How important do you think telomeres are to us and does eating a Paleolithic diet help extend telomeres?

Do you see any significant differences between eating to look good and eating to live a long time?

Do younger women find you attractive? Are older dudes jealous of your body?

1. To what extent do you think that charging money for your website lowered both (a) your blog readership and (b) your book sales?

   (I'd expect enlarging his readership to be De Vany's primary goal because it would generate ad revenue and provide a great vehicle for launching his book. He's the economist, though, so maybe I'm missing something.)

2. Do you read the work of, or talk to, any other well-known figures in the paleo community? Is there anyone with whom you disagree? Are there any trends or widespread beliefs among paleo folks with which you disagree?

3. Why do you suggest discarding most of the egg yolks in your book? Has your opinion on fat or saturated fat changed at all since writing the book?

4. Tell us one thing regarding nutrition, health, or fitness that you have changed your mind on in the past year. Any others?

5. Do you know who the president is? Arthur, what year would you say it is? ... Just make a guess.

   [Joking aside, I like Art De Vany and enjoyed his book, so no disrespect. I'm a tad bitter about his business model; and sometimes his attitude raises my eyebrows. Overall, though, I think he's a smart guy and an active, original thinker who makes me think about diet and fitness in new ways that are worth thinking about even when I disagree.]

• Did you face a lot of backlash over monetizing your site?

• Would you monetize your site differently...or at all...if you could do it all over again?

• Do you think that monetizing your site deprived people who would have otherwise read your content and converted to a healthier lifestyle?

One question: what is the target audience of this magazine? If it's just a general magazine with a readership that is mostly non-Paleo, your questions are too difficult, advanced.

About a year and a half ago, you claimed that you were going to enter a bodybuilding contest. You never posted the results. What happened at the bodybuilding contest, Art?

FED,

1. I read in his book that his wife was T1DM (type 1 diabetes), correct? Dr. R. Bernstein MD is a T1DM and a strong promoter of the high sat, low carb (mildly ketotic), no grain diet. Has he heard of Bernstein and the success in controlling diabetic complications, BGs and outcomes with Bernstein's diet and methods (namely high saturated fat)? Why? Why not? The best successes I have personally seen in a person with diabetes was one that fully embraced Bernstein...

2. In his book, DeVany discusses intermittently consuming cheesecake and hot dogs... that's great. I appreciated the transparency. I think this is partly the reason he achieves such high HDLs that he reported in the book. DOES HE KNOW THAT DIETARY SATURATED FATS ARE THE EASIEST WAY TO INCREASE HDL'S ?

Benefits of Saturated Fats link

1. Has he evolved his thinking in tenable or curious ways since the 'beginning' of this 'paleo' adventure...? What particularly?

Personally I think he is a great thinker and is a great testament to how diet and lifestyles can influence our longevity. He has contributed so much and it was finally wonderful to see the book emerge, which I have frequently recommended to a lot of people that I come in contact (e.g. skeptics). He is not paleo-lite but paleo-reasonable (except the low fat part which is imho ridiculous. hotdogs!! CHEESECAKE!!!) haa

Art--your buttocks are so manly and perfect and spherical and round--did you invent the concept of the "bubble butt" and do you feel the gay male community owes you homage and should financially compensate you for your pioneering work in this area?