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Entries for the ‘Health’ Category

Calories still the focus?

Even in December of 2012, people still think the obesity epidemic is caused by people eating too much and exercising too little. A case in point is this recent article; http://theconversation.edu.au/the-obesity-epidemic-too-much-food-for-thought-7969 The opening paragraphs talk of larger portion sizes and a lack of smaller options. It’s not long before the writer trots out the old […]

Eat carbs at night an erroneous conclusion.

I was just reading an article discussing the idea that eating carbs later in the day would actually help you lose weight. The study cited as evidence that eating some carbs at dinner / evening may help with weightloss does NOT suggest that at all. The study compared two diets, where the only difference was […]

Dodgiest diet show in a while

Today I saw “Cook Yourself Thin” on iView for the first time. In short, it’s the worst diet show I have ever seen. The advice on this program must be as close the opposite of what you should do as the producers could make. The part of the first episode that really made me nuts […]

Organic Lamb Man

A little while back I ordered a lamb pack from the Organic Lamb Man. I’ve reached a point where I value high quality, fresh, REAL food. I’m tired of buying chemical infused crap from the supermarket, and was really happy to find these guys. Good news is you can bug them on twitter – @organiclambman […]