Archive for the 'Obsessive Compulsive Eating' Category

Are you PAYING to be FAT?

Here’s a fun trick for you…

I want you to lift your shirt up…just a bit…and yes, I’m being serious.

Make sure no one is looking and just take a quick look at your stomach.

What’s staring back at you?… Read More

Post Secret & Eating Habits

I found this quote on the Post Secret Blog…

“I know it means I’m going to be alone forever, but I can’t stop eating.”

To me, this is a strong and rather shocking reminder of how messed up our relationships … Read More

Lose Weight and Decrease Stress by…Ignoring Journalists?

I apologize for the lack of updates lately, I’ve been hard at work on a new project…However, something appeared in my in-box today that I had to share with you…

It was an article from the NYTimes about “The Risks Read More

Lose weight EASILY by doing a Nutrition Info De-clutter

Last Thursday’s blog post on ‘The Zen of Nutrition‘ is probably the best example of my current views on Health and Nutrition.

And, after reading through the comments I see that a lot of people feel the same … Read More

Processed and refined foods – What you need to know

When we think of processed or refined foods we typically think of white sugar and white flour…foods that are currently defined as ‘bad for you’.

The current nutrition wisdom is that a diet high in processed and refined foods is … Read More

A perfect example of nutrition confusion

I don’t think I have ever found more compelling evidence of the rampant nutrition confusion that the CNN website.

Specifically in an QnA in their Diet and Health section the following question was asked:

Is it true that when your

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The ethics of marketing an addiction

“Primum non nocere”

Roughly translated in means “Above all, do no harm”

This is the first rule of medicine.

The author was neither Hippocrates nor Galen (it’s probably older than either).

And despite it’s vagueness it remains a strong reminder … Read More

Clarity in 2009

When it comes to on-line resources of health and fitness information, I have no problems with people sharing ‘what worked for them’ – after all, this is EXPERIENCE, and it is a useful tool for us all to learn … Read More

Metabolism = Overrated

I’ve got some bad news from you.

Despite what all the OCE Diets tell you, at a given weight and muscle mass, your metabolism isn’t going to go up, (or down) a whole bunch.

If you are 170 pounds with … Read More

The Real Reason Diets Don’t Work

It was back on March 12 of 2007 that I first wrote about the now famous A to Z weight loss trial (you can see my original blog post HERE ).

In this ground breaking study, 311 overweight women were … Read More