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Calories Aren’t All That Matter…Ask Anyone Taking Insulin

  “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…
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Studies Show It’s InSANE To Claim “A Calorie Is A Calorie”

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…
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Is obesity a disease? My 2 cents…would love to hear yours.

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,…
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Q&A: What about alcohol?

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…
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Calorie Quality Factor 2: Aggression (The “A” in SANE)

“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…
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Calorie Quality Factor 3: Nutrition Part 1 (The “N” in SANE)

“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.…