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Friday cat blogging
Posted in Friday cat blogging on October 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Quote of the day
Posted in QOTD, Weight loss on October 22, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Paul Jaminet on why “eat less, move more” can backfire:
- On a malnourishing diet, “eat less” means even greater malnourishment. Less of a bad diet is a worse diet.
- Excessive exercise may over-stress the body and harm health. In diseased people, the volume at which exercise becomes excessive may not be that high.
On the other hand, ultimately some form of “eat less, move more” is needed if optimal health is to be attained. …
So the challenge in weight loss is two-fold: It’s necessary to adopt a healthy diet in which malnourishment doesn’t occur despite calorie restriction, and to find a healthy level of exercise that improves health without overstressing the body.
Check out the full post for more good stuff from Paul. Can’t wait for the new edition of PHD!
Friday cat blogging
Posted in Friday cat blogging on October 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Study: Marshmallow test revisited
Posted in Brain & appetite, Food addiction, Research on October 18, 2012 | 4 Comments »
I am really in the midst of moving craziness and so do not have time to do this post justice. But it’s so interesting I have to at least mention it!
The new study by Kidd et al — Rational snacking: Young children’s decision-making on the marshmallow task is moderated by beliefs about environmental reliability (PDF, news item) — revisits the classic marshmallow test with an interesting twist.
In the original study, kids were given one marshmallow and told that if they waited, they would get an additional marshmallow. For some kids this proved to be a difficult challenge (see the embedded video below for some really cute kids struggling).
The study presumed that those who were unable to wait had an inability to delay gratification.
Quote of the day
Posted in Macronutrients, QOTD on October 17, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Ray Cronise on macronutrients and food:
Reductionist thinking about macronutrients is THE problem we face today having mastered acute medical care and the battle ahead is clearly with chronic over-nutrition.
Registration required to read his blog, but it sounds like he’s doing some very interesting work on metabolism and thermogenesis. Can’t wait to read it!
Quote of the day
Posted in Ancestral health, QOTD, Weight stigma on October 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Andrew Potter, author of The Authenticity Hoax, on the futility of the search for authenticity (emphasis mine):
For this segment of society “the search for the authentic is positioned as the most pressing quest of our age,” writes Potter. This urge leads to those things that have earned the most anti-mainstream adjectives like local, organic, artisan, indie, all natural, underground, sustainable, free trade, slow, holistic, green, and so on. Yet, that ideology, that quest for the authentic, is the very thing that causes the world to seem so unreal and staged. People can’t stop themselves from competing for status. It is branded into the side of the brain before you are born. As a primate, status hierarchies are a part of life, and when you remove yourself from the competition in the mainstream you just join the competition in the counterculture.
Hmmm. I wonder if this part of what makes weight stigma (see this repulsive example) so pervasive despite overweight/obesity being the norm.
HT Andrew Sullivan.
Quote of the day
Posted in Public health, QOTD on October 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
From the CSPI folks’ The Real Bears:
Big soda companies have billions of dollars to tell their story, but we have each other. Oh, and we have the truth.
A pretty compelling video with a catchy Jason Mraz tune. Worth the watch!
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