Low Carb/Mediterranean Diets Better for Weight Loss AND Health
…according to a hot-off-the presses study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The Atkins diet may have proved itself after all: A low-carb diet and a Mediterranean-style regimen helped people lose more weight than a traditional low-fat diet in one of the longest and largest studies to compare the dueling weight-loss techniques…Average weight loss for those in the low-carb group was 10.3 pounds after two...
Keeping a Food Diary Doubles Weight Loss
I’d be tempted to file this study in the “duuuuuhhhh” category, as keeping a food journal is something I’ve done for every fat loss diet I’ve ever been on since I was 14 years old…and it’s something both Paul and I have discussed before. But it bears repeating. And it’s good to see this sort of practical advice confirmed scientifically. With all the handy-dandy online tools and...
Is Australia is the Fattest Nation on Earth?
Well, it is according to the news reports concerning a summary issued by the Baker Heart Research Institute in Melbourne, Australia. Among the report’s key findings: The ‘fat bomb’ is loudly ticking in Australia with around 7 out of 10 middle-aged men and 6 out of 10 middle-aged women being overweight or obese. Overall, around 1.5 million middle-aged Australians are currently obese and therefore at high risk of a...
TV/Video Linked to Overweight/Adiposity in Preschoolers
To add to Paul’s comments about the detrimental effects of TV on children’s food choices, a recent study found a correlation between the time preschoolers spend in front of the tube, and their weight/degree of adiposity (as measured by skinfold thickness). The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends restricting TV/video viewing for children to < 2 hours/day. Yet the study found …that 30.8 percent of the...
1.5 Cheers for McDonald’s
Chris Coleson’s 80+ pound weight loss hit the news cycle recently. The former 276 pounder now weighs in at a relatively svelte 190 lbs. and has dropped 14 pants sizes: his waist went from 50 inches to 36 inches. That’s pretty impressive, although what he did was less newsworthy than how he did it. But rather than try conventional diets, which had failed him before, the then 276-pound Coleson opted for his own...
The “No TV” Diet!
Here’s a suggestion for losing weight… Unplug the TV. Or, if you want to live a little more dangerously, pull a “Keith Richards,” and heave it off the balcony (checking first for innocent civilians below), or empty a couple of shells of double-ought buck into it from a safe distance away (the living room?). Whatever you do, it’s time to bid good riddance to this benevolent monster. OK, OK, all silliness...
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