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I’ve been talking to a friend about how to lose weight, get fit etc. Each time I do this find myself explaining some concepts that I really think belong here because I feel the industry and media tell us all one thing but the evidence and in particular my personal experience tells me other things. What type? On the question …
It occurred to me that brown fat could be a way to burn extra calories during the day and save on heating bills. Brown fat is a special kind of fat that doesn’t just insulate but generates heat from the fat it stores. I don’t know exactly why Brown fat develops but it’s an adaptation to cold climates and so …
I’m just finishing a text book I forgot to finish a year or so back and got to the chapter on heart disease. It reminded me why I get a little frustrated with current nutritional and health advice and why I think the public gets so confused and follows so many fashions. In my view it’s because so much of …
Could losing weight be made easier by just taking longer to eat. Savouring every mouthful and enjoying what you are eating. This allows you to eat what you want and makes you enjoy things more. I’ve been doing this for a while and I’ve just found that I enjoy both the food and the process of eating so much more now. the …
I’ve got two questions in my mind that I’ve wondered about for years. Do we really burn calories as predictably as scientist say we do? and if not, could this explain why you you dieting actually encourages us to put on weight in the long term even though we may be eating less than before? How could they be linked? …
It just occurred to me that there may be a simple way to explain why daily habits have such an important role in determining both overall health and health from day to day. I just want to record these thoughts at a basic level while they’re fresh. The reason being I think most people get that how they lead their …
Does any one know what we’re supposed to be eating any more? Seriously I really think it depends who you listen to. Everyone has a different answer. Think I’m crazy? well first it was low fat, then low saturated fat, then low carb, high protein. It goes on. Ok we’ve all heard that debate. Well what do the oldest people in …
I mentioned to a friend recently about the French paradox. That is the idea that some things the French do go counter to current wisdom in health education yet they still have fantastic results in many of the health statistics that we compare nations by. In the same search I found that in some quarters the ‘French Paradox’ doesn’t hold up, …
I do wonder whether constant stress and weight problems are related. Basically is it possible that constant stress may lower your metabolism and make you prone to adding weight? I’ve met many a person who doesn’t really eat too much; in fact, they’re too busy to eat much at all. Yet they always complain of their waste line expanding. How …
I’ve been reading a little about intermittent fasting from the Modern Forager site. It’s fascinating me. I’m reminded that every so often I actually feel absolutely stuffed, but I haven’t been overeating. It often feels like my body just needs a rest from eating or something, which is weird because I’m kind of an eating machine when I want to …
I just had to write about this presentation I just watched by Jeff Hawkins founder of Palm computing on how our response to failure is key to learning how to succeed. The presentation is focusing primarily on business but to be honest I just feel it applies to life. I was lucky that in certain areas of my life, particularly …
I read an article Insulin resistance and pre diabetes and just had to report the findings of the major study they refer to. ‘lifestyle changes reduced the risk of diabetes by 58 percent’ The main recommendation is to be active and eat well. I just wanted to make the point that insulin resistance can be reversed. They also found that many people with …
Along the lines of a previous post, I’ve always subscribed to the idea that a balanced life leads to a balanced body and mind, i.e. one with fewer diseases and problems. On that note, I was just having my lunch when I realised I wasn’t really paying attention to it. I was too busy reading the magazine on my desk. …
Ok, I’ve been sitting on some info about fat cells, their growth and how it’s controlled for many years now. I’ve also added to it from my own experience in the way my body generally seems to work and how other systems in the body also seem to work compared to the fat cells, etc. What am I babbling on …
That’s a pretty bold statement and yet for me it’s always the one that’s always held true. My career of the last 8 years has basically revolved around fixing all manner of problems. Some large, some medium and many small. Many times the best fix for a big problem to solve the little problems. Afterwards the big ones often solves …
In answering a forum post on insulin sensitivity I found these articles. They are pretty heavy going but they also get to the nitty gritty of the issue and explain specifically how glut 4 is an important insulin receptor inthe body and how it works. This article from 2001 explains how the disruption of the GLUT 4 mechanism can affect …
I’ll try to make a quick point this time. Let’s see if I can. The jury’s out on whether to ban things from your diet or lifestyle. So often, I hear people talk about things they ban for the slightest dietary infraction. Take chocolate. Apparently, you can’t lose weight if you eat chocolate. It’s just impossible. The same goes for …
I find most things in diet and exercise aren’t as cut and dried as they’re first presented. So I’m generally not really bothered by it all. Just eat the best you can, be as active as you can given your workload etc and make sure you have enough time to recover. I think I could put money on there being …
I hear so much about what risk factors there are to make us die sooner and all the things we should do or not do but because I like to research both sides of the story I always find things that contradict each other. I’m coming round to the view that the overall risk really depends on where we are …
Something I have noticed a lot is how our bodies have their own rhythm and sometimes the key to getting your body or mind to do what you want is to understand and learn to manage these rhythms. Take hunger for example. I find that’s controlled by rhythm, the time in my life that I have had a regular routine. …