Archive for November, 2008
Nutrition Transition
In the book, Good Calories, Bad Calories, author Gary Taubes related the story of Captain Charles Wilkes exploration of the Polynesian atolls of Tokelau in January of 1841. The scientists who went along expressed surprise that the islanders appeared to thrive on a diet of mostly coconuts and fish. They also ate a starchy melon [...]
In: Cholesterol, Diabetes, Diet, Disease, Exercise, Obesity
Meat Hunger Part 2
The most startling discovery about nonhuman primate meat eating is that chimpanzees, our closest relatives in the animal kingdom, are devoted and fairly effective hunters. So much for the popular theory that humans are unique “killer apes.” After a decade of observation in Gombe National Park in Tanzania, Geza Teleki estimates that chimpanzee use about [...]
Meat Hunger Part 1
In 1981, the government announced a 20 percent cut in subsidized meat rations and then had to declare martial law to restore order. “The patience of the housewife has snapped. Used to queuing for hours, clutching empty shopping bags and waiting for meat deliveries that sometimes never come, several thousand of them have taken to [...]
Inspirational Essay from the Zero-Carb Discussion Forum
I think there is great value in putting out information that has been known for 100 years which has apparently been lost to today’s researchers. I don’t get paid a dime for repeating infomation that’s freely available to anyone who looks. I’m only 40, but there is a strong pulse among my generation (and others [...]
In: Diet, Obesity, Populations
Hunger and Satiety
Many people observe that when they eat foods high in protein and fat, they have a hard time binging. However, with carbohydrates, we don’t seem to have that protection. Many of us can imagine eating an entire container of movie popcorn with the butter, or finishing off a dozen donuts or even an entire pizza. [...]
