Can ‘Low Carb’ go too far? That’s what I’m thinking here. I do admit – the image of a cute baby pig presumably being nourished on the bellyfat of their slaughtered mother is so wrong on so many levels that this whole concept is like a car crash on the highway where you don’t want [...]
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Warning: if you are easily discouraged when your assumptions are challenged, you might want not want to read this. Check back the next time I have a recipe or something. If you need an excuse to stay fat, grab a box of cookies, pull up a chair and read this: many studies suggest that people [...]
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I’ve been in the state known as ketosis, brought about by following the rules of Atkins Induction, more times than I can count. I have also been either very successful or not-so successful at staying in Induction for an extended period of time and losing weight. While I am not recommending long-term ketosis- Atkins doesn’t, [...]
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Over the years I’ve noticed patterns in the low carb dialogs on my site as well as others, and some of it is great – perceptive and enlightening. Others – not so great. I got to thinking about this when reading a post on ‘low carb Nazis’, the link to which I promptly lost. Ugh. [...]
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UPDATE: He has – go read about it in my more recent post here. I loved the book ‘Good Calories, Bad Calories’ – the seminal work on the science behind low carb dieting – but I hated reading it. In my opinion, Gary Taubes is not a great author – he is a great presenter [...]
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Don’t have much time this morning, but I thought I’d share this: Cognitive Biases – A Visual Study Guide I wish that losing weight was just about what you eat. It isn’t. It is also about what you think. When you cave and give in to temptation, it was some thought that allowed you to [...]
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Here’s an interesting one. To quote from the article: The percentage of food shoppers who are obese is almost 10 times higher at low-cost grocery stores compared with upscale markets, a small new study shows. Researchers say the striking findings underscore poverty as a key factor in America’s growing girth. In the Seattle area, a [...]
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Here’s an interesting article on human evolution. In a nutshell, it says that Tibetans that live at 13,000 feet – an altitude where the oxygen level is so low as to make it impossible for people from lower elevations to function properly – evolved the capability to live at this altitude in about 3,000 years. [...]
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