Food writer Jane Black: Moreover, much of today’s dietary advice ignores a fundamental truth: Most Americans seek out fast and processed foods, not for the price, but for the convenience and the taste. Read Jane’s contribution and others in the NY Times ‘Room for Debate’ series Do We Need More Advice About Eating Well?
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Posted in Nutrition, QOTD on April 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
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Posted in Food addiction, QOTD on April 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
From Stanton Peele on addiction: A sensible person who is asked, “Are gambling, sex, and games addictive?” will answer, “Anything can be addictive, or not, depending on how engrossed people become in them, and how much they are damaged by it.” In other words, it isn’t which activities we focus on and call addictive, it [...]
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Posted in Food addiction, QOTD on April 12, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Geneen Roth: Compulsive eating is only the symptom. The rest of her tweet is a little touchy-feely for my taste. But I like this first part. For me, compulsive eating is a learned coping mechanism. The urge to overeat means that something, whether it is nutrition, physical activity, sleep, and/or stress management, is off balance. [...]
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Posted in QOTD on April 11, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Interesting comments from Gunther over at Evelyn’s blog on the question of cold thermogenesis: FWIW, I agree from personal experience that cold therapy can help us lose weight, but not as scripted by Devany and the other Paleo 1.0 folks (meaning not for BAT reasons). I believe it helps weight loss in a roundabout way [...]
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Posted in QOTD on April 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
From the blog Socially Fit: Kaizen (改善): Creating A Better Me (Kaizen is Japanese for “improvement”, or “change for the better”): Wanting a better version of yourself is nothing to be ashamed of. It does not mean that you are unhappy with who you are, it implies that you know that you are capable of [...]
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Posted in Brain & appetite, Obesity, QOTD on April 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
It’s complicated folks! Studies have shown that brain mechanisms of obesity are very complex and are not just related to abnormalities in food-associated reward signaling. Research suggests that overeating has its origins where a person makes a food choice and that anticipatory signals play a critical role in the vulnerability to obesity. … The demonstration [...]
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Posted in Ancestral health, QOTD on April 4, 2012 | 2 Comments »
From J Stanton on Anti-Nutritionism, L-Canavanine, And The Limitations of N=1 Self-Experimentation: For the most part, the dose makes the poison…so unless cheating will start you on a binge, it’s better to say “I am going to eat these street tacos because they’re delicious and I want some” than to try to convince yourself that [...]
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Posted in QOTD on April 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
From Norma at welcome to my world re sugar (emphasis hers): Do I love sweet things? Of course. Who doesn’t? Can I live without them? I am sure I am living better with as few of them as possible. Word. BTW, lots of folks, including Norma, have mentioned that Robert Lustig will be on 60 [...]
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Posted in Ancestral health, QOTD on March 28, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Kurt Harris says it’s probably not about the NADs (neolithic agents of disease): A state where everyone needs to eat a customized, idiosyncratic paleo diet to not be sick, where there are legions of people continuously altering their diets in an attempt to get healthy, and there are many many people who eat PERFECTLY in [...]
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Posted in Low carb, QOTD on March 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
JeezLouise shares her to carb or not to carb analysis paralysis: This whole controversy over whether low-carb is good or bad for weight loss is taking a toll, because I’m having a hard time sticking with any sort of protocol. … I know I can lose weight with very restrictive low-carb, but I don’t want [...]
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