Feb 16, 2015 | Diseases and Disorders, Eating Disorders, Guest Posts, Nutrition |
By Joey Lott Here’s a story demonstrating health brainwashing that I hear or read time and time again. Undoubtedly you’ll recognize this story as well. Pat Smith feels unwell and can’t figure out what to do about it. Pat goes to healthcare professionals and gets tests done and gets a whole bunch of different diagnoses over the years. Sooner or later, Pat learns about some...
Jan 23, 2015 | Body Composition, Nutrition |
By Joey Lott There are a few of us who have done so many stupid food restriction hijinks that our main concern is ?how can I put on some weight and keep it?? But by and large (pun intended) the overwhelming majority of people today are nearly obsessed with weight loss. The idea that there is an obesity epidemic is virtually unchallenged, and to be sure, the statistics are damning. We?re getting...
Aug 19, 2014 | Eating Disorders, Guest Posts, Metabolism |
Here’s the story. Some wonks in a lab starved some yeast and found that the yeast seemed to live longer than well-fed yeast. ?Hey!,? they said, ?That must mean that if we starve mice, monkeys, and humans, they’ll live longer, too! Fast forward a few years and some other scientists tested the hypothesis in mice and rats and got…mixed results. Some rodents just wouldn’t...
Jun 30, 2014 | Diseases and Disorders, Guest Posts, Supplementation |
Let me tell you how it all began – my strange interest in something called uric acid, that is. I awoke in the middle of the night with a dull pain in the back. I got up, thinking maybe I had to pee or maybe it was just one of those weird things that happens and disappears with a little movement. But nothing seemed to relieve the pain. And as the minutes and then hours went by, the pain...
