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Caloric Flux

Yes folks, stupid me completely misrepresented caloric flux in the last post. But, kind and wise gent that he is, Ari emailed me and straightened me out within a few hours of posting it. Instead of posting his response in a comment or changing the article, we figured it made the most sense’to post it prominently here?for everyone to see. By the way, Ari’s book Forever Fat Loss,...

The Psychology of Achievement

By Scott Abel from www.scottabelfitness.com Part of the reasons I like to share articles with Matt at 180DegreeHealth is because he ?gets? the expansive notion of health and fitness. ?Health? has to be about much more than arguing about whether carbs are good or bad and the rest of the noise that passes for ?useful information? on the net. Health must also refer to ?being a member in good...

New Study Invalidates the Law of Thermodynamics

Hey everyone, Rob here. Recently came across an article What If Obesity Is Nobody’s Fault? I thought it was interesting and sent it over to Matt and Ari Whitten to get their take, and it ended up being pretty insightful, and right up the alley of 180D readers. Below is the lightly edited transcript of our exchanges. ROB: Hey Ari, Came across this article- ? What If Obesity Is...

Gain Weight, Look Better?

By Chris Sandel, author of The Health Trap Losing weight doesn’t necessarily lead to better looks. Likewise, gaining weight doesn’t necessarily make you look worse. The look of your body is more about changes in the relative proportions of muscle and fat. The number on the scale is almost completely irrelevant in most cases, and many people are making their body composition worse by...

Gram Negative Bacteria and Obesity

By Andrew Kim? Introduction As the research evolves, the matter of diet and nutrition is being forced to be recognized as not only the most poorly understood of all the sciences but also one of the most complex, outranking all the others. Weight loss is a recurrent theme on this site and this should be expected, as obesity is the most common ?disease? in the United States.1 But herein lies a...