I sweartogod I wasn’t gonna do this! I told myself no, not another one. All the signs pointed to me concluding “It’s too much, no one cares any more at this point!” Seems I was wrong! In spite of writing 2 back to back emails on post holiday weight loss, it seems the questions and […]
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I had to laugh when I stepped on the scale after New Year’s. There it was1 I had gained 4 pounds. Now I have maintained a ketogenic diet for a long time but I knew over this part of the year I was out of ketosis because #1 I felt it! And #2 my food choices included
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I am a big proponent of farm to table eating. I am also fortunate to live in an area where Organic Farming has been a way of life for more than 3 centuries. Robert Rodale who initially repopularized the concept in the 70’s started his magazine within a few miles of where I grew up.
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I never thought about roasting my own coffee until recently. Two circumstances came together to result in a happy little experiment that became a more regular habit. The first was economics, more specifically the need to save some money! Nothing like having your income curtailed suddenly to get the creative juices going. The second was
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We have a long way to go with the understanding of what happens in the uterus during pregnancy. But one thing is for sure, the uterus and intrauterine environment are major determinants of a baby’s health. A recent study has shown a close correlation between maternal weight and telomere length. This is very intriguing because
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I kid you not, this is a thing! At least in the minds of some. Several years back I wrote a joking blog post entitled something like “I want a date with Dr Suzanne Gundakunst”. I teased the good doctor about her hypothesis that gut bacteria were responsible for making people fat. Well it turns
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Over the past decade I have been ridiculed on several occasions for my perceived ambivalence about artificial sweeteners. My stance on them has been as follows: “If they keep you away from excess sugar then I have no problem with their occasional use.” The advent of Stevia and its cousins in the past few years
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We spend a lot of time looking for reasons why we are fat. There has to be some other answer besides too much sitting and too much eating. While personally I don’t believe there are a lot of other meaningful answers to this ever-growing problem, there is a recent study that is quite interesting. A
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