.  There is no failure, only feedback.  

Today, we had a paleo lunch at Churrascaria Plataforma, a Brazilian steakhouse.  Art De Vany, Robb Wolf, Melissa McEwen, Fred Hahn, Joshua Newman, Allison Bojarski, and myself.  Nightline filmed at the book signing, the lunch, and Art and Robb then did a workout at CrossFit South Brooklyn.  This is going even bigger...

It was a wonderful weekend to celebrate Art's book release.  Art has been a formative member of this health movement, and it was great to see him get his due.