Category Archives: Nutrition

Get thee behind me, pumpkin scone!

By Mel Green | Published: Wed, 9 June 2010
How to abstain from Starbucks pumpkin scones in five easy steps.
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Partial locavore

By Mel Green | Published: Thu, 25 February 2010
Living in Alaska, it's hard to be a complete locavore. But I'm glad to be able to be a least a partial locavore, thereby reducing my carbon footprint, supporting Alaska farmers, & getting some really great local produce.
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A box of produce, & homemade sauerkraut

By Mel Green | Published: Thu, 11 February 2010
More about community supported agriculture, & my very own homemade sauerkraut.
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Local farmers, local food

By Mel Green | Published: Thu, 28 January 2010
My first box of produce from Glacier Valley Farm CSA is cause to celebrate — not just good food, but also the connection that comes from supporting local farmers. Thank you, farmers of Mat-Su.
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On the fat loss track again

By Mel Green | Published: Tue, 12 May 2009
Been awhile since I’ve posted on the Teverys (health) blog (or, now that I’ve imported all my blogs to my new website, the Terveys category). This one’s a quickie, just to say that I’m back on the fat loss track again. Between February 18, 2008 & last August whensoever, I lost about 40 lbs.  (If [...]
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Weight loss chart 18 Feb – 12 Aug 2008

By Mel Green | Published: Tue, 12 August 2008
Here it is all in one pretty little chart: my weight loss since February 18 this year (41 pounds scale weight to date). The color swatches mark off the diet regimes I was following during each period. Lotsa jaggies during the TKD & PSMF periods: that’s due to water weight fluctuations from carbs consumed during [...]
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Down from Everest

By Mel Green | Published: Wed, 9 July 2008
Note: My Start Walking posts can easily be found by clicking on the label Start Walking 2008. I dunnit. As of last night — with, as my grand finalé, a half-marathon row (actually three meters more than that 21,097 meters that make up a half-marathon) — I came to a total step equivalent of 1,710,673, [...]
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Rapid weight loss & the gall bladder

By Mel Green | Published: Tue, 13 May 2008
I decided a few days ago to follow Lyle McDonald’s version of a Protein Sparing Modified Fast (PSMF) (as detailed in The Rapid Fat Loss Handbook). This diet is designed to “spare protein” — that is, loss of lean body mass–by giving an adequate amount of calories from protein, plus 10 grams daily of omega [...]
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A reasoned statement about carbohydrates

By Mel Green | Published: Fri, 9 May 2008
John Berardi's rule for the carb content in a "gourmet" nutrition meal is simple: "[the meal] must offer you carbs only if you 'deserve' them." And you only deserve higher carb meals only when you've exercised.
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Adequate protein — & a protein-sparing crash diet

By Mel Green | Published: Fri, 9 May 2008
Two additional things I’ve learned from Lyle McDonald & his Body Recomposition website so far, that are having a pretty immediate effect on my nutritional planning: First, he’s convinced me that “dieting by percentages” — that is, figuring out my nutrition based on macronutrient percentages — doesn’t really make a whole lotta sense (see “Dieting [...]
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