Are you an avid or competitive exerciser? Are you also trying to lose weight but struggling to reach your goal? Fact: When previously sedentary individuals add exercise, they become more fit, decrease risk for chronic diseases and better manage body weight. Fact: Not only is there a large variability in exercise-induced weight loss, but people generally…
You have to close your eyes really tight to miss the intermittent-fasting (IF) wave going on right now. Every major newspaper, magazine and television show has mentioned something about IF. Newly-released books about it are touting IF as the obesity cure. According to some websites IF will help with weight-loss, cancer, insulin-sensitivity and immune function…
Do you like bacon? I do. Do you dislike bacon for reasons other than taste? Many others do too. Is bacon good for you in moderation? Maybe. In this article I’ll briefly discuss the many issues raised about bacon in news, religion and everyday discussion. Comedian TV Host Stephen Colbert States What Most People Believe…
In civilized nations we are eating more sugar, specifically fructose. Our consumption of fructose has doubled in the past 30 years and has increased sixfold in the last century. I’m not talking about the naturally occurring fructose you get from sugarcane, fruits, some vegetables and honey. Nature made sugar hard to get. Man has made…
Taste is very personal but if you’re an almond eater and you haven’t tried macadamia nuts it’s time to give macadamia nuts a try. If you still cook with vegetable oils or olive oil it’s time to give coconut oil and macadamia nut oil a try. Here’s why… In the world of fats we have…
by David Greenwalt People who routinely get their faces in front of television cameras, get their articles published in all print media, get the book deal, and have their voices heard over airwaves keep talking about the overconsumption of calories, sugar, salt. But they make four crucial mistakes when they do so. Mistake #1 –…
In the news this week three reports caught my eye. The first one is about an all-out campaign by the Coca-Cola company to protect their diet soda empire. The second report is about how the government is taking more interest in the 4-billion dollar gluten-free industry and finally a new report this week gives us…
I use I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter Spray (ICINBS) on occasion. There, I said it. Now that I got that off my chest I’ll share with you how I determined this “zero-calorie” butter substitute really provides 0.45 calories per spray (1 serving). The label says the serving size is 1 spray (0.20g) and that…
28.3% of adults report sleeping six hours or less per night. Studies have indicated that the prevalence of those sleeping less than six hours a night has significantly increased in recent decades. Sleeping six or less hours a night is a risk factor for higher body mass index (BMI) and a predictor of greater weight…
Obesity should be called a disease and not simply a condition, the American Medical Association’s policy-making House of Delegates voted on Tuesday, June 18th, 2013. I wanted to give this topic a little bit of breathing room before I replied. It’s not a simple problem with a simple answer. The people and groups in support…