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Why is Santa Fat?

by Fred Hahn on 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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Forks Over Knives

by Fred Hahn on 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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Leanness: Activity Has Nothing to Do with It.

June 22, 2011

Max was my wife’s sister’s dog. He was an amazing canine. A boxer by breed and one of the sweetest dogs I’ve ever met. He loved stealing forbidden chocolate and trying to smash his head through all sorts of penetrable and impenetrable objects. I won’t tell you the vet bills. Yes, Max was a lively [...]

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Lose weight and lower your cholesterol?

May 15, 2011

Baloney.
I just got the results of my yearly physical back and I discovered some interesting results.
Mind you, I was not trying to do anything about my cholesterol profile even though my doctor thinks I am going to expire in a few minutes unless I start eating fistfuls of statins. It amazes me that [...]

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Why Is Your Kid Fat?

April 3, 2011

There is no doubt that the surge in adolescent obesity is real. As a father of two wonderful young lasses, I am in their school yards virtually everyday and see it first hand. I will say however that, at least in New York City, most kids appear to be of normal body weight. The truly [...]

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Elimination Diet Update – Healing Our Leaky Guts

March 3, 2011

Thus far (day 4) my wife and I have been pleased with how we feel and how easy it has been to follow the Elimination Diet to heal our leaky guts.
Here’s a rendering of the process. The globules with the hairs on top represent the intestinal wall.

Linda has lost 4 pounds [...]

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Don’t Decide, Don’t Try, Choose and Do

February 9, 2011

You are thinking about starting to exercise and eat more healthfully. You’ve tried before and made many decisions as there are many, many decisions that can be made.
But rather than decide, choose and do.
As Yoda said:
Try not. Do or do not. There is no try.
And I am happy to help. Just ask.

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Thanksgiving Day Challenge

November 5, 2010

OK strength fans there are only twenty days to Thanksgiving. So I’m tossing out a challenge.
For the next twenty days ditch all your grains and starches. If you don’t know what a grain or a starch is read here and here.
Basically, you’re not going to eat:
Bread, rolls, pasta, rice, potatoes, cereals, muffins, [...]

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