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Losing weight/diet

60 Minutes on Sugar

by Fred Hahn on April 12, 2012

My super tall friend Andreas Eenfeldt M.D., a pro-low carb, high fat diet physician posted the 60 Minutes segment on sugar called Is Sugar Toxic which aired a few weeks ago.
While it was great to see a segment on the evils of sugar aired on such a popular show, sadly, it fell short of hitting [...]

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Childhood Obesity is Easily Solved

by Fred Hahn on March 18, 2012

Thanks to Google’s key word search, I receive a half dozen interesting but frustrating articles on childhood obesity on a daily basis. Every single one of them says the same darn thing – eat less fat, eat whole grains, exercise more, blah blah blah. Drives me nuts!
Childhood obesity is easily solved. What I [...]

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It’s the Carbs not the Fat

February 12, 2012

Click on the pic to see it better from the source. It is just GREAT! Had to share it. Enjoy.

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Words of Wisdom

February 11, 2012

Like…
Saturated fat directly causes cardiovascular disease
Pilates lengthens muscles and tendons
Free weights are better than machines
Cholesterol in your food goes directly to and sticks to your arteries
Weight lifting develops nonfunctional muscles
Cross Fit builds functional muscles
Specific balance training improves general balance
Weight lifting makes you tight
Whole grains are healthy
Meat is unhealthy
Veganism and vegetarianism are environmentally friendly practices
Vegans and [...]

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Why is Santa Fat?

December 20, 2011

This is something I’ve been pondering for a while.
You’d think Santa would be portrayed as thin and muscular since he has to run around on every roof top in the world, climb down and up millions of chimneys carrying heavy sacks of stuff, all accomplished in under 24 hours.
What Santa must achieve every [...]

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Eating Razor Blades

December 9, 2011

Not a very good idea right? I agree. So then, why do so many people eat them?
Allow me to explain.
When I talk to clients about diet, without question fat loss is the most sought after goal. But that’s not my goal for them – not exactly. My primary goal for clients [...]

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The Power Plate – Old Nonsense Reborn

December 7, 2011

Back in the old days, a weight/cellulite removal device hit the market claiming to jiggle the fat right off of you.
Of course, it was just a load of marketing nonsense no different than so many other baloney devices that hit the infomercial sphere every day. If it were true, chewing gum would make your face [...]

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How Not to Lose Fat – Starvation

October 27, 2011

A recent New York Times article discussed the issue of weight loss and people’s inability to keep the weight they do lose, off.
They found that the hormones that regulate fat gain and fat loss did not revert back to normal after the study ended and thus, they got fat once again.
But in [...]

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Forks Over Knives

September 23, 2011

Here’s my blog for today – read Denise Minger’s critique of the movie Forks Over Knives.
I am in AWE of her brain.
‘Nuff said.

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Charts, Charts, Charts…

September 18, 2011

I was tooling around online and found something interesting.
Take a look at this chart:

As you can see, since the 1970’s, we’ve been chowing down more on carbs and less on fat. And the types of carbs we’ve been imbibing more of are not (and I think we all agree), more carrots and kale.
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