Processed Food: Are They Really Pure Evil?

  "Don't Eat it if it Comes From a Box" How often do we hear that these days? What's so bad about food from a box anyway? Well, the nutritional zealots look at it this way: The response usually comes down to some variation of, "It's Processed Food" With headlines like these, Processed Food must be one Bad Hombre: Highly Processed Food Linked to Earlier Death Why Eating Processed Foods Might Make You Fat How Processed Foods Wreak Havoc On Your Health Could it be that we've finally found THE REASON 70% of Americans are overweight (this stat includes obese)? Processed Food: Satan For All Ages All the previous nutritional devils have fallen by … [Read more...]

Food is Religion Part 1: Finding Your Salvation in False Gods

Dr. Layne Norton says it all the time, "Food has become the new religion" I think he's right. Religious people describe themselves as: Christian Jewish Muslim Flying Spaghetti Monster When it comes to food many of us do the same: Paleo Raw food Atkins Keto How many people lately have been doing the Beyoncé or Tom Brady diet or J-Lo no sugar challenge? How often is it you hear this or that person lost weight doing this diet or such and such eats ___insert magic food___. Why? Do any of those people actually know ANYTHING about nutrition and what's going on with the body? How could people actually think they "discovered" … [Read more...]

Weight Loss: What Works?

TV Weight Loss Gurus are Bullshit Artists. Watch any weight loss segment on TV or read any weight loss/ magic diet book and you'll hear the same story, "It's not your fault" followed with "Do THIS magic thing and you'll finally be everything you wanted". Just so we're all on the same page: THATS ALL BULLSHIT. #1. If You're Overweight, it's 100% YOUR FAULT That's a good thing. It means YOU have CONTROL over it. I know, it's not PC to say this these days, but think about the alternative. ie. Your weight isn't your fault. Then WTF do you do If your weight is out of your control? Hope, pray and just accept the fact that you're screwed? If it's your … [Read more...]

The Real Reasons You Cant Lose Weight

  The REAL Reason(s)  You Can't Lose Weight Last time we established It all comes down to energy balance. Calories In vs. Calories Out. Since the excuses you give yourself were eviscerated, here's what I've found as the most common weight loss/ weight gain culprits. *Except night time eating...last time I forgot about night time eating. Riddle me This Batman: If a Calorie is a Calorie is a Calorie at 8pm any different than a calorie at 8am? "Old perspectives for nighttime eating have been primarily based on populations of shift workers, night eating syndrome patients, and epidemiological data and suggest that the consumption of large mixed meals … [Read more...]