I recently came across the following article, by Mike Howard, which did a great job covering some important mental aspects of weight loss. Take a few minutes and read it. Your Brain Is A Jerk: 5 Cognitive Biases That Are
The Next Big Fat Loss Breakthrough!
While taking my dog for a run yesterday, I was pondering how the invention of the automobile changed transportation. Yup, this is the shit I think about when left to myself. Anyway, I was thinking specifically about how a trans-U.S.
PBS is Currently Promoting a Bunch of Nonsense
I am not sure if this is country wide, but in the Phoenix, AZ area, the PBS pledge drive is in full swing and they have a host of speakers that are saying a bunch of nonsense. Full disclosure, in
The [Pseudo] Science of Skinny – Another weight loss book filled with nonsense
Regrettably I am here to share with you another negative review of a weight loss book. I would prefer it was a positive review or that it was at least okay, but it is really bad an I have a
Sleep, Sleep, Sleep!!
If you should be sleeping right now in order to get 8 hours of sleep, then stop reading this now and go to bed, seriously, it’s not worth it. Otherwise, continue on and hopefully realize sleep is sooooo important for your overall
High-Intensity Interval Training for Fat Loss: It’s Okay
Sexy enough title for you? No? Let me put on my “I-need-readers-in-a-saturated-market” hat on for a second and try again. < insert HIIT pun here, for example “HIIT it Hard!” or “It’s a HIIT!” >: Why high-intensity interval training is
We need a lot LESS what and a lot MORE how
The following, relatively brief, thoughts on where we should focus our efforts, with respect to weight management, stems from a recent talk I had with my friend and colleague Matt (ya, the other guy on the blog). We were discussing
Josh Axe D.C. Spewing a Bunch of Nonsense on the Dr Oz show
Dr Oz had a guest on his show that aired on August 21st, 2014, just a couple of days ago, that helped to solidify my view that the Dr Oz Show does not care about evidence and is truly in
The Blind Men and an Elephant: Why We Need to Combine the Fractured Approaches of Weight Management for Greater Success
This article orignially appeared as a guest-post at EvidenceMag.com The numbers are not good. The percentage of people that have reached the level of obesity (a BMI of 30 or greater) has steadily increased for a few decades (Flegal et
Walking and Weight Loss – Not Much
Recently Dr. Freedhoff wrote a nice short article about a relatively recent paper on walking and its affect on losing weight. I was not surprised at the lack of weight loss with walking as this result has been demonstrated repeatedly