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| Weight Maven
Musing about weight, food, & health.
[I posted this over at PaleoHacks, but wanted to share it here too.] I am a real fan of Stephan Guyenet and Chris Kresser, but try as I might, I am struggling with the idea that a low-reward diet “reduces the fat set point.” Now, I have no problems with the idea that a low-reward [...]
Wow. Talk about something not being a fair fight. In the battle of consumer versus Big Food, here’s what a food marketing executive tells CBC’s Marketplace (~9:30): Consumers are smart, shoppers is [sic] dumb. And I say that in a nice way. Nice job from Yoni Freedhoff of Weighty Matters in taking on the health-washing [...]
Actually today’s study — Inflammasome-mediated dysbiosis regulates progression of NAFLD and obesity — looks fascinating. In it, researchers find that their mouse studies suggest that “gut microbiota are associated with exacerbated hepatic steatosis and inflammation” and that “co-housing of inflammasome-deficient mice with wild-type mice results in exacerbation of hepatic steatosis and obesity.” Very interesting! And [...]
I’m not a traditional HAES girl (given my weight loss efforts) but I agree with the HAES folks that health comes first. I also agree that the childhood obesity billboards in Georgia are a terrible public health strategy. So I’ve donated to Ragen Chastain’s Support All Kids billboard project. I thought I’d share here in [...]
Today’s QOTD is a multimedia one, based on research comparing mouth-to-anus digestion of a processed food meal with a whole food meal. HT to food+tech, who notes “the video is a disturbing look at how difficult it is for the body to break down food made for shelf-life.” Notice how the shape of the ramen [...]
As someone who works on a computer most of the day (and spends a good deal of non-work time on one too), it’d be great news if this Lifehacker post is correct. You can help counteract too much sitting by: Getting regular breaks during sedentary activity Getting about 30 minutes of activity a day Re [...]
Not that I would recommend that folks look to sitcoms for addiction help, but this intervention of sorts from a recent Suburgatory resonated with me. Take a good hard look at yourself in the mirror. … You’re in a spiral, you’re in a downward spiral. This is an ugly side of you, but you don’t [...]
Wow. This is a MUST watch video. Yes, it’s a little geeky (his nickname isn’t Mat the Kraken for nothing), but most of it is pretty accessible. Mat is a former vegan (2 years) and vegetarian (8 years), who has adopted a paleo-ish diet. But he almost didn’t, because he find some of the paleo [...]
In an interesting post on sugar over on PHD, J Stanton makes this comment: Given the following: * Most people don?t exercise very much * Exercise burns less calories than most people think The problem for the overwhelming majority is “how do I dispose of excess sugars, simple or complex,” not “how do I replenish [...]
Chris Kresser’s recent podcast — Why It?s So Hard To Lose Weight ? And Keep It Off — is a must-listen! A highlight (emphasis mine): Anybody who says obesity is as simple as, you know, too much fat or too much carbohydrate or something like that is either misinformed or is intentionally misleading you. It?s [...]
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