Monthly Archive for: ‘May, 2014’

The latest issue of Time has an article which asks if the Paleo Diet helps you lose weight. The skepticism derives from a study which took fecal samples (yes, that’s right) from humans and baboons and watched whether grass or potato (forbidden on paleo) produced more appetite suppressing hormones. The potato won out, which proves…..what? Not much, but it might

  An article in the Sunday New York Times by two obesity researchers makes the simple point that simply cutting calories won’t work for most of us — in order to lose weight over the long haul, we have to cut carbs. Insulin, produced in response to carbohydrate intake, is the big culprit in leading to more fat being deposited

This article in Scientific American makes a case that the Paleo and other “hunter/gatherer” diets are fundamentally flawed as 1) we are genetically NOT the same as out paleo ancestors, 2) those folks weren’t so healthy after all and 3) our environment today is different and we have to eat what’s here.             I’m

This looks like an interesting movie. I guess we in the Greater Hartford area might have to wait for the DVD to come out. Read the review and let me know what you think:   https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/09/movies/fed-up-descends-on-villains-in-the-battle-of-the-bulge.html?_r=0