Calorie Counting and Eating Disorders
Needing to count calories means something is wrong (the appetite regulation is disturbed) or the body weight goal is unnatural. We should try to fix what’s wrong and try to have healthy goals, if...
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How American Dietitians Sold Out to Coca Cola and Pepsi
Sponsored by junk food Do you trust what dietitians say in the media? Perhaps you shouldn’t. At least in the US the dietitian could have been educated by The Coca Cola Company. I recommend reading this...
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Why Calorie Counters are Confused
We’ve all been brainwashed about calories. A few years ago I believed it myself. Losing weight was exclusively about “consuming less calories than you expend”. The mantra was: “eat less, run more”....
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Top 11 Biggest Lies of Mainstream Nutrition
What are the biggest lies mistakes of mainstream nutrition? The things that people believe about diet and health that just aren’t true? Here’s a great list: Authority Nutrition: Top 11 Biggest Lies of...
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Why Calorie Counting is an Eating Disorder
Is calorie counting an eating disorder? I think so. When I wrote it quite a few people got upset, including a reader by the name of Brittany. But she gave it some thought – and then she really got the...
View ArticleOn Calorie Counting as an Eating Disorder
Here are a couple of reactions to my post on calorie counting being an eating disorder: IamDez: Is Calorie Counting an Eating Disorder? Pewter Porringer: Counting Calories is an Eating Disorder
View ArticleStill Believe ‘A Calorie Is a Calorie’?
Still Believe ‘A Calorie Is a Calorie’? Dr Robert Lustig shares plenty of scientific reasons why that’s simply not correct: Huffington Post: Still Believe ‘A Calorie Is a Calorie’?
View ArticleWhy You Should Forget About Calories
As if calorie counting wasn’t silly enough to start with, it’s actually impossible. Why? Because the number of calories printed on a food item or a menu is bogus, as you’ll see in this 5-minute video....
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Doctor: “No Fat People in Auschwitz”
Obesity treatment? Here is yet another example of how prejudiced a physician can behave as a result of a calorie fixation. And how little it helps people with problems: Worried patient was told “no fat...
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Why You Can’t Trust the Weight Loss Advice of a Dietitian
Here’s a photo from a symposium for dietitians. It is not a joke. This is why you can’t trust weight loss advice from a dietitian. He or she may have been trained by The Coca Cola Company. The largest...
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Are Low-Carb Zealots Close-Minded?
Are low-carb people close-minded, just like some vegan people seem to be? Are we all caught up in group thinking?Here’s a great blog post on the subject:Authority Nutrition: Confessions of a Biased...
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Another Silly Coca Cola Ad
What do you do if you’re trying to sell the most unhealthy product in the universe?You do what Coca Cola is doing. You try to fool your customers. In their new “Calorie Dictionary” ad they’re really...
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Are Beer Bellies a Myth?
Is the beer belly a reality or a fantasy? Here’s another random expert claiming to have “calculated” that the beer belly is a myth:TIME: Beer Bellies Are a Myth It reminds me of the old idea that the...
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What Happens If You Eat 5,800 Calories Daily on an LCHF Diet?
What happens if you “overeat” on an LCHF diet? It’s a common question and here’s one possible answer.The young man Sam Feltham has done a three-week experiment, where he’s been eating enormous amounts...
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Obesity is Like Drowning
This is a great post by David Katz, MD. He says that obesity is “much more like drowning than a disease”:Huffington Post: Obesity as a Disease: Why I Vote NoMy only problem with his view is the obvious...
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A Calorie Is Not a Calorie
A calorie is not a calorie. There are plenty of studies demonstrating how different kinds of food affect us in different ways – despite having the same number of calories.Recently another interesting...
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A Low-Carb, High-Fat Diet from 1953
Here’s a nice read: How to treat obesity with calorically unrestricted diets. It’s written by the medical doctor, A.W. Pennington, who inspired Dr Robert Atkins to lose weight in a similar way. This...
View ArticleToxic Sugar: Fantastic Video on the Obesity Epidemic!
Is sugar toxic and the cause of the obesity epidemic? Here’s a great new video called Toxic Sugar. It’s a recent segment from the major Australian science program Catalyst, on ABC.It’s arguably the...
View ArticleWhat Happens if You Eat 5,800 Calories of Carbohydrate-Rich Junk Food Daily?
What happens if you eat 5,800 calories of carbohydrate-rich junk food every day? This is what Sam Feltham is going to find out in a 21-day experiment that he’s now launching. He’ll also monitor various...
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Is Overeating Carbs Worse Than Overeating on an LCHF Diet?
The result of 5,800 calories of junk food a daySam Feltham carried out an experiment a few months ago that caught a lot of attention. For three weeks he pigged out on low-carb LCHF foods, 5,800...
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