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Cure Obesity Instead
In the New York Times yesterday there is news that the FDA has approved a new medical device for treating obesity. Treat obesity. Huh? Not cure obesity, let’s treat it. Obesity is a symptom, so treating obesity is like treating … Continue reading
One Small Change, Big Changes
The smallest changes can make the biggest impacts by rippling out into the rest of your day, week or future. Buy a dozen eggs at the grocery store and now you can make your own breakfast tomorrow in under five minutes. … Continue reading
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Tagged alton brown, americas test kitchen, best cooking shows, cooking shows, good eats, home made, make at home
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Temporary Insanity
I am reading today in the Mother Jones online magazine about the California almond industry. Almond production now has grown to the point that it is an ‘industry’ and Wall Street traders are beginning to swoop into the market for … Continue reading
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Tagged almond milk, almonds, hedge fund, irrigation, real food, wall street
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Biggest Loser
Telling the world that all a person has to do to lose weight is eat less or work more, because it’s just basic physics is a mistake. It is a mistake because it makes the person who that doesn’t work for … Continue reading
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Tagged best diet, diet, how to lose weight, losing weight, obesity, weight watchers
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The First Law of Thermodynamics
In science a law is a theory that has withstood every challenge, has proven itself repeatedly in the arena of experiment, is no longer in dispute. The first law of thermodynamics is that energy cannot be created or destroyed, that … Continue reading
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Tagged balancing energy, calories, first law of thermodynamics, gaining weight, losing weight
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One Day
Ok, it is Saturday. Saturday and Sunday do not get much eyeball attention according to the statistics that I see on WordPress. I finished the entire book “Why We Get Fat” in a single day. It was that engaging. I … Continue reading
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Tagged carbohydrates, cholesterol, gary taubes, meat, sugar, Why We Get Fat
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Science, Pseudo-style
What do you do, for yourself and for your family, if you have discovered evidence that you have been wrong about something your whole life? The idea that in order to maintain your health and weight that it is advisable … Continue reading
Caring About Everyone Is Hard
I have finished the gigantic tome “The Big Fat Surprise” by Nina Teicholz. I am depressed. I am depressed because I am one hundred percent convinced that every word found in the final, summary chapter is true. I am depressed … Continue reading
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Tagged artificial meat, Big Fat Surprise, eating healthy, Eating Right, health claims, living healthy, Nina Teicholz, real food, Saving the planet
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Take Stock
Today in the New York Times we find a long article about the newest trend in hip places to drink bone broth instead of coffee. As a health ‘drink’ broth or stock has a great deal going for it. Firstly … Continue reading
One Small Change at a Time 