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Chapter 8: Getting a Handle on Food Cravings

The Challenge A warm cinnamon roll, 5-layer chocolate cake, a bag of sour cream and onion chips, pizza, or maybe a bowl of mint chocolate chip ice cream. Are you now thinking about your favorite food? Maybe you are now

Jeff Thiboutot M.Ed.,M.S., C.H.E.S., C.N. February 15, 2022February 15, 2022 diet, health, nutrition, psychology, weight loss Read more

Constipation and Lifestyle Habits: A Review of the Evidence

Recently 3D Muscle Journey (3DMJ), specifically their dietitian Steve Taylor, put out a video about constipation: Strategies for Relieving Constipation. I would encourage everyone who reads this to also watch the video. There were enough things said that I was

Jeff Thiboutot M.Ed.,M.S., C.H.E.S., C.N. May 15, 2020June 17, 2020 diet, health, Other Musings Read more

Time-restricted feeding: Are there significance benefits?

Time-restricted feeding (TRF) is eating within a relatively small window of time, which is typically 8 to 10 hours and is done daily. This type of eating pattern often falls under the umbrella of Intermittent Fasting (IF). However, due to

Jeff Thiboutot M.Ed.,M.S., C.H.E.S., C.N. November 11, 2019 diet, health, nutrition Read more

Clean Eating; What is It? It Certainly is NOT Magical for Weight Loss

GOAL: Let’s make 2017 a year that you use evidence-based tools and methods, which means they are much more likely to be worth your time, money and effort, to reach and maintain a healthy weight If you are considering follow

Jeff Thiboutot M.Ed.,M.S., C.H.E.S., C.N. January 12, 2017January 18, 2017 fat loss, health, Other Musings, weight loss Read more

Feedback Wanted – How Much Weight Have People Gained the Past Few Decades?

Matt and I are currently working on updating the What is a Healthy Weight? chapter. In the current chapter we state; “The actual average change in bodyweight for the majority of people during this “epidemic” has been about 6 to

Jeff Thiboutot M.Ed.,M.S., C.H.E.S., C.N. June 28, 2014January 18, 2017 fat loss, health Read more

A Good Video About Exercise

Jeff Thiboutot M.Ed.,M.S., C.H.E.S., C.N. May 20, 2014January 18, 2017 exercise, health Read more

"It's Functional Training"- Usually what a trainer says to you so you will perform circus tricks

Functional training along with core/stability training are common buzz words in the personal training/fitness industry. Regrettably, like many things in this industry (do I sound jaded?), it sounds good but how it is usually applied is silly. Additionally, there is

Jeff Thiboutot M.Ed.,M.S., C.H.E.S., C.N. September 22, 2012January 18, 2017 exercise, fat loss, health Read more

Food Intake and Cortisol Levels

There is substantial evidence that elevated levels of cortisol on a regular basis is not good for overall well being (Sapolsky; Talbot). Additionally, chronic stress and subsequent elevated cortisol levels can increase a person’s appetite for “comfort” foods, which can

Jeff Thiboutot M.Ed.,M.S., C.H.E.S., C.N. June 4, 2012January 18, 2017 diet, fat loss, health Read more

Carbs & Exercise?

First, a bit of background information is needed, so that certain aspects of this post make sense. This information was presented to other fitness professionals so there is a bit more jargon than usual and there will be wording that

Jeff Thiboutot M.Ed.,M.S., C.H.E.S., C.N. January 15, 2012January 18, 2017 exercise, fat loss, health Read more

In Case Your Hatred of Ancel Keys Keeps You Up At Night

Denise Minger has a nice little (that’s not true) summary (not true either) of Ancel Keys’ early work and some arguments that have been levied against him and it. It’s long, but the take home message I’ll quote here: Correlation

Matt Schoeneberger MS, CES January 3, 2012January 18, 2017 health Read more
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  • Disclaimer and Privacy Policy
  • Home
  • The Project
  • The Book
    • About the Authors
    • Acknowledgements
    • Table of Contents
    • Introduction – The Big Picture
    • Chapter 1 – The Most Important Thing
    • Chapter 2 – What is a Healthy Weight?
    • Chapter 3 – Weight Loss 101: Clarifying the Basics
    • Chapter 8 – Getting a Handle on Food Cravings
    • Chapter 10 – Get Some ZZZZZs
    • Chapter 16 – How Many Calories Do You Burn?
    • Appendix A – What is a Healthy Weight? – Chart
    • Calculators – BMI, BMR, etc
  • The Blog

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  • Does Dieting Cause Eating Disorders in Adults? Very Unlikely, but…
  • Chapter 8: Getting a Handle on Food Cravings
  • Constipation and Lifestyle Habits: A Review of the Evidence
  • Time-restricted feeding: Are there significance benefits?
  • It’s NOT about Insulin!

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