Fear of Fat, Fear of Fatness, or Both?
This, from The New York Times, came to me a while back and initially gave me a raised eyebrow. Our Absurd Fear of Fat. Interestingly, the original working title is likely this: Our Imaginary Weight...
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Fat Head Director’s Cut: You’ve still been fed a load of bologna!
In spite of how my attitudes toward low-carbohydrate dieting have evolved over the years I nonetheless still regard it as a powerful tool, intervention or even a whole lifestyle for some. A few years...
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Pork Loin: How am I going to cook it?
One thing I like to do is get started in the kitchen without having the slightest idea how I'm going to prepare something and just let myself be guided by "karma" and what I have available. I'd...
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Dogs Are Man’s Best Nemesis, When You Include Diet?
Going way way back, one of my favorite things to mock & ridicule for base ignorance was the Creationist—picture it—sitting there with a dog on one side, petting a cat on his lap...and the dog...
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Simple Burger, Mashed Potatoes & Gravy
Ridiculously simple and easy last night, especially if you have some pre-baked spuds: 400F for an hour in the oven, let them sit out on the counter for days, use as needed. Burgers made thick, then...
View ArticlePGP Health and Weight / Fat Loss Resources
I'll probably end up using PGP a lot: Pretty Good Paleo. I'm not yet ready to drop the "Paleo" description from my posts on health and diet. Why? Because I don't see that Paleo in any way needs to be...
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A Whole Day of Everything I Ate & Drank
I've been trying something new the last few days and finding it to my liking: eating more, just differently. Three squares per day. Here was everything I ate & drank yesterday, except for some...
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Big Dairy & Big Potato as Big Post Workout Meals
I've come full circle on a lot of things lately. More disciplined, motivated, and nose to grindstone in a fun way than in a long time. Way back, in terms of diet & exercise, my routine was...
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James Briscione’s Jack Daniels Pork Chops Sous Vide
Yesterday morning I already knew I was doing pork chops sous vide for six that night. I just didn't know which recipe to use. I've done them SV different ways before (here and here and here), but...
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Low Carb Critiquing and Constructive Criticism vs. Slamming and Tearing Down...
Looks like my post yesterday about deciding for yourself, and 13 Low Carb Resources was well received. Thanks for all the Facebook Likes! I received an email about it. I'm at work but I've been...
View ArticleChick Asks What She Can Possibly Do With Just One Potato
Actually, she (Catherine McCord of Weelicious) uses two, but you’ll have to watch her explicit video to see how she manages that. I have no idea whether this is safe for work, or not. I found it didn’t...
View ArticleSpeculations and Musings About High Carb and Starch
Obviously I’ve been pondering this whole starch thing for a while (search in the sidebar for ‘potato diet‘ for the history). So far, just considering it a “diet hack,” but also pretty sure that when my...
View ArticleI Like to Help When I Can: More Potato Diet Hack Ideas
Lots of posts, lots of comments, lots of speculation and musings in both. Someone asked somewhere in comments about Paleo adversity to this whole idea. I’ll state it plainly: I simply don’t follow it....
View ArticleDrunks trash McDonalds over lack of healthy options
Too hilarious to not just quote the whole thing outright. Just for some lafs. Thanks for sharing, Jesrad. Memo to the Onion: you’d better watch out. This is pretty damn good. ANGRY Friday night...
View ArticleRandom Potatoes
Just a quick dump of recent things. First, bake your potatoes, 400 for 75 minutes, let them sit out, ready They’ll keep for days, perhaps weeks. Slice ’em, brush on a little butter, broil ’em a few...
View ArticleBroil Up Some Fish
It’s so easy. Quick. Easy (did I say easy?). Nutritious. Less crappy pic Sorry for the blur, but only one I took. Update: The first one I posted was way worse. Sean at Prague Stepchild emailed me a...
View ArticleThe Great Vitamin D Roundup Part 1
Those who’ve been around for a good long while know that I used to harp endlessly about Vitamin D. It’s been so long this came to light, it almost seems passé—but it’s still critical. While it’s likely...
View ArticleEat Starchy Simple, Kinda Like an Asian?
I think the potato thing has brought me to a place. I like both rice and potatoes, fixed myriad ways, and so after all the experimenting, getting tired of doing a “Potato Diet,” wondering WTF—because...
View ArticleReasonable Tasty Meal Portions
Doesn’t it really come down to decent food on the Real Food continuum, combined with sane portion sizes? Stephan did his regular Friday Food Reward Post today. Garbage Plate Now, nobody can ever accuse...
View ArticleCarbs vs. Fat vs. Protein; High vs. Low; Everybody vs. Everybody
I got a pleasant and unexpected surprise a few weeks back. @robbwolf Tweet Here was the post: “Protein is the New Carbohydrate,” and Why to Ditch the Low-Carb Catechism (Sorry Jimmy). Basically, I was...
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