Healthy Ramblings

More on Fast Food…

July 12, 2007 By Brad Pilon

I received a comment today that went as follows...." No one ever looks at the breakdown, but many of the smaller hamburgers, no fries, no sugar drink have a halfway decent nutrition profile, and a person with a healthy metabolism should not be afraid of them. "I agree hamburgers get a bad wrap...what I find odd is that, in my opinion pizza is one of the worst fast … [Read more...] about More on Fast Food…

Haitus Over!

July 12, 2007 By Brad Pilon

After an extremely busy last couple of weeks I'm back 'up and running'. I've got some great news concerning my new book that I will be sharing in the next couple days. BP PS- For those of you who are paid to keep track of my Blog don't worry, the book has nothing to do with supplements. … [Read more...] about Haitus Over!

Diet Books and Nutrition Books

June 5, 2007 By Brad Pilon

I just received my latest order of nutrition and diet books. My "to read" list has now expanded to include: The ABS Diet by David Zinczenko Underground Body Opus by Dan Duchaine Marketing Nutrition by Brian Wansink Food Politics by Marion Nestle Looks like I have some reading to do! Reviews to follow, BP PS to see some of my reviews visit Nutrition Books … [Read more...] about Diet Books and Nutrition Books

Deconstructing Nutrition

December 31, 2006 By Brad Pilon

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 actual scientific findings. Think of it as doing fact checking for the big book on nutrition.I’m going to start with what I think is the absolute best place to start … [Read more...] about Deconstructing Nutrition

Why we hate the BMI

A new study adds to the growing evidence that an elevated BMI increases the risk of a heart attack in otherwise healthy people. In what has been called the largest study of its kind (data on over 500,000 people) researchers classified participants based on their body mass index (BMI), calculated as weight (kg) divided […]

How Many Calories can you Burn in a day?

Have you ever stopped to think that there might be an upper-limit to human metabolism? Basically a ‘ceiling rate’ at which we can burn through calories? Probably not, but don’t worry… I did for you! I’ve heard rumors of people eating well over 10,000 calories during a single cheat day, or even every day during […]

Reverse Taper Intermittent Fasting

The concept of the Reverse Taper Diet is still one of my favorite ideas. Without getting too technical, the concept is that you should be in your largest calorie deficit (eating the least amount of food) at the beginning of your diet, when you have the most fat to lose and thus the most fat […]

Fasting for Weight Loss – Setting the Record Straight

Paleo eating and vegan eating are the EXACT SAME THING. This is why any and all research on Paleo diets can be used for Vegan diets, and vice versa. It’s also why any personal experiences people have had with a Vegan diet can be directly applied to what you will probably experience with the Paleo […]

Never Skip Leg Day

Friends don’t let friends skip leg day, or so the saying goes… Small legs, chicken legs, the triumphant retort of any one to any body with a good bench or built upper body… But is it justified? Legs are important to sports performance and good physique, not to mention your long term health (A smaller […]