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Don’t Bother Me With The Facts

November 17, 2011

I’m always amazed at people who argue against known facts – like the folks at the Flat Earth Society or ghost and demon hunters.
The Earth is ovular. Ghosts and demons don’t exist.
I’ve been recently discussing the issue of diet and diabetes on Dr. McDougall’s forum. (Note: You may have to join the [...]

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Lipitor Goes Generic December 1st!

November 15, 2011

And Pfizer, of course, is hopping mad!
So what would any smart and profit-driven company do to combat this? Sweeten the deal for pharmaceutical benefit managers so that they encourage the pharmacies to not sell the generic brand.
Lovely.
You can read all about this here.
Frankly, I’m not surprised by this. What I am surprised [...]

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Strength – It’s Good.

November 10, 2011

I won’t say too much about this paper other than to say “Read it.”
Comments are appreciated!

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Associated With Doesn’t Mean Caused By

November 6, 2011

Don’t forget this!
So when you read things like this:
“Carbophobia: The Scary Truth About America’s Low-Carb Craze.” A diet containing hefty amounts of saturated fat, which is prevalent in red meat, processed meats, dark-meat poultry, high-fat cheeses and butter is associated with a significantly increased risk for high cholesterol, hypertension, arterial blockage, stroke and heart [...]

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Interviews

October 27, 2011

One of our finest former instructors, Sean Preuss, emailed me and asked me this question:
Hey Fred –
I’m doing my first radio interview in a week. You’re a veteran of these…do you have any advice for me?
I do.
Be honest. Keep your answers short. Make the points you want to make regardless [...]

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How, Not How Much

October 23, 2011

When it comes to exercise, how you do it matters more than how much you do. In fact, if exercise is performed at a very low level of intensity, you’re not going to get much benefit out of it no matter how much of it you do do. Walking is a good example of [...]

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Physical Strength Helps Financial Strength

October 15, 2011

Being strong physically helps you to be strong financially.
There’s a confidence that comes with the territory of improving your physical strength. You feel younger. You walk taller. You move more easily and with more grace. It puts a glint in your eye.
And people notice.
And all it takes is just 15 – [...]

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Low Carb means High Fat, not High Protein

October 1, 2011

Why so many nutritionists and registered dietitians don’t know this is a mystery. And the removal of most carbohydrates from our diets would come as close to a cure for virtually all symptoms of what’s called the metabolic syndrome as you can get.
There is an idea floating around that a low carb diet [...]

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Wheat Belly

September 26, 2011

Wheat Belly is a new book by William Davis, M.D., a brilliant cardiologist who will tell you to your face that saturated fat and cholesterol are good for you and that a low carbohydrate, real food diet is the go-to approach for human health.
He is a breath of fresh air.
His book describes in [...]

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My Buddy LDL

September 24, 2011

That’s it! I’m sticking up for my friend poor, old LDL cholesterol (mind the pun of course. Get it – sticking up for…sticking…). From now on Dr. Oz or Ornish, if you want to bad mouth my little buddy, you’re gonna have to go through me:
Anyhow, LDL cholesterol (the so called “bad” cholesterol) the stuff [...]

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