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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

Matt Schoeneberger MS, CES December 1, 2014January 18, 2017 Research Read more

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

Jeff Thiboutot M.Ed.,M.S., C.H.E.S., C.N. July 26, 2014January 18, 2017 Research Read more

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

Jeff Thiboutot M.Ed.,M.S., C.H.E.S., C.N. July 20, 2014January 18, 2017 Research Read more

Weight Loss After Menopause: Is it possible?

To give you an idea of where this post is going to go, and if you would like a one-sentence summary, I’ll quote a 2012 paper by Davis et al. titled Understanding Weight Gain at Menopause(1): “In summary, weight gain

Matt Schoeneberger MS, CES May 22, 2014January 18, 2017 Research Read more

Calories Don’t Count, but CALERIEs Do

Let’s talk about this paper, part of the CALERIE study: Effect of Calorie Restriction with or without Exercise on Body Composition and Fat Distribution I made a promise to myself, and may have mentioned it here, that I would no longer

Matt Schoeneberger MS, CES July 16, 2013January 18, 2017 Research Read more

The Regulation of Bodyweight

Just “eat less and move more”, yes, but how do you do that? As this diagram depicts, there are many factors that influence our eating and exercise behaviors. From; Zheng, H. & Berthoud, H. (2008). Neural systems controlling the drive

Jeff Thiboutot M.Ed.,M.S., C.H.E.S., C.N. April 8, 2013January 18, 2017 Research Read more

An all-natural testosterone booster?

Ahhh, testosterone. It’s the hormone that makes dudes dudes. And if a dude with low testosterone levels can raise the available levels of this important hormone in his body he can expect such benefits as “improvement in libido and sexual

Matt Schoeneberger MS, CES March 19, 2013January 18, 2017 Research Read more

What Causes a Weight Loss Plateau?

It is a frequent occurrence for many people losing weight to hit a weight loss plateau. They are losing fairly consistently for a few weeks or even a few months and then nothing. The number on the scale is no

Jeff Thiboutot M.Ed.,M.S., C.H.E.S., C.N. February 15, 2013January 18, 2017 Research Read more

The Big Picture – Again!

I read a good paper this weekend, I know you’re jealous (I think I might need to start wearing brightly colored mismatch clothes). Anyway, the paper is; Time to abandon the notion of personal choice in dietary counseling for obesity? (Appelhans

Jeff Thiboutot M.Ed.,M.S., C.H.E.S., C.N. December 28, 2012January 18, 2017 Research Read more

You can find EVIDENCE to support ANY view?

There seems to be a fairly common view that virtually any idea or concept can be supported with “evidence”. I have had a couple of recent comments that highlight this view. One of the recent comments was; “All scientific research

Jeff Thiboutot M.Ed.,M.S., C.H.E.S., C.N. January 24, 2012January 18, 2017 Research 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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