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“Insulin has profound metabolic effects in the determination of body weight…” – B. Dokken, University of Arizona The critical effect hormones have on body fat has been well known in scientific circles for a long time. Especially the hormone insulin. Three quick examples: A study in the journal Diabetic Medicine found that giving patients […]
A few posts ago we covered the four factors that prove a calorie isn’t a calorie when it comes to how much they help us burn fat and boost our health:Satiety, Aggression, Nutrition, and Efficiency. Satiety is how quickly calories fill us up. Aggression is how likely calories are to be stored as body fat. […]
Recently recorded a wonderful bonus podcast with the lovely Carole Carson (http://www.fromfat2fit.com) who asked for my two cents on the recent debate about calling obesity a disease. Given the timeliness of this, wanted to share the clip now, and be sure to stay tuned for the delightful entire show with Carole in the coming months. […]
Calories provided by the vast majority of alcoholic beverages are inSANE. That doesn’t mean we must avoid all alcoholic beverages. It means that given our goal of minimizing inSANE calories, the best alcoholic beverages are those with the least calories.
“The crucial factor is not how much is eaten…or how much is expended, but how…those calories are utilized and made available when needed.” – Gary Taubes, in Good Calories, Bad Calories A calorie is not a calorie when it comes to how likely it is to be stored as body fat. We can think about […]
“Low energy density [high Nutrition] is not an inevitable characteristic of low-fat diets; as many of the low-fat foods presently being promoted in our commercial food supply are based on sugar or highly refined carbohydrates.” – W.C. Willett, Harvard University Two hundred and fifty calories of Twinkies are not the same as 250 calories of […]
This part one of a multi-part series started here. If it is a non-starchy vegetable, overeat it. I am talking ten or more servings of non-starchy vegetables per day. “Cutting back on carbohydrates and replacing those calories with protein lowers the levels of triglycerides that increase the risk of heart disease and also boosts […]
Looking at Nutrition per calorie (see previous post) is important because: It gives us a more accurate view of which foods are nutritious. It helps us burn body fat instead of slowing down or burning muscle. Like Satiety and Aggression, a food’s Nutrition depends on water, fiber, and protein. Water and fiber have no calories, […]
“The efficacy of any treatment of obesity can be appraised only by the permanence of the result.” – H. Burch, Baylor University Before we get into the solution to the pressing health issues facing us today, I’d like to share some simple philosophy I find useful to keep in mind. The philosophy of pragmatism. Pragmatists are results-oriented—they […]
“Efficiency…is dependent on…the nature of the fuel and the processes enlisted by the organism. A simple example is the inefficiency of low-test gasoline…If a ‘calorie is a calorie’…were true, [then gasoline is gasoline and] nobody would pay extra for high test gasoline.” – R.D. Feinman, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center A calorie […]
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