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Why We Eat (part 2)

June 27, 2009 By Brad Pilon

I'll admit, I wasn't always the best listener in high school. Sure I remember most of my lessons, but I'm not sure if I really 'got' them. Take for instance...Pavlov's Dogs. I'm sure you've heard the story: Pavlov was the man behind some of the most famous scientific experiments. Basically, he took a group of dogs and rang a bell every time they were fed. After a … [Read more...] about Why We Eat (part 2)

Food, famly, friends

November 25, 2008 By Brad Pilon

My little brother is back in Ontario visiting for the week. To celebrate, my parents hosted an 'open house' where neighbors, friends and family got together and we all had a chance to catch up.We also ate.Actually, given the way I was eating, I'm not sure if anyone else even had the chance to eat.I was a glutton. I'm not sure why, but I think I subconsciously decided to either … [Read more...] about Food, famly, friends

Childhood Obesity

May 15, 2008 By Brad Pilon

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 is extraordinarily low, and virtually no one is buying plain milk.”If Dr. Wilson's research is correct, than the obesity epidemic is only going to … [Read more...] about Childhood Obesity

Is There a Conspiracy to Make Us Fat?

May 3, 2007 By Brad Pilon

Thanks to some very frustrating airport delays yesterday, I managed to finish off "Mindless Eating" by Brian Wansink.This book did not disappoint me. Almost every page had great facts about the way food is marketed and the factors that make us decide to eat. This book is definitely in my list of top-ten must-read nutrition books.I've been racking my brains trying to figure out … [Read more...] about Is There a Conspiracy to Make Us Fat?

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 how many calories you can burn in a day? 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 […]

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 […]

Anabolic Fasting – The Natural Evolution of Eat Stop Eat

Since 2007 Eat Stop Eat has always been a method of losing fat that involved one or two 24 hour fasts per week. For almost 2 decades now, Eat Stop Eat has stood the test of time as a highly effective style of eating that has been able to help so many people lose weight […]