Archive for December, 2006

Deconstructing Nutrition

For the next couple weeks I will be posting about the idea of “Deconstructing Nutrition”.

My plan is to take many of the things that we believe to be the known facts of nutrition and check their accuracy against the … Read More

Nothing to do with Nutrition

I reserve the right to every once in a while talk about something other than nutrition. Especially when it’s a concept I need some help on.

I’ll give you the background.

Two weeks ago I was at a DVD photo … Read More

The Omnivore’s Dilemma

As the old saying goes “Eat like everyone else, look like everyone else”.

OK, I think I made that up, but it’s still true.

The way you eat is a large determining factor in the way you look … Read More

Forget about Cheat Days

Back in July and August, I spent a fair amount of my time up in Northern Ontario Cottage country.

The cottage is a great place to hide out and get some reading and writing done, but sometimes it can be … Read More

The Doctrine of Signatures

It is an unpleasant fact that science will always become outdated.

I am sure that a hundred years from now, schoolchildren will laugh at the principles we currently believe to be absolute scientific truths, just like how we now laugh … Read More

Rules To Shop By

After a quick trip to the grocery store this morning, I realized how confusing it can be trying to pick out the good foods from the bad foods.

Food companies are jumping on the health claim bandwagon, and just about … Read More

Fat Wars, and Why I Cook with Butter

I’ve been following some very interesting stories in the news lately.

The first story concerns the City of New York. It seems that the Board of Health for New York City has recently voted to make New York the nation’s … Read More

The Women’s Workout Blog

Finally, after what seems like years of me begging, my friend John Barban has finally started a blog.

John has a wealth of experience when it comes to sports conditioning and fat loss. He is a certified strength and conditioning … Read More

Why Goat’s Milk?

A couple of days ago in one of the grrlathlete newsletters I recommended that people give goat’s milk an honest try (If you don’t receive the grrlathlete newsletters, I’ve put a sign-up box on the top right column of my … Read More

Sparring with the American Diabetes Association

Looks like Adam Campbell of Men’s Health magazine has found himself in a verbal sparring match with the ADA.

It all started with a very well written and well researched article that Adam wrote about diabetes and carbohydrates. If you’d … Read More