I see naked people

A little while back I wrote a post entitled “Feet on ground.” It was meant as a reminder, mostly to myself, about not getting caught by the ...

Unnecessary starvation cures diabetes

If I wanted to find out if I could reverse the progressive development of type 2 diabetes with energy restriction, I would conduct a clinica...

The satiating effects of protein

"The mechanisms by which protein may affect satiety remain elusive."  Halton and Hu 2004 [1] “Although the immediate satiating eff...

Feet on ground

When loading regular non paleo hot dogs, which besides meat were stuffed with nitrates, glucose, starches and all things horrible, I experie...

The As Good Health As Possible Diet

Never eat more than you can lift  – Miss Piggy  I think some who decide to write a diet book, hope that it will be the diet book to end all ...

Fat people are liars

Obviously! Obesity is a remarkably simple problem to solve. Eat less and move more. When energy expenditure exceeds energy intake, you lose ...

Listen to your body, but question its objectivity

I’ve not much to say these days and I believe that when there’s nothing more to say, a good rule is to shut up. Luckily there are others who...

What drives me to move

’I can’t tell you how wonderful it was’, she told me. ‘I walked into this room, and it was full of people like me. People who couldn’t sit s...

Physical activity and weight loss

Physical activity is a poor strategy for weight loss. Still, all around the world, clinicians and health personnel are chasing fat people ar...

Lack of balls or lack of brains?

In my last post I hinted strongly at the occurrence of cognitive dissonance in a recent editorial. I don’t actually think there is much diss...

You want cognitive dissonance? I’ll give you cognitive dissonance!

The latest issue of Obesity offers both welcome rationality, important discussions and good chances of some decent hair pulling. It feature...

Spring cleaning, truth and disagreements

There! Spring cleaning. All freshened up – away with bricks and Banksy and bombing. The truth  We are all confused (some more than others) a...

My beloved science and me

I am no expert on anything, except perhaps on being me, of which I have an entire lifetime of experience. I don’t know much about biochemist...

The setpoint hypothesis revisited

The homeostasis  (hō'mē-ō-stā'sĭs): The ability or tendency of an organism or cell to maintain internal equilibrium by adjusting its...

Kurt Harris, the messiah, the hype and the throwing of scales

I think Kurt Harris is a smart man and makes some very good points now and then, not to mention his reading list resembles my own. But readi...