Archive for May, 2008

Summer Time Coffee

It’s funny how during the summer, coffee becomes dessert.

The minute the hot weather hits, coffee gets iced, blended, mixed, topped and garnished. It ends up being a Frankenstein liquefied version of a coffee cake.

Now, here is how I … Read More

Why We Eat

Here is a great post from the TTmembers.com forums about the benefits of fasting at how it teaches you to recognize when you are truly hungry…

“But, to throw another curve at my doubts, yesterday during my fast, when I

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Your Teeth and Your Diet

I know this is an odd topic for a Nutrition Blog, but I have always wondered if there is a connection between the health of your mouth and the health of your body.

Like most people, I try to take … Read More

More on Obsessive Compulsive Eating

I was sent a link to a blog this morning that is written by a woman who, for lack of better terms, has self-diagnosed herself as an Obsessive Compulsive Eater.

I clicked the link to find a very well written, … Read More

Work Out Update

I don’t think I can properly express how refreshing the experience of moving my workouts outside has been.

Without meaning to use a horrible pun – it’s been a breath of fresh air.

I’ve increased the weight for my weighted … Read More

The Fourth Macronutrient

It’s Wednesday and I’m already looking forward to the weekend.

I have spent almost all of my morning answering e-mail questions that did nothing but reaffirm my belief that obsessive compulsive eating is continuing to dig its claws into the … Read More

Brad’s Predictions – An Update

It was back in January when I made my predictions for 2008. It’s been five months now, so I think it’s time we took a look and evaluate my Nostradamus-like abilities.

1. Eat Stop Eat will become very popular - … Read More

Fasting AND Memory

I just read an interesting article on Scientific American about the possibility that HGH might be able to reduce the brain damage caused by the abuse of opiate drugs.

In case it wasn’t obvious, abusing drugs can damage cells in … Read More

Obesity and Corporate Identity

Obese people make Corporations happy. If you are overweight you are part of a select consumer group. And, you are a target of new found “corporate identities”.

Take this article I found in this morning’s nutraingredients.com newsletter.

Making a head

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Childhood Obesity

Here is an absolutely astonishing fact from research conducted at the University of Guelph:

“In a typical high school with more than 1,000 students, the cafeteria would sell only three to five pieces of fruit in total per day, which

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