70 years later…and breakfast is still the target…

Check out this POST regarding a General Mills Cereal ad from 1943 on the ‘health benefits of Breakfast’…then give this a look….

Really, it’s just like fashion… we just keep going in circles.

BP

PS- I don’t hate breakfast. … Read More

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

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

Food makes me feel bad

I always hate hearing people say things like this. Truthfully, I even find it a little scary.

One of the hallmarks of obsessive compulsive eating is letting food (and especially specific types of food) affect your mood.

It’s one thing … 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

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