I was a Kruse-ite for a while. His specialty is sick and broken metabolisms, to get the most from him, you will have to pay him to be your doctor. He offers on-line services/consults, etc... He has helped many, but you can't just take what he puts out there on the public part of his site and think you can use it to fix yourself.

Some universal truths I have gleaned from reading his site are: - Eat lots of fish - Get cold seasonally - Be mindful of circadian rythms - Let your blood labs be your guide - Get a doctor involved if you have serious metabolic issues

Kruse is a madman when it comes to spreading his word...he is un-tireable and is going in 15 directions at once. It's easy to take his advice out of context. He has a great website with a free section and several levels of pay sections. His forum is populated with some very forward thinkers. Give them a try.

I cannot say I am Jack Kruze's fan, but I can share some of my thoughts with you, if you don't mind :)

There are many things that he says that just totally make sense. Basically, 99% of the things he says make total sense. Not using artificial light, eating more fish than meat, eating according to your circadian rhythm. Basically, I totally agree with him on circadian rhythms, but he needs to think about people's lives. We are not living in a vacuum, you know.

His story is impressive, although how do we know that he did not loose weigh just by going lower carb? If he kept his carbs less than 50 g per day - he would have lost the weight no matter what.

I disagree with him on a number of issues. First, he allows eating all kind of junk like sausages. How does he know that they are naturally fermented?

Low-carb diet is wonderful for people with deranged metabolism, but it should not be used in a long run and can backfire for insulin sensitive people.

Also, he gets mixed up at times. I found two discrepancies on his websites. He says that once you have achieved leptin re-set, you should have carbs for breakfast and protein for dinner - which totally makes sense. Yet he always talks about having protein only for breakfast which is only the beginning of a journey. It is not all that black and white.

Also, he addresses Gut-brain axis in a less professional manner. Gut dysbiosis, SIBO, leaky gut - it is very poorly explained and the ends are loose. Even though I am not a GAPS fan, GAPS makes more sense (scientifically) that this whole leptin reset theory. I would love to buy into leptin reset - it is so easy. However, I know now that most overweight people have different bacteria residing in their guts, compared to thin people.

For example, how does his leptin reset works for people with SIBO who have sugar cravings due to their bacterial overgrowth? You cannot just ignore so many different GI diseases that lead to being overweight. It is not all about high carb, leptin, whatever. Some babies become obese at the ripe age of 6 months. Don't tell me they have too many carbs or their leptin levels are out of whack.

Last, but not least - his website with gold, silver and whatever membership almost sounds like Amway distributers. And if you sign up for .... you get to ask the guru one question per month. Or even two. Of course, nothing in the world is free, but compared to other websites, people actually explain the whole procedure to you FOR FREE. You don't have to sigh up in order to do GAPS. And what can he offer that others don't? Weight loss procedure?

Maybe I am too critical because again he does have many helpful articles on his blog. And I have to admit - his ideas are quite brilliant. However, he offers very little help to those of us with impaired gut motility and GI disorders.

Okay, it really is pretty simple. It's like living and eating seasonally ancestrally. Follow light cycles, don't stay up late on the computer. Eat seafood, oysters are fantastic for your hormones. Take cold showers. In the winter we used to actually get cold, you know. As far as I know he's fine with carbs in spring and summer months.

To me his site seems like it sets out to be the ultimate health hack, and a few of the necessary components are cold showers, high protein breakfast, and paleo with an emphasis on seafood?

That's pretty much it, he gives a lot more details, but that's the gist of it.

Homo Sapien Sapiens left Africa relatively recently and so to eat extremely based on the seasons away from the equator is not natural for most. This is something Kruse (ex. seasonal carbs) and Sisson (ex. Fructose gorging in Autumn) need to think about. Some paleos dial back the carbs a little during winter but I doubt anyone is sleeping outside and in deep ketosis 24/7 during those months (Homo Sapien Sapiens don't hibernate).

I do like that Kruse emphasizes alot of offal and seafood.

Cold Showers can be hormetic to a healthy person just like fasting, anti-oxidants, etc...

Eating paleo is a simple as a cast iron skillet . Evoo. Iow heat, meat and veggies. Or as complex as sweet potatoes, roast, crock pot or stock pot, onion and garlic.
Most of us eat eggs everyday. Think of a whole foods diet without starch ie rice, or breads. Biggest thing is eat clean, do not eat out of a box or bag only eat foods in there original natural state. When in doubt Google it.

there's no "jack kruse for smart people," only "jack kruse for dummies."

don't waste your time with his stuff.

i think kruse is a visionary in his thought process, sure it can seem a little zany, and this is partially due to his writing skills, but i think this is the sign of a man with so many ideas all at once, who is just bursting at the seams, so it comes out as a lengthy diatribe. at the heart of the ideas is evolutionary science. remember many of these ideas are hard to study in a RCT, as the outcomes dont make any money etc. Particularly of interest in the einsteins theory stuff i think, as it is a law of the universe, a universe that shaped our genome. most visionaries who are able to make a real difference are written off as lunatics at first...remember when people first proposed that the earth was round??