At the University of Toledo Economists say they’re proving that obesity is contagious. Here’s the story. To read the research click here. The takeaway? Nutrition and fitness education must begin young. And on the upside? Health is also contagious.
bene-satisfaction- Word invented by French diet doctor Pierre Dukan. Meaning “the neurological food that recharges life’s pulsating heart with energy to strengthen it and keep it sending out our life force.” It’s the neurological food that provides both benefit AND satisfaction. Food of course is the most efficient source of bene-satisfaction. In other words the [...]
Here’s the Consumer Report article on popular diets. You really should click on it to read. But Jenny Craig wins this time. We found this new report interesting but in the end what diet works? The one you where lose weight and can stick to forever until the end of time. So our search continues. So no matter [...]
A study from the New England Journal of Medicine has determined that if you eat fewer calories you’ll lose weight. {Smacking forehead with hand.} Please read the study here. Here’s the conclusion of a two year study: Reduced-calorie diets result in clinically meaningful weight loss regardless of which macronutrients they emphasize. Source: New England Journal [...]
You count on your fingers, you scribble on your datebook, you write it on your hand! Fiber, Fat, Calories, Points, Carbs! So many numbers you have to add to stay on your diet. But just think about it. Every single food item you purchase has a bar code. The price is loaded into that barcode and now [...]
In 1954 psychologist William Sheldon classified people’s body types and then associated the body type with typical temperaments. It went like this…. Ectomorphic bodies are bananas. We’re talking long arms and legs, short upper bodies, higher foreheads, narrow shoulders and generally more “nervous tissue.” I don’t know what “nervous tissue” is but the idea is [...]
Yeah it feels like deliverance. One one side there was the diet study in 2008 that said a big-arse breakfast was THEE way to go for successful weight loss. (Cue banjo music, neh neh neh neh neh neh neh neh neh.) The study indicated that a big breakfast helped women lose weight. Like we [...]
Have you caught the Fat Cold? A study out of the United Kingdom indicates as many as one-third of Great Britain’s overweight population may be fat because of a virus called Adenovirus-36. It’s a cold virus that gives you the sniffles and also causes the fat cells in your body to multiply like dandelions. What [...]
A recent study by Vanderbilt University (properly sited below) concluded that aggressive behavior functions in the brain like sex, food and drugs. Friends we now finally have the research to show why we want to beat the unholy bat crap out of someone if denied our afternoon vending machine love. See how to deny the [...]
Have you resolved to lose weight next year? Maybe exercise? Take it from me, you don’t want to go into this resolution uninformed. You need to do some research to pick which fitness routine will work for you and your “problem areas.” As a dietologist, I am well-versed on the basics of every diet on [...]
