Out of curiosity, how many different diets you know and can name? I was able to quickly come up with: High-fat, low-carb (and its varieties such as Atkins, Protein Power etc.) Low-carb, high-fat Vegetarian / Vegan Cyclical ketogenic diet The Zone Mediterranean diet Subway diet (!) WeightWatchers Paleo All claim to be better for your overall health, decrease risk of … [Read more...]
It was over three years ago that I started my own journey into studying and learning about nutrition and fitness. At that time I just wanted to get my own act together, but I never imagined actually starting to offer advice to other people. However I've realized time and again that many discussions I have with friends or colleagues tend to sooner or later gravitate towards food and exercise, and I … [Read more...]
I wrote this article originally about three months ago but simply haven't found time to post it earlier. However, I'm happy to say that the method I used has worked long-term as well. The unconscious behavior remains completely gone. NLP (short for Neuro-Linguistic Programming) is a funky tool to have. I stumbled on it couple years ago and have used some of the NLP techniques mainly to … [Read more...]
I am making this a rather short post, written quickly and prompted by an article I read late last night (courtesy of Dame Liberty and Robb Wolf on Twitter) on how the latest US government dietary guidelines recommend lowering sodium (read salt) intake. Merely a week after the recommendations were announced, an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association argued that lowering sodium … [Read more...]
Me too, but it’s not going to happen. You know why? Because you’re giving your body mixed signals. One day you’re telling it to grow strong, which pretty much equals putting on weight (yeah yeah I know you can increase strength without mass gains due to e.g. nerve conditioning but for the sake of argument let’s forget about that for a moment, ok?), then you go underfed and “cut” some … [Read more...]