My Last Post on Nicotine Lozenges as a Weight Loss Device

Posted on January 25, 2012 by lowcarbconfidential

On Christmas Day, 2011, I ran out of nicotine lozenges. That was it. It’s over. A very expensive and annoying addiction to nicotine lozenges, started nearly 3 years ago when I got this hare-brained idea that: if people who stop smoking gain weight because they don’t have nicotine, can people lose weight if they take [...]

Filed under: Food, health, Hunger, Nicotine, Personal Journal, Research, Self-Experimentation, Stupid Research, weight loss | Tagged: , , | 3 Comments »

Do You Know What Your Veggie Burgers are Made From…Really?

Posted on June 17, 2011 by lowcarbconfidential

Let me start by mentioning that I don’t know if this is for real. I hope not. The video above links to a story on a Japanese researcher who is perfecting a process of making artificial meat from human feces. (Long pause here to let that sink in…OK…ready to go on?) While there’s a lot [...]

Filed under: Articles, External Links, Fake Foods, Food, Food Additives, Stupid Research | 4 Comments »

Researcher: Losing Weight Doesn’t Improve Health Because People Can’t Lose Weight

Posted on January 30, 2011 by lowcarbconfidential

Maybe it’s me. Maybe I’m the dope. I’m not a researcher, but I simply don’t know how to grasp the following report out of Australia: Losing weight is often touted as a way to improve health, but many weight-loss programs may not help stave off disease since people tend to gain the weight back, Australian [...]

Filed under: Articles, diet, Exercise, External Links, Food, general health, health, News, Research, Stupid Research, weight loss | 4 Comments »

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