"What causes overeating?" Someone asked this question a few days ago, and it's the $64,000 question. This is what the entire weight loss industry including supplement, drugs and fitness are trying to figure out. Whoever finds out what the answer is will become a billionaire overnight. With that said, I don't believe there is a single answer to this question, I … [Read more...] about What Causes Overeating
Calories
What does “High Calorie” Mean
Yesterday we had thanksgiving dinner (canadian style). Everything is more or less the same as american thanksgiving except it happens in October. Of course this means a big day of eating, but how big depends on your regular eating patterns. If you've been following my weight loss advice you may have noticed that eating lower calories for extended periods of time get … [Read more...] about What does “High Calorie” Mean
Do Calories Matter with food and exercise
The diet industry is full of misinformation, logical fallacies, half truths and hypocritical arguments. One of the worst is the concept that calories don't matter in food but they do matter in the gym. There are many diet philosophies that try to ignore the basic principle of weight loss being calories in vs calories out. They'll talk about hormone regulation, specific … [Read more...] about Do Calories Matter with food and exercise
Fear of Food
Just got back from a great weekend in Florida. Met up with some great people, ate big and saw a great football game...ok it was a bit of a blowout but the good guys won (go gators!) At the tailgate we crushed some serious food...biscuits with sausage gravy, beef short ribs, sausages, burgers, bacon, eggs, 3 kinds of potatoes, parfait, apple pie, key lime pie, and some … [Read more...] about Fear of Food
Inflammation from Toxic Calorie Levels
The concept of eating healthy or eating 'clean' (I hate that term) usually focuses on specific food types and rarely mentions food quantity. This is a fundamental mistake in reasoning as it can be clearly shown that adverse health events can be caused by simply eating too many calories (no matter what the food source). Brad Pilon just finished writing a new chapter in … [Read more...] about Inflammation from Toxic Calorie Levels