How to Eat and Why Eat

After finally finishing Michale Pollen’s latest book “In defense of food” and reading a fantastic article by Trisha Gura in this months Scientific American Mind, I think it is time to revisit my one golden rule of eating.

“Eat less

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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

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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31,000 Pushups

Here’s a great idea from a friend of mine.

On Tuesday I had to drive down in Rochester for a meeting. Since it was an unusually warm and sunny day after our meeting my friend decided that it was in … Read More

Booster Drink Sabotage!

I’ve noticed an interesting trend of ‘Booster Drink’ places appearing in all of gyms around where I live.

The idea is simple, go to the gym, get a great workout, then get a booster drink made with real fruit and … Read More

How to lose weight properly

I’ve had my eyes re-opened the last couple days.

Somehow, I’ve had my own little personal epiphany regarding weight loss. Or, more correctly, I’ve had my own little epiphany regarding selling weight loss.

This is my ah-ha moment.

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How much glutamine do I have to take to gain weight?

A couple of week ago I told you about how my basement flooded due to a freak thaw we had in Ontario. Well, I’m still dealing with the repercussions of that little flood.

Mostly, it has forced me to clean … Read More

Does capsaicin burn fat?

I can remember back to my supplement industry days when capsaicin was a big deal. It had a couple studies showing it increased fat burning and more importantly customers would actually ‘feel’ their fat burner working when it had capsaicin … Read More

Calories, Weight Loss & Weight Gain

Remember how I told you I was snowed in on Friday? Well it’s been exceptionally warm today, so as a result I’m at home dealing with a flooded basement. Awesome.

Somewhere in-between ripping up carpet and tearing down drywall I … Read More

The Origins of Obsessive Compusive Eating

I’m snowed in today (gotta love Canadian winters).

In all honesty this couldn’t have come at a better time. I have a major speaking engagement tomorrow I have to prepare for, and I have a number of emails I need … Read More