The 5:2 Diet…Does it Work?

“Dieters restrict calorie intake for two days (to 500 calories for women and 600 for men) and eat what they like for the remainder of the week. And the weight just falls off.” Sound like a gimmick?  It does to me. The Fast Diet, based on the book by Dr Michael Mosley,” the medical journalist who […]

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To Fast or Not to Fast?

Wondering about fasted training and whether or not it would be a good fit for you? Chances are, yes. Fasted training, or training on an empty stomach, is most easily done first thing in the morning before you’ve had anything to eat. Why do it?  In simple terms, training on empty allows your body to […]

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Scared of Scallops?

How many people do you know who say they don’t eat scallops?   It seems like one of the most commonly avoided proteins.    While there certainly are those who have an allergy and would risk anaphylactic shock if they were to partake, and I’m certainly not suggesting that anyone who falls into this category […]

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American Foods That Are Banned Elsewhere

If you typically take blog with a side of raw kale and seared grass fed filet, today might be the day to make an exception. It may turn your stomach; it did mine!    Wake Up Call News, an Alternative Media site that “shares all the big top news from the whole world” and whose […]

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Pfizer Settles A Drug Marketing Case for $491 Million

I’m not about to report on the details of how Pfizer settled criminal and civil charges over the illegal marketing of a kidney transplant drug. I’m more drawn to the figure of $491 Million. As well as the last sentence in the article that refers to the fact that ‘Pfizer’s second- quarter revenue fell 7%, […]

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No Go With The Giant Soda Ban in NY

“An appeals court on Tuesday unanimously upheld a decision striking down New York City’s restrictions on the sale of large, sugary drinks“, was the opening line in a recent piece in the Times. Is this a bad thing? I don’t think so. No, it’s not because I secretly like to have a Big Gulp when […]

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Paleo and Weight Loss- Leave Obesity Behind!

With more than 60% of our population being classified as obese, the health of our nation as a whole is declining rapidly. For many who’ve tried every single diet in the book, it won’t be news to read that unfortunately, most ‘diets’ don’t work.  Whether they’re too restrictive, too low in calories and fat, require […]

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Unraveling Eczema Article Barely Mentions Diet

An article in last Tuesday’s  NY Times focused on  And there, in the second to last paragraph, were a mere two short sentence suggesting that one might want to also look at their diet, too: “Food allergies show up as eczema in some patients. Eliminating one potential culprit at a time, like dairy products, eggs or […]

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Paleo Chocolate?

An occasional piece of raw, dark chocolate can be something to enjoy while keeping Paleo, but this doesn’t mean we should take license to pop into the grocery store and gobble down a poor quality, low cacao content, high sugar candy bar. Cacao comes from the dried seeds of a South American evergreen tree and […]

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