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Nutrition

Carb Addiction

November 28, 2011

Comic can be found here.
In a recent article on aging, Professor Cynthia Kenyon, a U.S geneticist, has discovered that too much insulin production caused by too many dietary carbs may very well be a cause of premature aging. I found the article intriguing – and a great example of carb addiction.
From the [...]

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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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Harvard’s Food Plate Q&A

October 3, 2011

Harvard school for public health is holding an open Q&A tomorrow at 2:30 PM to discuss your thoughts and ideas on their food plate.
Dr. Feinman, President of the Nutrition and Metabolism Society has written a blog on this that you should all read. After reading the good doctor’s blog, go to the Harvard site, [...]

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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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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.
Take a look [...]

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Fat Regulation: Insulin or ASP?

September 10, 2011

When we eat and get fatter, how does that work exactly? What mechanisms are at play that turn the things we eat into the goo that gets stuffed into our fat cells?

Fat inside a fat cell called a lipocyte

Many nutritional experts say obesity is caused by eating and drinking too much – taking in too [...]

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Hobo Health – An Observation

August 31, 2011

Riding back from the Catskills the other day I observed a homeless man walking along the highway dragging his cart of things. Since traffic was slow, I had time to notice that his face was reddish brown, his bare arms were deeply tanned and he sported a full shock of hair. Other than his clothes, [...]

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A Note from Merry Olde England

August 8, 2011

Well it’s been a very nice vacation thus far and it’s sadly coming to a close. Yet, it feels like it’s time to get back to Serious Strength and continue helping people become the best they can be. As for me, I haven’t had a workout in 18 days and my body cries out for [...]

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