Low Fat Diet Debunked?
Low Fat Diet Debunked?
Bewilderment and confusion strikes again. The NY Times reports that a low-fat diet has no effect on reducing cancer and heart disease risk. The study is the largest ever conducted (49,000 women followed for 8 years). The results, the study investigators agreed, do not justify recommending low-fat diets to the public to reduce their heart disease and cancer risk. Given...
The No S Diet
No Snacks, No Sweets, No Seconds. Except (sometimes) on days that start with S. That's the basis of Reinhard Engels' No S Diet - where simplicity is the key....
The Diet Potato
A new variety of potato has 33% less calories than other potatoes. The Vivaldi spud was bred over a period of 9 years - in order to improve taste. It turns out that the potato has less carbohydrate while still retaining a similar nutrient profile to other varieties. While the industry standard is a carbohydrate value of 17.2g per 100g,...
McDonald's Global Decline: Too Uncool?
Over the last year I have watched as two local McDonald's outlets have closed - no reason given. I was waiting for big refurbished McDonald's to appear - but they didn't. In my area, there are now an equal number of Subway and McDonald's outlets. This anecdotal evidence is hardly an indication of global decline. McDonald's revenue is as healthy...
Low Fat Food Not No Fat Food
If you're "fat" and don't eat low fat food in public, do you get comments from others? Eating fat has become such an emotive thing to the point that when an overweight person eats a burger in public, fingers are...
We Are Lazy
This picture caught my eye (over at the hilarious Stumptuous website). I had to rub my eyes. Escalators going up to a gym? What in the world is going on? Our bodies are made for moving. If they don't move - they slowly seize - just like a bicycle left out in the rain....
Take good care of yourself!
