One of the paradoxes in a consumer society like ours, is that to lose weight, to remove something, we are typically instructed to do so by consuming something else. It’s just how we’re taught: got a problem? Buy something to fix it. A lot of folks think that they can fix their crappy diet by popping [...]
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If you have the misfortune of reading this blog with any regularity, you will have noticed that I am a somewhat ‘restless’ individual, and try numerous self-experiments surrounding nutrition, health, and weight loss. Quite possibly, one of the most pointless experiments I chronicled on this site brings me a good portion of my traffic: Irvingia. [...]
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As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, I have a family history of diabetes that I have been able to hold at bay – I think – through my low carb diet. My siblings both got rather severe cases in their early 40s, while I have been able to keep the number relatively low in comparison. [...]
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New research out of the University of Switzerland has discovered a compound that forms when peanuts are boiled increases metabolic activity and leads to weight loss. As boiled peanuts are frequently eaten in Asian cultures, it is believed that the as-yet-unnamed compound, jokingly referred to as ‘gooberol’ by one British researcher, explains why there is [...]
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You might have read the story that states vitamins do nothing – in fact, they might reduce lifespan – at least in the older woman in the study. Here’s one link to the story – it’s not hard to find more. The new reports speculated on the doses of some of the vitamins being too [...]
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On Jan 3, I wrote this post, starting a new stab at peeling off the pounds. To spare the internet more pointless blogging, I stated that I’d write about it again only when I lost 10 lbs. It’s really only interesting then – most of us play around is a 5-pound range and it’s water [...]
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In my own experience and research, I have a number of peculiar notions that most people find odd. I’ve come to these through my own research, as well as my own experimentation. I have way more than 10, but here is a list of 10 that I pretty much adhere to most of the time. These are personal [...]
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Ya gotta love this blog if you enjoy watching the best of intentions crumble in the face of a box of cookies. Well, here we are – another year – 2011. 2010 was my worst year in all my seven years following a low carb lifestyle. In the past year, I gained 20 lbs. I [...]
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This is an interesting data map of popular supplements, rating them in popularity based on Google hits, and evidence for their efficacy based on research – with an ability to select on condition and type (check out the right hand side of the chart). This is a creation of Informationisbeautiful.net, a great site if you [...]
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Looking back can be interesting, if kept to a minimum, so I thought it might be interesting to see what were the most popular posts of 2009. Here goes.
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