There’s a wonderful/horrible chapter about hamburgers in Anthony Bourdain’s book ‘Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook‘, a brutally, if not violently, honest and profane look at himself, food, the business of cooking and resturants, and a host of other things surrounding the world of food. If [...]
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Being on a diet for over 8 years – essentially the same diet for 8 years – gives one a different perspective on dieting than most folks. I’ve come to reject a lot of the thinking surrounding the popular notion of diets, and am currently trying to sort out just how am I different from [...]
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Note: I tend not to do book reviews because I feel I’m awful at them – and I’d only bother to do a review of a book that I enjoyed and found to be of value. If you agree that this attempt is a hatchet job like I do, I ask you to check out [...]
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On January 3 of this year, I decided to track my personal weight loss on this blog in 10 lb increments. In February I lost my first 10 and went from 232 to 222. It’s August and today I’m 210. Why so long for that 2nd 10 lbs.? Life can really do a job on [...]
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This was the book that I knew was inside of ‘Good Calories, Bad Calories’. ‘Why We Get Fat And What To Do About It‘ was to the book to give to friends, doctors, congressmen, and anyone else who wants to understand the futility of our current nutritional advice. Short and to-the-point, written in accessible style, [...]
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The story I heard was that Ben Franklin, like most young men, was not necessarily destined for greatness, but at age 20 he resolved to better himself – and came up with 13 ‘virtues’ that he attempted to follow the rest of his life. it’s a good idea – and it worked for him well [...]
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I wish I took a picture of this recipe. It came out really well, even though it was an off-the-cuff attempt to finish up some leftover odds and ends. I am reading Nourishing Traditions, a cookbook of some notoriety in the Low Carb and Paleo world because of its strict adherence to natural and naturally produced [...]
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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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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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“If I go on low carb, what the heck am I going to eat?” It seem I hear that a lot – most people think it’s bacon, eggs, butter and steak. The problem is that most people go on a low carb diet before they read up on it. They usually end up eating eggs [...]
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