Search Results for: "empty calories"

Mediterranean Diet Fail – Nutrition Disinformation, Part I.

Do not get your hopes up, do not pass GO!  do not collect $200.  The Mediterranean Diet.  Fail. Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease with a Mediterranean Diet (Estruch et al., 2013) This is one of the biggest diet studies we’ve … Continue reading

Paleotard, meet potatotard, Op. 132

(credit to Dylan and Woo, respectively, for introducing me to those terms) Empty calories – the potato.  While it has a decent amino acid profile, with only 3 grams of protein it’d take a diabetic amount of potatoes to fulfill … Continue reading

Inflammatory, trans, or linoleate?

As much as I’d like to say this is the nail-in-the-coffin, omega-6 causes irreversible fatality, I have a confession. I believe it’s the empty calories, not the inflammatory omega-6 devil linoleate.  Biscuits, cookies, processed foods of all shapes and sizes … Continue reading

diabulemia

This isn’t a “magic bullet,” it’s a buckshot aimed at a barn door. Yes, I think sugar and empty calories, and the associated hyperinsulinemia are the bane of anyone with obesity or any sort of hyperplastic fat tissue disorder.  And … Continue reading

Biohacking holiday weight gain

What should you eat before the big feast?  (hint: eggs.)  And don’t try to compensate in advance by eating less, this will only make you hungrier.  Furthermore, foods in your regular diet are probably healthier than holiday fare, so you … Continue reading

The easy diet diet II

Full disclosure.  IMHO, with regard to obesity and weight loss diets, low carb is a little bit better, most of the time.  It’s not such a huge difference that it’s ridiculously obvious, and in situations where low carb proper is … Continue reading

These nutters ate only meat for a year. Place your bets!

Who defines “moderation,” anyway?  An homage to pioneering nutrition research III, Op. 100.  Keep an open mind!  (and remember these words: “no clinical evidence of vitamin deficiency was noted.”) MY LIFE WITH THE ESKIMO (Stefansson, 1913) The effects on human beings … Continue reading

skinny is the new fat, Op. 95

I’ve been known to rave about the phenomenon of metabolically obese normal weight (MONW), or fat skinny people.  In brief, this population exhibits insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, hypertension… all things usually associated with obesity… but they’re lean.   In fat skinny … Continue reading

what is our proper “natural” diet?

Figuring out how best to eat, physiological insulin resistance, and an homage to pioneering nutrition research. Insulin resistance, as we know it today, is associated with poor nutrition, obesity, and the metabolic syndrome.  But it’s FAR more interesting than that.  … Continue reading

Coconut flour is a protein & fiber powerhouse, Op. 90

and similar to almond flour, it’s gluten-free and anti-hyperglycemic (i.e., the opposite of white flour). Glycaemic index of different coconut-flour products in normal and diabetic subjects (Trinidad et al., 2003) In this CROSSOVER study, different doses of coconut flour were … Continue reading