Tag Archives: diet

Science, Pseudo-style

Posted on January 9, 2015 by dcarmack

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 →

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Don’t Lose Weight

Posted on January 5, 2015 by dcarmack

In my honest opinion, nobody that thinks that they weigh too much should be trying to lose weight. Sounds crazy, right? Well, if a person tries to lose ten pounds, or seven percent of their body weight or any other … Continue reading →

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Food Hangover, Sugar High

Posted on December 30, 2014 by dcarmack

There is more to food than energy. People will pay huge sums of money for prepared foods and it is not because that food contains more energy. Well prepared foods made with quality ingredients have more capabilities than just to … Continue reading →

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It Might Be Simple, But It’s Sure Not Easy

Posted on December 20, 2014 by dcarmack

Losing weight is not hard to do–on paper. All you have to do is eat less calories than you burn. Eating fewer calories is easy, all you have to do is stop eating sugar, but you have to eat something. … Continue reading →

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Preaching To The Converted

Posted on December 2, 2014 by dcarmack

One of the hardest things to do, as a dad, mom, grandpa, or grandma, is to silently watch as your kids and grandkids make mistakes. Making mistakes and learning the hard way is sometimes the only way that lessons can … Continue reading →

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If You Are Obese…

Posted on November 15, 2014 by dcarmack

If you are obese, you are not to blame. More and more people are becoming obese, the most recent figures say every third person is obese. So many people are obese, it is just not possible that it can be … Continue reading →

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Type III Diabetes Is Preventable

Posted on November 5, 2014 by dcarmack

You have heard me say in these pages before that Alzheimer’s disease, that ultimately fatal debilitation of the brain, is referred to commonly by physicians as type three diabetes. This relationship between insulin resistance and AD has been confirmed by … Continue reading →

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Numbers Matter, But Units Matter More

Posted on October 17, 2014 by dcarmack

Numbers matter, but without units, they are meaningless. It is hard to keep track of big numbers, or to turn scientific numbers into a value that means something to us in our lives. Sometimes they try to help us by … Continue reading →

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I Hate Bacon

Posted on September 9, 2014 by dcarmack

I really don’t hate bacon. I really do hate trying to cook bacon for breakfast before I go to work, though. Bacon is too long to fit on the hot spot in my skillet. The edges don’t get as hot, … Continue reading →

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Who Knows?

Posted on August 11, 2014 by dcarmack

Seventy percent of US residents are overweight. Way back in 2008 it was estimated that obesity costed our health care system 150 billion dollars. Health care hasn’t gotten cheaper in the last six years, nor have less people become obese … Continue reading →

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