Archive for eat more–smarter
It’s All About Results – A Pragmatism Primer
“The efficacy of any treatment of obesity can be appraised only by the permanence of the result.” – H. Burch, Baylor University
Read moreOnce Biggest Losers, Now Exercising Smarter – CrossFit, Spinning, Intervals, and More
Next stop on The Biggest Loser’s Jennifer Jacobs and Jay Jacobs‘ shift from short-term weight loss to long-term health and fat-loss: Q&A regarding exercising less–but smarter vs. exercising for literally six hours per day “on the ranch.” Enjoy the short, medium, and full versions of our chat below. I personally recommend the full version, but [...]
Read moreA Few BMJ Researchers Conclude: Eating More Protein Requires a Reduction in Vitamin, Mineral, and Fiber Intake. What?!
<Unedited Rant Warning :)> The BMJ recently gave science a bad name reporting online that avoiding an extremely high-carbohydrate diet increases heart disease risk. Thankfully, we’ll likely avoid another Ancel Keys-esque “get data from 22 countries and only report the 6 that support your preconceived notions” as other researchers are already publically pointing out the [...]
Read moreHow You Get Type 2 Diabetes, How You Get Heart Disease, and How to Fix It
“‘Give us this day our daily bread,’ says the Lord’s Prayer, and 2,000 years ago food derived from cereal grains [starches] were the staples of most peoples’ diets. But in relation to our long human existence, dependence on bread is a very late phenomenon.” – S. Boyd, Emory University Ever wondered how you get [...]
Read moreWant to Improve Your Cholesterol? Don’t Lower It. There’s a Smarter Approach.
“There is a wealth of…evidence that increasing the concentration of HDL cholesterol through diet will lower the risk of coronary artery disease.” –R.P. Mensink, Maastricht University In the last post we showed how Eating Fat Does Not Hurt Cholesterol & It’s Not About Lowering Cholesterol Anyway. Here’s where the confusion about cholesterol comes from [...]
Read moreEating Fat Does Not Hurt Cholesterol & It’s Not About Lowering Cholesterol Anyway
“Although low-fat high-carbohydrate diets are recommended…in an effort to reduce the risk of coronary artery disease, the results of short-term studies have shown that these diets can lead to…an increased risk of coronary artery disease.” – The American Diabetes Association As with other popular misconceptions about how our bodies work, confusion runs rampant about [...]
Read moreTop 10 Tips For Going SANE at an All-Inclusive Resort
During the recent The Smarter Science of Slim team retreat we spent some time at an all-inclusive resort in Mexico. Going SANE in this context was quite interesting. Here are the top 10 “lessons” I took away. Some are silly, some are obvious, and hopefully some are useful :)
Read moreDisturbing Data Demonstrating That Low-Fat Made Us Fat
“Saying we become fat by eating fat is like saying we become green by eating green vegetables.” — Paraphrase of Uffe Ravnskov, MD, Ph.D. We are told that sugar-laden muffins, nutritionally neutered toast, and insulin-exploding juice are part of a balanced, nutritious breakfast because they are low in fat. After decades of this many [...]
Read more13 Simple Tips for SANE Vegetarian Eating
Vegetarian Smarter Science of Slim reader Cristina Hanganu-Bresch reversed her diabetes and lost 45lbs. in ~3 months. In this post, Cristina expands on her inspirational smarter success story with some SANE tips for vegetarians and non-vegetarians alike. – Jonathan Bailor
Read moreScientific Fact: Overeating Is Not The Cause Of Obesity
“Saying that obesity is caused by eating too much is like saying that allergies are caused by breathing too much.” – Jonathan Bailor
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