Monday, August 29, 2011

Men who are skinny-fat: There are quite a few of them

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The graph below (from Wikipedia) plots body fat percentage (BF) against body mass index (BMI) for men. The data is a bit old: 1994. The top-...
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Monday, August 22, 2011

Refined carbohydrate-rich foods, palatability, glycemic load, and the Paleo movement

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A great deal of discussion has been going on recently revolving around the so-called “carbohydrate hypothesis of obesity”. I will use the ac...
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Monday, August 15, 2011

Book review: Sugar Nation

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Jeff O’Connell is the Editor-in-Chief for Bodybuilding.com , a former executive writer for Men’s Health , and former Editor-in-Chief of Musc...
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Monday, August 8, 2011

Potassium deficiency in low carbohydrate dieting: High protein and fat alternatives that do not involve supplementation

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It is often pointed out, at least anecdotally, that potassium deficiency is common among low carbohydrate dieters. Potassium deficiency can ...
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Monday, August 1, 2011

There is no doubt that abnormally elevated insulin is associated with body fat accumulation

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For as long as diets existed there have been influential proponents, or believers, who at some point had what they thought were epiphanies. ...
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Monday, July 25, 2011

Laser surgery for myopia early in life may create reading problems after 40

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Shortsightedness, or myopia, seems to be endemic in urban populations. The National Institutes of Health suggests that myopia cannot be prev...
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Monday, July 11, 2011

Fasting for 24 hours and ending up with a bigger waist!? This may be a sign that you are losing abdominal fat

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This is such a common phenomenon that you’d expect to see it discussed more often – people fasting for a non-negligible number of hours and ...
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