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Whole Human

Posted on October 16, 2015 by dcarmack

You are 65% water. You are, on average, 12% fat and 20% protein. There are ten times more bacteria in and on your body than there are human cells in and on your body. Your gut is wired to the … Continue reading →

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Really Bad Advice

Posted on October 9, 2015 by dcarmack

The world of health and nutrition information is really quite full of bad advice. Most of the places that you would think of first to get this kind of information will be the most frequent dispensers of this bad advice–eat … Continue reading →

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Abandoned Ship

Posted on July 20, 2015 by dcarmack

This craft has been drifting without a rudder for the last five days. I can’t believe it, but I have not went five days without writing in the last year. In my defense I have worked a ton of hours … Continue reading →

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Sugar Found to be Health Food, Studies Show!

Posted on April 27, 2015 by dcarmack

Today I dredged up some four-year-old crap that CNN put out. Back in 2010 they reported that a “Nutrition Professor” from Kansas had eaten a reduced-calorie diet that was mostly snack and junk foods. According to him his blood chemistry … Continue reading →

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My Secret Is Out

Posted on April 19, 2015 by dcarmack

“My secret is out, now I can finally quit!” These are the words that go through an addict’s head the second that his secret using or hidden bad behavior is discovered. It doesn’t matter what your addiction is, be it … Continue reading →

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The American Treatment Industry

Posted on March 19, 2015 by dcarmack

Try to figure out the success rate of a twelve step program for any compulsive disorder, be it drugs, alcohol, sex, gambing, eating. Alcoholics Anonymous, for instance, keeps no records of who is a member, for their privacy of course, … Continue reading →

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Shame and Blame

Posted on March 14, 2015 by dcarmack

I was reading the Times this morning and ran across this article, “The Problem With ‘Fat Talk’”. Is it really such a big deal if you tell everyone how fat you feel? After all, a simple “I’m so fat!” can … Continue reading →

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Whereas….therefore

Posted on December 31, 2014 by dcarmack

Today I will make up a New Year’s Resolution Template™ for some easy-to-keep promises for 2015. I thought that I would make these resolutions in the legislative, Robert’s Rules of Order style. I will include a Whereas for each resolution, for the … Continue reading →

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You Gotta Eat

Posted on October 16, 2014 by dcarmack

Great article in the Washington Post by Debbie Koenig about cookbook cooking and real life cooking got me thinking about actually eating the way that nature intended, struggling against all of the impediments and inducements of our modern-day lifestyle. Mark … Continue reading →

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It’s Really Just That Easy

Posted on July 27, 2014 by dcarmack

When I started looking around for how to make all of my foods myself, one of the earliest finds was mayonnaise. Mayonnaise looks like a really special kind of sauce. A little sour, completely opaque, I could not imagine the … Continue reading →

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