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Primal Body – Primal Mind

by Fred Hahn on September 30, 2009

I just finished reading Primal Body – Primal Mind by Nora T. Gedgaudas and I have to say it is a worthy read.
As well read on the subject of nutrition as I like to think I am, Nora really knows her stuff. Her chapter on carbohydrate metabolism is spot on and served to remind me that [...]

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Fitness Tests for Kids

by Fred Hahn on September 10, 2009

A reader commented on a post I did on fitness testing. He said:
Dear Fred,

After reading your artical on the fitness gram test administerd by the NYC schools it was interesting to hear someone elses point of view. Currently we have been administering the test in our school system for eight years. Many of the concerns [...]

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Right or Wrong?

July 28, 2009

When two physicians give you two different answers to the same question, one of them is right and one of them is wrong.
In these situations, what do you do? Blindly accept the advise of one or the other?
No. You become a gumshoe. You read. You investigate. You become Columbo.
I have truckloads of sympathy [...]

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Paradigm Paralysis

July 20, 2009

Most of us have heard that the definition of insanity is doing something the same way over and over again all the while expecting a different result.
Adolescent obesity – once rare and uncommon is now not only common, but escalating. What we've been recommending for over a decade now to combat this epidemic is [...]

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New Study on Obesity

May 11, 2009

A new study by a group of Austrailian researchers found that obesity in Americans is caused by overeating, not inactivity.

My friend Bill tipped me off via email to this unbelievable story. (Tongue deeply inserted into cheek.) Here's what Bill wrote to me in the email:
"Fred, What's
it like to continually be backed up by [...]

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A Slow-Burner asks a question

April 7, 2009

An online Slow Burn advocate sent this letter to me today. I though that her issues might be similar to many of yours so, I figured sharing it might be of help to some of you.
Her email:
Dear Mr. Hahn,I am a
44-year-old white female. I started the Slow Burn workout about a month and a
half [...]

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Saturated Fat Vote

April 2, 2009

A UK magazine called Healthy is doing a poll – is saturated fat bad or good for us?
Scroll to the bottom and vote!

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The experts speak

February 22, 2009

Here is a promo video that everyone who is interested in low carb eating should watch. My Co-author Dr. Michael Eades as well as my friend Gary Taubes are part of the video.
We need more of this sort of thing to get onto the radar screen of physicians and registered dietitians.
More good info [...]

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Glyconutrients

February 11, 2009

I have become interested and mildly fascinated by glyconutruents.
Here's a video describing what they are and how they work.
I am not a scientist so I don't know if this video is perfectly accurate or just physiological propaganda. To find out, I have asked the experts at the Metabolism Society if indeed it is [...]

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ABC Eyewitness News

January 5, 2009

For those of you who missed the Eyewitness News clip here it is.
The people at ABC, especially Michelle Charlesworth, were extremely warm and friendly.

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