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Dinner then & now
Tonight’s dinner: Roast bison sandwich with sprouted wheat bread You can’t really see the bison, but it sure tasted good — a bison roast that my partner cooked last night. The bread is organic no-flour sprouted grain Ezekiel bread, & … Continue reading
I'll still be dancing
I love the dancing I’ve been doing every morning as exercise. Really love it. Just pop the earphones to my iPod onto my ears, start up one of the half-hour dance playlists I’ve set up, & dance. Fast enough to … Continue reading
Posted in Fitness, Insulin resistance
Tagged books & resources (insulin resistance), books & resources (nutrition), Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle, dancing, low vs moderate vs high carb, Schwarzbein Principle (book)
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Septic tank
“Septic tank” is, according to an Australian friend of mine, Aussie rhyming slang for “Yank.” E.g., Fuck off, septic tank, the near-to-last words to me of another Australian friend — or rather, I guess, ex-friend, as she made it clear … Continue reading
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Eating to heal insulin resistance
You can now add to the library of how I’m putting together my own program: The Schwarzbein Principle: The Truth About Losing Weight, Being Healthy, and Feeling Younger by Diana Schwarzbein, M.D. and Nancy Deville. This book is very much … Continue reading
Posted in Insulin resistance, Nutrition
Tagged books & resources (insulin resistance), books & resources (nutrition), Schwarzbein Principle (book)
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The Healthy Hobbit plan
To me, the argument between high carb (60-65% of the day’s calories) & very low carb (<25%) diets is an exercise in futility. A lot of us might do better eating in between those extremes — even if those extremes … Continue reading
Posted in Nutrition
Tagged Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle, carbohydrates, low vs moderate vs high carb
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Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle
Tom Venuto is a personal trainer & bodybuilder, one of the very few who has never used drugs or steroids in his pursuit of the physique necessary to compete in the bodybuilding world. He spent a number of years when … Continue reading
Posted in Fat loss, Fitness
Tagged Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle, cardio, strength training, Tom Venuto
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Labeling chemical food
Some talk on a list I’m on about bringing GI labeling to the U.S. Some distance away, I think, but in the meantime we have a pretty good idea of what kinds of foods are more likely to be low … Continue reading
A GI can opener is part of of a nutritious diet
If you bring a can of tuna for lunch… you’d better remember to bring a can opener too. I thought I had a GI can opener on my key ring, but I didn’t. Luckily, one of my coworkers did. Thank … Continue reading
Posted in Nutrition
Tagged what I ate today
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The World's Healthiest Foods
The World’s Healthiest Foods website is run by a non-profit called the George Mateljan Foundation for the World’s Healthiest Foods, which “was established by George Mateljan to discover, develop and share scientifically proven information about the benefits of healthy eating, … Continue reading
Posted in Nutrition
Tagged books & resources (nutrition), The World's Healthiest Foods
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Carbs need company
One of the most important lessons for me just came recently: a lot of the books on low glycemic eating will tell about planning a meal that’s low GI, & include sample menus that include other foods (proteins, fats), but … Continue reading
Posted in Nutrition
Tagged blood glucose, carbohydrates, glycemic index (GI)
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