Archive for August, 2009
Fatty Foods Make us Stupid and Lazy!
Really? I was unaware….. When I saw this article, I had to laugh. What kind of nonsense have the experts cooked up this week? I’ve been eating ZC for over two years now and I have only become smarter, more energetic (I run half-marathons for goodness sakes), calmer, more mentally focused, less injury and disease-prone [...]
In: Diet, Exercise, Insulin, Obesity, Populations
The Vegetarian Myth
If any of you have vegetarian friends or you know people who are contemplating such a move, then there is a great book that you should buy for them. I haven’t read this book, save the (first fourteen pages) so I can’t speak for it totally, but I’ve read some reviews, seen some quotes, and [...]
In: Anthropology, Disease, Populations
Doctor Ousted Over Anti-Doughnut Rant
Just the other day, I wrote about the difficulty of personal responsibility as far as diet is concerned, and the need to put down the doughnut. Well, it seems Dr. Jason Newsom understood the point I was making and took it a step further. He railed against burgers, french fries, fried chicken and sweet tea [...]
In: Diabetes, Diet, Disease, Heart Disease, Obesity
Put Down the Doughnut
With all the rhetoric and heated debate going on about healthcare, there was one aspect that particularly intrigued me. Dr. Steven Spady echoed a comment made by many people, especially of the more conservative bent. He says that the concept of “personal responsibility” is missing from the debate. No need to go into the debate [...]
In: Diet, Disease, Exercise, Immune System, Obesity, Vitamins
Why Exercise Does Not Make You Thin
Despite my own modest exercise, (two days a week of pushups, pullups, dips and burpees and two days of running — one day long distance and the other 10×100 meter sprints) I have written previously that exercise will not work for weight loss. I routinely advise people on my forum to cut back or eliminate [...]
