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Soaring BMI Rates 9 Jul 2013 | 03:39 pm
I perused the most recent issue of the International Journal of Obesity and found a very interesting article on BMI rates over the past decade or so. The article is titled, "Morbid obesity rates cont...
Bloody Gums 2 Jul 2013 | 04:36 pm
It's been a while since I have posted. I have had relatives vising from over seas. The trip was great but I didn't do so well with the diet. I broke it more than once. I've noticed that in situati...
Insulin and Cancer 24 Jun 2013 | 04:13 pm
I was sitting in a talk today and saw some data that showed that insulin is involved in cancer. This probably should have been obvious to me previously but it wasn't. That's just one more example of...
Dominos Low Carb Pizza 21 Jun 2013 | 04:21 pm
I think I have found the greatest thing since sliced bread- sliced low carb pizza! Dominos is selling low carb pizza now. When you are low carbing, sometimes you get desperate for things like this, ...
Adaptive Thermogenesis 18 Jun 2013 | 03:53 pm
I decided to peruse the International Journal of Obesity to find an interesting article. Most of the articles looked at things from a more macroscopic vantage point than I am used to (not so much on t...
Quick Loss 17 Jun 2013 | 02:53 pm
The purpose of this blog is not only to learn/share science. It is also to share my experiences with low carbing (or whatever diets I chose) so that you can get a human experience of what it is really...
Taco Mix and the Human Condition 16 Jun 2013 | 02:56 pm
A bit of a disappointing day. Woke up and weighed in at 134.4kg. Seems like my scale is jumping around a bit. I made taco meat yesterday. I used store bought powder mix to put on it. I know that many...
Calories 15 Jun 2013 | 05:52 pm
There has been debate over whether or not calories are a useful tool in determining whether one will gain weight or not. The prevailing idea is that if one consumes more energy than one expends, one w...
Light headed 13 Jun 2013 | 01:57 pm
I weighed in this morning at 132.9 kg (293 lbs). Seems like way too much weight to have lost in more than one day. This tells me that my scale is not that great or I was really retaining water like cr...
James Salisbury 12 Jun 2013 | 02:42 pm
I weighed in this morning at 136kg (299lbs). The heaviest I have ever measured myself at is exactly 300 in 2006. Depressing. I'm not sure exactly how this happened. The obvious answer is diet and exer...
