Tag Archives: weight loss

Someday It Will Be Different

Someday people will look back on these times and shake their heads in disbelief. It will be like when we look back at bleeding, the procedure where ‘doctors’ would intentionally open a patients vein to let diseased blood escape, weakening … Continue reading

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Exercise and Weight Loss

Today we are leading off with a film. This film concerns the way that the body functions, it explains that your body is not just a simple machine, where all of the fuel you are putting into it is either … Continue reading

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Starvation Diets, Epic Failure

My nephew has asked me for help. I love being helpful, I love being the knowledgable one, but it can be frustrating. The problem with recommending dietary changes is that it involves change. My nephew is a very large man, … Continue reading

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Fat Stigma

If your children are overweight they are likely to be bullied at school because of it. Apparently, as reported in the New York Times on July 7, a first-ever cross nation study has been conducted and it found that kids … Continue reading

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Can It Really Be This Simple?

Yesterday’s news cruise brought me a few related stories to report on today. The Washington Post let me know that there is a drug on the market that caused people who were injected to lose weight: A study in the New … Continue reading

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Sharing a Lucky Streak

I watched a movie from the 80s in which a habitual gambler gets a sure-thing tip on a horse from a friend, he bets the horse and wins. Thing is he has a gambling problem and shouldn’t be betting but … Continue reading

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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

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Don’t Lose Weight

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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Numbers Matter, But Units Matter More

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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Everywhere I Look

  These days, just about everywhere you look you can find scientists, dietitians, and popular celebrities that are advocating that we all eat less processed foods and care less about eating fats. Today I read in the New York Times … Continue reading

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