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Want to get lean?
You do this by finding a way to eat the least amount of calories with the most amount of nutrients and the most amount of joy.
Like learning a new dance, it is challenging at first, but it will become easier, you’ll be in the groove, and it will be [...]
Entries from January 2010
January 29, 2010
How to Eat for Leanness
January 27, 2010
Life Has Improved, but Have Our Bodies?
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Interesting information showing the human stature was taller (and slimmer) before the agricultural (grains) period.
… the introduction of agriculture was the nadir of physical size, and undernourished reality of the farming cultures of Eurasia was a fact of life until the past century. But, note that even today Europeans are not as [...]
January 26, 2010
A Day in My Life
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It is amazing how much we can get done without being preoccupied by the thought of eating every 3 hours. Like going out for a nice walk (yes, even on this cloudy morning).
I skipped breakfast this morning and went for a walk instead. Then I went to work. [...]
January 24, 2010
A Heart Surgeon Who Kills
Apparently, this doctor has no interest in reading the latest studies and literature reviews that show saturated fats don’t contribute to heart disease. He recommends alternative spreads — which is no other possibility other than margarine and other health-deleterious polyunsaturated vegetable oils. What a shameful and deadly public announcement.
And if one can’t see the lunacy [...]
January 24, 2010
The End of an Obsession
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This is the beginning of the end of food obsession.
Not in the way that we must stop the joy of eating, but in fact the very opposite.
We need to return to the fundamentals of eating: enjoy our meals in the company of loved ones, the presence of good friends and of celebration, [...]
January 16, 2010
Busy Moms – Poor Diet
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Today’s busy moms are the saviors of future generations. Mother’s Day ought to be 365 days a year, and the rest of us ought to call our moms more often!
They take up a role that comes with great sacrifices. As such, I see and hear this all the time: Moms in general [...]
January 14, 2010
Getting Bigger Arms
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People often advise doing just big and heavy lifts like pull-ups if you want bigger biceps, and heavy dips if you want bigger triceps. Many even recommend heavy lifts like back squats. They say to forget about direct (isolated) work, like biceps curls and triceps press-downs.
This advice is based on the anabolic [...]
January 12, 2010
Weight Loss: the Alternative Perspective
Thought for the day:
You don’t eat less to get your body to burn more stored fat. You get your body to burn more stored fat so that you can eat less.
January 10, 2010
Building Muscle
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There are many resources, internet and on paper, that show us how to build muscle mass, with all sorts of exercise programs, myriads leading us to believe that achieving bigger muscles is a complicated and often confusing process.
I won’t argue that the mechanics of muscle hypertrophy isn’t complicated, but I’ll tell you [...]
