After missing my flight yesterday morning from too much post AHS shenanigans and flying surrounded by 6 sugar fueled children (shoot me), I slept a grand total of 14 hour. Here’s a quick smattering of thoughts:

• Evolution, evolution, and more evolution – it’s kind of a big deal

• But…since the US still has a MAJOR issue with evolution, Mat “The Kraken” Lalonde, and others, set up a framework for evaluating food choice that comes to the same conclusion

• There are a ton of regulatory hurdles to practicing an ancestral diet (i.e. raw milk bans, heritage pork bans, limitations on farm-consumer sales, etc.)

• #1 road to acceptance of an ancestral diet, show that it saves money (i.e. Paleo Risk Assessment with Specialty Health in Reno)

• Grassfed beef, may have limitations that keep if from being the paleo holy sacred cow

• Lack of movement sessions was a mistake

• More awesome vendors this year, need more vendors next year

• Panel discussions were more mini talks by multiple people, need topics of discussion and moderators

• The “Great Carb Debate” is still in full swing

• Too few attendees in the room for panel on reclaiming health in the Latino community, these folks have the answer

• Food choices (catered lunch/food vendors) were outstanding

• Business cards and name tags are out, twitter handles are in

• Where were all the talks on gut flora and the microbiome?

• Beautiful attendees, everyone was vibrant and healthy

• No coughing or sneezing in the audience, not once

• Sustainable farm dinner was the highlight of the entire symposium

• Stop reading, go directly to US Wellness and buy the bacon, its that good

• Cambridge Common Playground next to Harvard should be the model for playgrounds and outdoor fitness parks, especially for adults

• Perhaps we all should have read Whole9’s posts on Anatomy of a Vacation

Expect a more through writeup as the chicken scratch gets turned into the written word, that and I consume a copious amount of Bullet Proof Coffee