Author: johnbarban
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Good Food vs Bad Food
As you may or may not know I don’t believe there is such thing as a good food or a bad food…As far as I’m concerned there is just food. When I make this sort of statement the common reaction I get is something like this: “surely it’s not healthy to eat candy all day…
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How Healthy Are You?
If you’re an Eat Stop Eater you’ve probably run into your fair share of people who think the way you are eating is ‘unhealthy’ or ‘not good for you’. Dealing with persecution from people you interact with on a daily basis is difficult, especially when those people are you family and friends. Getting into arguments…
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Healthy Eating: Not What You Thought
The FDA regulates the use of the words healthy and healthful with respect to diet. This represents a bit of a problem and that is: The words healthy and healthful must first be defined in order to regulate their use. The FDA in it’s infinite wisdom (note the sarcasm) has resorted to regulating the exact…
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BMR Calculators and the Activity Factor for Weight Loss
Jonathan brought up a good question yesterday about BMR calculators and the activity factor that some BMR calculators add on. BMR calculators are based on various known assumptions and measurements about your lean body mass and how many calories your lean body mass will burn. These calculators usually need your height and weight and sometimes…
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Overeating at Holidays and Parties
The Saints won a great game yesterday and while they were doing it we consumed copious amounts of chicken wings, pizza, nachos and beer. And then I got to thinking about how often people in north america (and I’m sure all over the world) get together to celebrate various events and holidays with large feasts.…