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Winter 2023 “I feel fluffy”: Conflating a body composition analysis with an emotion Most of us old enough remember Julie Andrews’ version of “I feel pretty”, by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim. But it was originally written for Maria to sing in the original 1957 theatrical version of West Side Story. Ever since then, however,Read More
Normally I take a more conservative stance on dieting for wt loss. That is, while I know it’s important to lose wt for the two-thirds of americans who are overwt or obese, I am sensitive to the wt loss mantra that pervades our society and has been over-used in the minds of some afflicted withRead More
High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is the bugaboo of nutritionally minded, and nutritionally smart, people. It’s a consequence of technology trying to find a market. When it was first ‘discovered’ in the ’60s, most soft drinks, like sodas and fruit drinks, were flavored with sugar – about 50% fructose and 50% sucrose. But with AmericaRead More
How to best lose weight? Low fat, low carb/hi protein, or low calories? This debate has been ongoing for at least 40 years, maybe longer, but I was too young to care back then. Now I do, and professionally, have been battered about by the various studies showing one or the other as best. TheRead More
