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Precision Nutrition Tip #5: The 10% factor
Every two weeks I feature a high performance nutrition tip by Dr. John Berardi. This week, John talks about the psychology of eating and that perfection should not be your nutritional goal.
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Is it finally OK to call someone fat?
My family was recently at a pool party to celebrate the end of my daughter’s first soccer season. As I looked around at the kids frolicking in the pool, I was shocked to see that out of the dozen or so girls on the team, 10 were obese. I’m not talking about having a little extra baby fat, I’m talking double-fisted Twinkie-eating-hand-me-another-grape-soda-mom kind of fat. Lest you think me a physique snob, my wife, who is very sensitive about these matters, was the one who pointed out that one girl looked like she was pregnant. When are parents going to stop killing their children?
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Medical Terms 101: CBT
In my ongoing effort to make this online project as educational as possible, from time to time I will expose you to some new vocabulary. Of course, don’t expect anything highbrow. Today’s word is CBT. It’s medical slang for Chronic Biscuit Toxicity or Chronic Burger Toxicity…i.e, the patient is really fat.
Doctors seem to be […]
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The multigenerational impact of food
I’ve been thinking about food today.
Food obviously plays an important role in our lives. It’s what nourishes us in the womb and once we start the dying process upon our “hatching.” We can use food for fuel, performance, escapism, and even as a source of slow suicide.
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I’m in lock-down
As I foretold a couple of weeks ago, things have been slow on here. I’m wrapping up the end of my fourth pre-med semester from hell and need to get through Monday before I can mingle with the general population. In short, I’ve put myself on triple-secret probation until then.
However, upon my return […]
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