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This blog has every intention to summarize the health care crisis faced by modern and third world people resulting from the ready availability of cheap calories and sedentary living. One simple article in HealthNewsCanal (http://www.healthcanal.com/metabolic-problems/obesity/58073-obesity-may-…) used mathematical modeling to determine the effect of being overweight or obese on longevity and, uniquely, “healthy-life years”. By wayRead More
This December marks the one year anniversary of my total knee replacement or arthroplasty (TKA). after a couple of decades of extreme wear and tear, and a couple more dealing with osteaoarthritis (OA), plus 3 arthroscopies to clean it out, the right knee had met father time…and lost. I was ok with that, and knewRead More
In the proverbial words of Arnold Schwarzenegger, I’m baaack. summer was wild and weird in that I was too busy socially – with house guests literally all summer long – and professionally – tons of clients, new and old – and familially if there is such a word, travelling with my oldest daughter in southRead More
Part 2 – using the concept of nutrient timing to lose weight (see part 1 Nutrient Timing, Nutrient Intake, and Wellness) If eating a specific nutritional dose before and after a workout constiutes the principle of nutrient timing (NT), and this concept facilitates and optimizes the workouts themselves, then can’t NT be used to helpRead More
This past weekend I went to LA to teach for Ex ETC. It’s been quite some time since I’ve blogged here, and since I’ve taught. Much has happened these past few months, but mostly, other than getting my knee replaced on my birthday in December, I was rusty teaching and yet rolling on the riverRead More
A client suggested I watch a segment of Dr. Oz’s show from December 2012 with two guests, a cardiologist, steven sinatra, and a ph.d. in nutrition whose name escapes me. They’d just written a controversial book on “Everything you know about cholesterol is wrong.” it’s worth watching even if it’s a bit of a salesRead More
This is the last part of a 3 Part essay on diabetes and exercise that I wrote for Medical Fitness Network (http://medicalfitnessnetwork.org/). It addresses the risks and some of the considerations those with diabetes must control for and manage: In managing diabetes, either type 1 or 2, there are some guidelines one should follow, forRead More
This is the second installment of a 3 Part essay on diabetes and exercise that I did for Medical Fitness Network (http://medicalfitnessnetwork.org/). The first section is descriptive of the mechanisms of the two main types of diabetes, Type 1 and Type 2. This section speaks to the science behind the strong recommendation to initiate anRead More
The following three essays are the long version of what I have written for Medical Fitness Network (of which I am an advisory board member), an organization that is designed to educate professional and lay individuals on a variety of medical conditions/diseases, as well as to serve as a clearinghouse, of sorts, through which thoseRead More
How presumptuous is it for anyone to declare ‘reality’ in the context of weight loss and eating disorders (ED)? Well, let me answer by sharing my philosophy first, my reasoning second, and reality third. Philosophically, it seems to me that the basic laws of physics are currently immutable. That is, the old saw – caloriesRead More
