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Tufts University’s Health&Nutrition Letter did a front page review of a NYT article based on a study of some contestants in “The Biggest Loser” TV-reality show from a few years back. The gist of the study was that rapid, extreme weight loss slowed the basal metabolic rates (BMR) of those who initially lost a lotRead More
As per my blog post of June 22, this article says it nicely: it’s not just what you eat but what you don’t eat, too. Now, that may or may not sync perfectly with said post, but it does address one of the features of my earlier post: that ‘diet’ is more than what’s promotedRead More
This is a great article with sound advice on how to help your kids – and maybe you – cut the sugar habit. Some good facts, good pointers but one really solid, absolutely essential bit of advice at the end which stings: change YOUR own behaviors. Let’s face it- kids do learn from us soRead More
Earlier this summer, three news articles blasted out of the summer doldrums to shake up everyone’s ideas about weight management and dieting. In a likely futile effort to reconcile what each says with what the scientists are trying to say, I will address each in its own right in this three part series. First, thereRead More
The latest controversy, which we’ve seen played out over the past 30 years, comes to you from two doctors: one, a pediatrician, the other a researcher in weight management. The former wrote in the NY Times; the latter wrote in an exercise science newsletter. The former used a lot of research to stand on hisRead More
An article in the Washington Post, “Why Diets Don’t Actually Work, According to a Researcher Who Has Studied Them for Decades” (May 4, 2015), has excited the air- and ether-waves, especially among those organizations – and trainers – who promote weight loss diets. It’s no wonder: the researcher, Dr. Traci Mann, U of Minnesota, claimsRead More
A recent article on-line declares that researchers are homing in on what it called “the perfect amount of exercise for a longer life”. As you might imagine, reading beyond the headline could be grounds for, well, uh, for learning the secrets of longevity that Cortez was seeking 500 years ago. It turns out that twoRead More
Trying to keep up with what’s going on in the fitness/wellness sciences is difficult. Every time some new ‘thing’ hits the media, it stirs up interest from many of my clients in the meaning and value this new thing presents. They trust me to sift through the BS and provide a PhD view of it.Read More
In a fascinating but abbreviated article on a potential cause of worldwide obesity, the “protein leverage hypothesis” offers new meat to chew on, but some very critical pieces are missing. First let me summarize, the article itself: The Charles Perkins Centre came up with this idea that mankind seeks out proteins, more so in theRead More
What I Learned This Summer: On Fats and Fatness; The Joy of Joint Replacement; How To Recover From Surgery. Also, Rest In Peace, Ted Welch. fithappens.spring.2014
