That’s two seperate thoughts there. Happy Thanksgiving! Today is a good day for “cheating” on your nutrition plan. And enjoy the company of your family and friends while you’re at it.
Thought #2: I’ve seen this before and just came across it again today. It’s a rather interesting and disturbing look at [...]
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I finished reading Lights Out: Sleep, Sugar, and Survival for the second time recently. If you care about health and nutrition, this book is a must-read. It is one of my favorite nutrition books, right up there with Protein Power Lifeplan and The Paleo Diet. The basic premise of the book is [...]
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Men’s Health on The Cure for Diabetes
This article was posted on The Performance Menu Forum run by Robb Wolf and Greg Everett. Even Men’s Health is starting to get it, or maybe they’re just publishing what sells. Regardless, this five-page article has some very excellent information regarding why a low-carb diet is healthier [...]
On Art DeVany’s blog, he recently posted a link to a long conversation that he had with Charles Staley. It was an interesting interview regarding Art’s work on his Evolutionary Fitness model.
Link to Art DeVany’s Blog
Link to mp3 on Charles Staley’s site
A few of the more interesting tidbits of the discussion:
- DeVany broke down [...]
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High blood sugar levels add to heart, stroke deaths
Scientists in the United States and New Zealand have calculated that in addition to the 960,000 diabetes deaths worldwide each year, raised blood sugar levels are linked to 1.5 million deaths from heart disease and 700,000 from strokes.
So far high blood sugar has been linked to cognitive [...]
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Low-carb Diet Doesn’t Raise the Risk of Heart DiseaseNurses Health Study Abstract
All of those low-carbers can now rest easy, science having proven what some have known for years. The Harvard Nurses’ Health Study, a huge ongoing study of over 80,000 women, showed that the risk of heart disease between the groups consuming the lowest [...]
Exercise For Your Eyes
This Forbes article discusses a finding that exercise can reduce age-related macular degeneration by 70%. While they point out that this is merely correlation (which does not equal causation), it is a salient finding. Exercise improves your skin and muscularity, lowers your blood pressure, regulates your bodyweight, and releases endorphins [...]
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Police Chief fired for telling his officers to shape up
Winter Haven, FL police chief Paul Goward was fired for an email that he sent out to his department telling them that they need to lose weight. Unfortunately, his choice of wording in the subject line included the words “Jelly Belly”, which hurt some of [...]
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Cod Liver Oil Protects Against Type I Diabetes
Ok, so the article is a week old, but I’ve been busy. Anywho, it seems that the more we learn about the vaunted omega-3 fatty acid, the more we realize what an amazing and cheap medicine it is. This study shows that consumption of cod liver [...]
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