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The Exercise Myth | Body for Wife

By on August 6, 2017 in Behavior, Diet, Exercise

James Fell on FaceBook Sun, Aug 6, 2017:

“For years I’ve extolled the virtues of exercise as a way to control your eating behaviors and sculpt your physique into something that looks great and performs amazing feats. And I have been wrong.”

The Exercise Myth

Even though I smelled bad enough to knock a buzzard off a gut pile, the people in the medical tent of the 2013 Victoria Marathon were kind and caring. One paramedic even let me use his cell to make a long-distance call to my wife, who was watching via Internet…

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166: Nina Teicholz – Stop Fearing Saturated Fat • What’s The Deal With Cholesterol? • The Coconut Oil Controversy

By on August 4, 2017 in Diet

166: Nina Teicholz – Stop Fearing Saturated Fat * What’s The Deal With Cholesterol? * The Coconut Oil Controversy

Nina Teicholz is an investigative journalist and author of the International and New York Times bestseller, The Big Fat Surprise. Her book has upended the conventional wisdom on dietary fat and challenged the very core of our nutrition policy.

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Paleo is the Scientology of Diets | Body for Wife

By on August 4, 2017 in Diet, Science

The scientific reasoning for the Paleo diet just isn’t there. The “science” the advocates claim just doesn’t hold up to real scrutiny. It’s bullshit in that regard. That said I think if using a “Paleo diet form of thinking“, using it as a metaphor, helps a person achieve a lower caloric intake either by unconsciously adopting a more HFLC type of diet or just eating less (lowering calories in in relationship to calories out) then it can possibly be worked and the cases that are thrown out as anecdotal examples or testimonials that is the real reason it worked, not the bullshit of “Paleo science.”

Paleo is the Scientology of Diets

I was close to landing a fitness interview with Tom Cruise, but then he bailed. And so I am now free to say that Scientology is stupid. People make fun of the space alien aspect of it, but did you know that one of their beliefs is “silent birth?” A.K.A….

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I tried the keto diet for 2 months and it made me feel invincible – Business Insider

By on August 4, 2017 in Diet

The Business Insider article says at one point:

The “keto” diet is experiencing a surge in popularity thanks to Silicon Valley tech workers who evangelize its ability to promote weight loss, boost energy, and possibly prolong life itself.

While I am a supporter and believer in the ketogenic (LCHF, Atkins) diet strategy I think one problem I have with that passage is that that kind of reasoning is NOT scientific and abandons critical thinking. It just a different version of the “all the best actresses and models in Hollywood are following this diet” argument.

I tried the ‘Atkins on steroids’ diet for 2 months – and it made me feel invincible

It was 2 o’clock on a Tuesday, and I felt surprisingly awake. Attentive. Even productive. I love my job, but on a normal afternoon, I find myself searching for distractions in the depths of my inbox and on Facebook. That Tuesday in June was different. I knocked out one to-do list item after the next.

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How Penn Jillette Lost over 100 Lbs and Still Eats Whatever He Wants | Big Think

By on July 31, 2017 in Behavior, Diet

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Nutrition science isn’t broken, it’s just wicked hard | Jenna Gallegos Washington Post

By on July 23, 2017 in Diet, Food Science

Nutrition science isn’t broken, it’s just wicked hard

My dad is an old-school rancher who uses a flip-phone, refuses to wear a seat belt and swears by the Atkins diet. Like many Americans on both sides of the political aisle, he’s skeptical of science. But not because he thinks Al Gore invented climate change, vaccines cause autism or GMOs are an elaborate corporate conspiracy.

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Why you shouldn’t exercise to lose weight, explained with 60+ studies – Vox

By on July 15, 2017 in Diet, Exercise

Why you shouldn’t exercise to lose weight, explained with 60+ studies

When anthropologist Herman Pontzer set off from Hunter College in New York to Tanzania to study one of the few remaining hunter-gatherer tribes on the planet, he expected to find a group of calorie burning machines. Unlike Westerners, whoincreasingly spend their waking hours glued to chairs, the Hadza are on the move most of the time.

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Behind the “Biggest Loser” study headlines – a lost opportunity to educate about weight loss options | Human Limits: Michael J. Joyner, M.D.

By on June 20, 2017 in Diet

Behind the “Biggest Loser” study headlines – a lost opportunity to educate about weight loss options | Human Limits: Michael J. Joyner, M.D.

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Coconut oil isn’t healthy. It’s never been healthy.

By on June 18, 2017 in Diet, Food Science, Health

Coconut oil isn’t healthy. It’s never been healthy.

The American Heart Association recently released a report advising against the use of coconut oil. The Dietary Fats and Cardiovascular Disease advisory reviewed existing data on saturated fat, showing coconut oil increased LDL (“bad”) cholesterol in seven out of seven controlled trials.

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Eating Late at Night Could Be More Dangerous Than You Think | Big Think

By on June 14, 2017 in Diet, Health

Eating Late at Night Could Be More Dangerous Than You Think

Fasting has been a hot topic recently, with intermittent fasting in particular (having an 8-hour eating period and a 16-hour fasting period each day), gaining a lot of popularity. Studies have shown that fasting can have positive effects on weight loss, immune cell regeneration, cancer prevention, insulin sensitivity, and lifespan.

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