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Sugar Found to be Health Food, Studies Show!
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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Tagged addiction, advice, calories, carbohydrates, diabetes, junk food, sugar, Twinkie Diet
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That’s Not News
I was reading in the Washington Post this morning that the Sugar Lobby is claiming that the science is still unclear concerning whether or not sugary foods are fattening. Not everyone who eats lots of sweet foods gets fat, therefore … Continue reading
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Tagged added sugar, eating healthy, low fat, sugar, sugar-free
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Shame and Blame
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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Tagged 12 Step program, advice, atkins diet, being change, blame, carbohydrates, gary taubes, shame, sugar, Why We Get Fat
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How To Read A Label
By far, the best way to look at a package of food in your local grocery is in another shopper’s cart. Going down every aisle is an exercise in futility. Trying to decide which highly-processed artificial food is healthier than … Continue reading
It Is A Matter Of Life And Death
It really is a matter of life and death, I am not being too shrill. I am reading Gary Taubes’ book “Good Calories, Bad Calories” and the current chapter is discussing the likelihood that diabetes and metabolic syndrome are precursors … Continue reading
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Tagged carbohydrates, diabetes, eating healthy, fat, fructose, fruit juice, healthy eating, sugar, triglyceride, type 2 diabetes
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Nina Weighs In
One of my favorite champions of natural fats in our diet, Nina Teicholz, author of one of my favorite books “The Big Fat Surprise,” has offered us her opinion of the new dietary guidelines from the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. This … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Fat Surprise, carbohydrates, losing weight, Nina Teicholz, real food, sugar, USDA
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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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Whereas….therefore
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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Tagged advice, artificial ingredients, butter, coconut butter, grass fed, lard, low fat, New Year's Resolutions, omega 3, processed foods, Resolutions, saturated fats, sugar, sugar-free
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Heartbreaking
I am a middle aged man, and I work in a shop of intelligent middle aged men. None of us are really that close to retirement age, the average age in the shop is probably fifty five. Nobody in the … Continue reading
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Tagged artificial ingredients, butter, carbohydrates, carbs, lard, processed foods, saturated fats, serum cholesterol, statin drugs, sugar, unsaturated fats
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One Small Change at a Time 