About a month ago, I changed my eating habits quite drastically. This is an update on how it’s going. First off, I’m mostly over my cravings. I no longer feel like I did when I was quitting smoking. In the first week, I was a bit obsessed with food, and I never felt satiated. Now, ...
What is the unprocessed food diet? It’s pretty simple. Follow these guidelines when preparing food for yourself. Eat unprocessed, whole foods like meat, eggs, nuts, vegetables, fruit. Buy it fresh when possible, but frozen is fine too. Cook foods simply without adding oil, spices, sugar, salt or anything else. Do not mix foods together. Eat ...
I just finished The End of Overeating by David Kessler, former head of the FDA in the first Bush and Clinton administrations. In it he argues that the primary driver of our current obesity epidemic is the ubiquitous availability of large portions of hyperpalatable foods. What are hyperpalatable foods? Open a Chili’s menu or visit ...
Last Spring, I listened to Freakonomics on CD as I drove from Illinois to Arizona. In the appendix, the authors have a short article on Seth Roberts and his strange idea that drinking sugar water can lead to weight loss. A month or two later, frustrated with my inability to lose weight on my own, ...
I’m surprised how long it has taken me to get through Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes. After 2 and half weeks, I’m still not done. I’m on the last chapter though. Maybe I’m just a slow reader. The book is dense, bringing together a huge number of scientific studies that date back to ...